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Roman Catholic Diocese of Humaitá

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
109,000 km²

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Brazil

Roman Catholic Diocese of Humaitá

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 100,000 70,000 (70.0%)

Established
  
26 June 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceição

Bishop
  
Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp.

Address
  
R. Edmundo Monteiro, 2261 - São Pedro, Humaitá - AM, 69800-000, Brazil

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Humaitá (Latin: Dioecesis Humaitanensis) is a diocese located in the city of Humaitá in the Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.

Contents

History

  • 26 June 1961: Established as Territorial Prelature of Humaitá from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
  • 16 October 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Humaitá

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Humaitá (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Franz Josef Meinrad Merkel, C.S.Sp. (2000.07.26 – present)
  • Bishop José Jovêncio Balestieri, S.D.B. (1991.03.06 – 1998.07.29)
  • Bishop Miguel D’Aversa, S.D.B. (1979.10.16 – 1991.03.06)
  • Prelates of Humaitá (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Miguel D’Aversa, S.D.B. (1962.05.21 – 1979.10.16)
  • Bishop José Domitrovitsch, S.D.B. (1961.08.05 – 1962.02.27)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Humaitá Wikipedia
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