Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
Itacoatiaren(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Itacoatiara, Brazil
Latin-rite territorial prelature in Amazonas state, northern Brazil. Erected 13 July 1963 on territory split from the Archdiocese of Manaus, of which it remains a suffragan. Its seat is the Catedral Prelaticia Nossa Senhora do Rosario in Itacoatiara.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 July 1963
- Latin
- Itacoatiaren(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario
- Annuario code
- 001000273
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 137,400
- Population
- 155,254
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.5%
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 12,491
- Extent
- 83,012 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.7
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Prelaticia Nossa Senhora do Rosario stands in Itacoatiara, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Manaus
A suffragan of Manaus.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto SolimõesAlto Solimões
- Diocese of BorbaBorba
- Diocese of CoariCoari
- Archdiocese of ManausManaus
- Diocese of ParintinsParintins
- Diocese of RoraimaRoraima
- Diocese of São Gabriel da CachoeiraSão Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Territorial Prelature of TeféTefé
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church territorial prelature in Amazonas state, inland northern Brazil, Itacoatiara (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis) is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus. Its cathedral, the Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, stands in the episcopal see of Itacoatiara, Amazonas.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.