Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manaus |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 83,012 km2 (32,051 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2004) 155,254 126,726 (81.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 13 July 1963 (58 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Prelate | , S.D.V. |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. |
The Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis) is a Latin rite territorial prelature (pre-diocesan Roman Catholic jurisdiction) in the Ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Manaus in Amazonas state, inland northern Brazil.
Its cathedral see is Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city 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
- , (S.F.M.) (born Canada) (20 July 1965 - retired 15 July 1972), Titular Bishop of Legis Volumni (1967.08.04 – death 2003.05.06)
- Apostolic Administrator (1972 - 1975) while Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1958.01.16 – resigned 1980.04.21), next Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – retired 1981.10.19); previously Titular Bishop of Derbe (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Diamantina (Brazil) (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06), Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)
- , S.F.M. (born Canada) (1975 (bishop-elect until 1978.05.05) - death 2 July 1998)
- Carillo Gritti, Consolata Missionaries (I.M.C.) (born Italy) (5 January 2000 - death 9 June 2016)
- , Society of Divine Vocations (S.D.V.) (first native incumbent) (19 April 2017 – ...).
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Coordinates: 3°08′S 58°26′W / 3.133°S 58.433°W
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