Territorial prelature Borba
| Territorial prelature Borba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manaus |
| prelate | Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva CSsR |
| Emeritus prelate | Elói Róggia SAC |
| surface | 98,650 km² |
| Parishes | 7 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 160,700 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 129,800 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,817 |
| Friars | 9 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Basílica Santo Antônio de Pádua |
| Website | http://www.prelaziadeborba.com.br/home/ |
The territorial prelate Borba ( Latin Praelatura Territorialis Borbensis , Portuguese Prelazia de Borba ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Borba in the state of Amazonas .
history
The territorial prelature Borba was on July 13, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. with the papal bull Ad Christi divini from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Manaus and the territorial prelature of Parintins erected. The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan .
Prelates of Borba
- Adriano Jaime Miriam Veigle TOR , 1964–1988
- José Afonso Ribeiro TOR, 1988-2006
- Elói Róggia SAC , 2006-2017
- Zenildo Luiz Pereira da Silva CSsR , since 2017