Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itaituba

Territorial Prelature of Itaituba
Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis
Prelazia Territorial de Itaituba
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Belém do Pará
Metropolitan Belém do Pará
Statistics
Area 175,000 km2 (68,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
201,700
194,200 (96.3%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 6 July 1988 (28 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St Anne in Itaituba
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Vilmar Santin, O. Carm.
Metropolitan Archbishop Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Emeritus Bishops Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M.
Website
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The Territorial Prelature of Itaituba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Itaituba in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.

History

On July 6, 1988, the Territorial Prelature of Itaituba was established from the Diocese of Santarém.

On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vilmar Santin, O. Carm., until then vicar of the parish of "Sao Lazaro e Coracao Imaculado de Maria", in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus, as the new bishop prelate of Itaituba, succeeding Bishop Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M., who had resigned on reaching the age limit of 75.

Leadership

References

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