Diocese of

Ponta de Pedras

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Ponta de Pedras / Petrosi Culminis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Belém do Pará

Neighbouring Dioceses: Marajó (↑), Belém do Pará (→), Abaetetuba (↘), Cametá (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

1963.06.25: Established as Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras / Petrosi Culminis (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1979.10.16: Promoted as Diocese of Ponta de Pedras / Petrosi Culminis (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Ponta de Pedras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (62)
(2015.09.23 – 2026.02.16)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde)

Born:	1964.01.07 (São Miguel Arcanjo, Cabo Verde)
Ordained Priest:	1993.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.05.08

Titular Bishop of Verbe (2011.02.16 – 2015.06.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (2011.02.16 – 2015.06.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (2015.06.10 – 2015.09.23)

Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (2015.09.23 – 2026.02.16)

Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde) (2026.02.16 – ...)

Bishop Alessio Saccardo, S.J. (85)
(2002.01.16 – 2015.09.23)

Bishop emeritus of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil)

In verbo tuo laxabo rete

Born:	1940.09.21 (Marano Vicentino, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1970.09.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.06

Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (2002.01.16 – 2015.09.23)

Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J.
(1979.10.16 – 2002.01.16)

Ubi Caritas Ibi Deus

Born:	1924.12.03 (San Giovanni Ilarione, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.06
Died:	2011.08.20 (Gallarate, Italy † 86)

Bishop-Prelate of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (1965.04.29 – 1979.10.16)

Titular Bishop of Germania in Numidia (1967.06.13 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 2002.01.16)

Prelates of Ponta de Pedras (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ângelo Maria Rivato, S.J.
(1965.04.29 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos
(Apostolic Administrator 1963 – 1965.04.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (62) (2015.06.10 – 2015.09.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Ponta de Pedras, Pará

Churches by City (10)

Marajó (↑), Belém do Pará (→), Abaetetuba (↘), Cametá (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,954 km²

Population: 112,600 Catholics (65.5% of 172,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (diocesan), 7 deacons, 22 religious (1 brother, 21 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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