Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara

Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara
Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis
Location
Country  Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Manaus
Statistics
Area 83,012 km2 (32,051 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
155,254
126,726 (81.6%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 13 July 1963 (54 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário
Current leadership
Prelate Vacant

The Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis) is a Latin rite territorial prelature (pre-diocesan Roman Catholic jurisdiction) in the Ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Manaus in Amazonas state, inland northern Brazil.

Its cathedral see is Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Rosário, dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary, in the city of Itacoatiara, Amazonas.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 137,400 Catholics (79.1% of 173,800 total) on 58,424 km² in 13 parishes with 14 priests (8 diocesan, 6 religious), 12 lay religious (6 brothers, 6 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

Ordinaries

(all Roman rite)

Territorial (Bishop-)Prelates of Itacoatiara

See also

Coordinates: 3°08′S 58°26′W / 3.133°S 58.433°W / -3.133; -58.433

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