Territorial_Prelature_of_Itacoatiara

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

Latin Catholic territory in Brazil


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.

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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

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

Statistics

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

(all Roman rite)

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of Itacoatiara

See also

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