Diocese of Xingu–Altamira
Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xingu–Altamira, Brazil
The Diocese of Xingu-Altamira is a Latin Church diocese in Pará, Brazil, created in 2019 as the successor to the Territorial Prelature of Xingu (founded 1934). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santarém, led since 2019 by Bishop João Muniz Alves.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 November 2019
- Latin
- Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
- Annuario code
- 001005100
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 274,000
- Population
- 429,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 63.9%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 11,913
- Extent
- 368,092 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- João Muniz Alves
- Born
- 8 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Carema
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Xingu–Altamira, 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 Santarém
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santarém.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto Xingu–TucumãAlto Xingu–Tucumã
- Diocese of ÓbidosÓbidos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Covering the area of the Xingu River, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Xinguensis-Altamirensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Santarém in Brazil, with its cathedral located in Altamira, Brazil.
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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.