Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

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Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis
Location
CountryFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Manaus
Statistics
Area83,012 km2 (32,051 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
155,254
126,726 (81.6%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established13 July 1963 (59 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Prelate José Ionilton Lisboa de Oliveira, S.D.V.
Metropolitan Archbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.

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.

Contents

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

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

Coordinates: 3°08′S58°26′W / 3.133°S 58.433°W / -3.133; -58.433


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