The Territorial Prelature of São Félix (do Araguaia) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

Territorial Prelature of São Félix

Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis

Prelazia Territorial de São Félix
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceCuiabá
MetropolitanCuiabá
Statistics
Area150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
150,000
129,000 (86%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established13 May 1969 (55 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption in São Félix do Araguaia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLucio Nicoletto
Metropolitan ArchbishopMílton Antônio dos Santos
Bishops emeritusAdriano Ciocca Vasino
Map
Website
Website of the Prelature

It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Archbishop of Cuiabá. Its cathedral see, Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Assunção, is located in the city of São Félix do Araguaia.

On 21 March 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as the Prelate of São Félix Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, who had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta in Pernambuco. Bishop Ciocca Vasino demissioned on 13 March 2024 and Pope Francis named as new bishop father Lucio Nicoletto

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