Country Brazil Metropolitan Belém do Pará Area 368,092 km² | Ecclesiastical province Belém do Pará Rite Latin Rite Phone +55 93 3515-2312 | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2013)
429,000
330,000 (76.9%) Established 16 August 1934 (82 years ago) Address Av. João Pessoa, 190-328 - Centro, Altamira - PA, Brazil Profiles | ||
The Territorial Prelature of Xingu (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Xinguensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the area of the Xingu River in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil. The cathedral is located in Altamira, Brazil.
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History
On August 16, 1934, the Territorial Prelature of Xingu was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará, Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and Territorial Prelature of Santarém
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Clemente Geiger, C.PP.S (17 January 1948 – 26 April 1971)
- Eurico Kräutler, C.PP.S (26 April 1971 – 2 September 1978)
- Erwin Kräutler, C.PP.S (2 September 1981 – 23 December 2015)
- Joao Muniz Alves, OFM (23 December 2015 – )
References
Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Xingu Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA