Territorial prelature of São Félix
| Territorial prelature of São Félix | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuiabá |
| prelate | Adriano Ciocca Vasino |
| founding | May 13, 1969 |
| surface | 150,000 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 172,400 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 147,200 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 14 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,400 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 10 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 17 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Assunção |
| Website | www.prelaziasaofelixdoaraguaia.org.br |
The Territorial Prelature of São Félix do Araguaia ( lat. : Territorialis Praelatura Sancti Felicis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in São Félix do Araguaia in the state of Mato Grosso .
history
The territorial prelature São Félix was on May 13, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quo commodius from cessions of territory by the territorial prelatures Cristalândia , Registro do Araguaia and Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cuiabá as a suffragan .
Prelates of São Félix
- Pedro Casaldáliga CMF , 1971-2005
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner OFM , 2005–2011, then auxiliary bishop in Brasília
- Adriano Ciocca Vasino , since 2012
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Territorial Prelature of São Félix (Portuguese)
- Entry on the São Félix territorial prelature on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quo commodius , AAS 56 (1969), n.13, p. 766ff.