Diocese of Itaituba
Itaitubaën(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Itaituba, Brazil
Itaituba is a Latin Church territorial prelature (not a full diocese) in the state of Para, Brazil, established in 1988 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santarem since 2019. Its prelatic cathedral is dedicated to Saint Anne.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1988
- Latin
- Itaitubaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001000274
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 192,000
- Population
- 201,700
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 9,143
- Extent
- 175,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Wilmar Santin
- Born
- 21 October 1952
- Birthplace
- Nova Londrina
- Institute
- CARMELITANI
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 Sant'Ana stands in Itaituba, 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 Santarem
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santarem.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of SantarémSantarém
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Itaituba, a city in the ecclesiastical province of Santarém in Brazil, is the seat of this territorial prelature, titled Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis in Latin.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.