Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Diocese
name= Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
latin= Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia
country= Brazil| metropolitan= Belém do Pará
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição
cocathedral =
area= 52,145
population= 270,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 200,000
catholics_percent= 74.1
bishop= Dominique Marie Jean Denis You
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia {Latin: " Sanctissimae Conceptionis de Araguaia "} is a diocese located in the city of Conceição do Araguaia in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

History

* July 18, 1911: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará
* December 20, 1969: Suppressed to the Territorial Prelature of Marabá
* March 27, 1976: Restored as Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia from the Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia and Territorial Prelature of Marabá
* October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia

Leadership

* Bishops of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Roman rite)
** Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You (2006.02.08 – present)
** Bishop Pedro José Conti (1995.12.27 – 2004.12.29)
** Bishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R. (1979.10.16 – 1993.05.25)
* Prelates of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (Roman rite)
** Bishop Patrício José Hanrahan, C.SS.R. (1979.01.29 – 1979.10.16)
** Bishop Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, O.P. (1976.03.27 – 1978.03.20)
** Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. (1951.02.20 – 1969.12.20)
** Bishop Luís António Palha Teixeira, O.P. (Apostolic Administrator 1948.01.02 – 1951.02.20)
** Bishop Sebastião Tomás, O.P. (1924.12.18 – 1945.12.19)
** Bishop Raymond Dominique Carrerot, O.P. (1912.08.26 – 1920.07.30)

ource

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/zcon0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dscar.html Catholic Hierarchy]