Territorial prelature Xingu
| Territorial prelature Xingu | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Belém do Pará |
| Emeritus prelate | Erwin Kräutler CPPS |
| founding | August 16, 1934 |
| surface | 368,086 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 551,374 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 382,624 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 69.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 11,595 |
| Friars | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Sagrado Coração de Jesus |
| Website | http://www.prelaziadoxingu.com.br/ |
The Territorial Prelature Xingu ( Latin Praelatura Territorialis Xinguensis , Portuguese Prelazia do Xingu ) was a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in Brazil and the largest diocese in Brazil in terms of area. The bishopric was Altamira in the state of Pará . In November 2019 the prelature was dissolved and the territory was organized into new dioceses.
Xingu is known, among other things, for the work of the former Bishop Erwin Kräutler for the rights of the Indians and the preservation of the Amazon jungle.
history
The territorial prelature Xingu was on August 16, 1934 by Pope Pius XI. with the papal bull Animarum bonum postulat from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and the territorial prelatures Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia and Santarém . The territorial prelature Xingu was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará as a suffragan . The Congregation of Missionaries of the Precious Blood (CPPS) was entrusted with the pastoral care .
In 1935 Armando Bahlmann OFM was first appointed as Apostolic Administrator , followed in the same year by Clemens Geiger, who in 1948 was appointed the first prelate of Xingu.
On November 6, 2019, Pope Francis repealed the Xingu Territorial Prelature. The territory was divided into two simultaneously newly established dioceses, the diocese of Xingu-Altamira and the territorial prelature of Alto Xingu-Tucumã . The previous prelate, João Muniz Alves, OFM , was appointed the first bishop of Xingu-Altamira.
Bishops of the Xingu Prelature
- Clemens Geiger CPPS , 1948–1971
- Erich Kräutler CPPS, 1971–1981
- Erwin Kräutler CPPS, 1981-2015
- João Muniz Alves OFM , 2015–2019, then Bishop of Xingu-Altamira
See also
Web links
- Entry on Territorial Prelature Xingu on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Description on the website of Bischof em. Erwin Kräutler
- Alternative Nobel Prize for Indigenous Rights and the Primeval Forest
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ristrutturazione della Provincia Ecclesiastica di Belém do Pará (Brasile). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , November 6, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 (Italian).