Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

The Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis) is a Latin Church territorial prelature of the Catholic Church in Amazonas state, inland northern Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus.

Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical provinceManaus
Statistics
Area83,012 km2 (32,051 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
155,254
126,726 (81.6%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 July 1963 (61 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
PrelateJosé Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.
Metropolitan ArchbishopSérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.

Its cathedral is the Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the episcopal see of Itacoatiara, Amazonas.

History

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  • Established on July 13, 1963 as Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara, on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Manaus.

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 137,400 Catholics (79.1% of 173,800 total) on 58,424 km2 in 13 parishes with 14 priests (8 diocesan, 6 religious), 12 lay religious (6 brothers, 6 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

Ordinaries

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(all Roman rite)

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of Itacoatiara

See also

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