Territorial prelature Tefé
| Territorial prelature Tefé | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Manaus |
| prelate | Fernando Barbosa dos Santos CM |
| Emeritus prelate | Mário Clemente Neto CSSp |
| surface | 264,677 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 249,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 192,600 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7.133 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Santa Teresa Cathedral |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Tefé ( Latin Territorialis Praelatura Tefensis , Portuguese Prelazia de Tefé ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Tefé in the state of Amazonas .
history
The Territorial Prelature Tefé was established on May 23, 1910 by Pope Pius X from ceding territories of the diocese of Amazonas as Apostolic Prefecture Tefé . On May 22, 1931, the Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé gave up parts of its territory to establish the Juruá Territorial Prelature .
The Apostolic Prefecture Tefé was on August 11, 1950 by Pope Pius XII. raised to the territorial prelature with the Apostolic Constitution Quum and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Manaus as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Tefé
- Miguel Alfredo Barat CSSp , 1910-1946
- Joaquim de Lange CSSp, 1946-1950
Prelates of Tefé
- Joaquim de Lange CSSp, 1950-1982
- Mário Clemente Neto CSSp, 1982-2000
- Sérgio Eduardo Castriani CSSp, 2000–2012
- Fernando Barbosa dos Santos CM , since 2014
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Quum , AAS 20 (1951), n.5, p. 193ff.