Country Brazil Metropolitan Cuiabá Area 150,000 km² | Ecclesiastical province Cuiabá Rite Latin Rite Phone +55 66 3522-1703 | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
150,000
129,000 (86%) Established 13 May 1969 (47 years ago) Address Av. Gov. José Frageli, 1310 - Vila Nova, São Félix do Araguaia - MT, 78670-000, Brazil |
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.
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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 Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as the Bishop (Territorial Prelate) of São Félix, Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, who had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta in Floresta, Pernambuco.
History
Episcopal Prelature Incumbents of São Félix
(Roman Rite; titular or former bishops)
References
Territorial Prelature of São Félix do Araguaia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA