| Territorial Prelature of Itaituba Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| 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 |
| Cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Sant’Ana |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Vilmar Santin, O. Carm. |
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.
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 the Reverend Father 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 reached the age limit of 75, at which time bishops must submit their resignations to the Holy Father, and whose resignation the Pope accepted.