Territorial Prelature of São Félix do Araguaia

Territorial Prelature of São Félix
Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis
Prelazia Territorial de São Félix
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Cuiabá
Metropolitan Cuiabá
Statistics
Area 150,000 km2 (58,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
150,000
129,000 (86%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 13 May 1969 (47 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption in São Félix do Araguaia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
(Bishop-)Prelate Adriano Ciocca Vasino
Metropolitan Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos
Emeritus Bishops Pere Casaldàliga i Pla, C.M.F.
Website
Website of the Prelature

The Territorial Prelature of São Félix (do Araguaia) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

It is a suffragan in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Archbishop of Cuiabá. Its cathedral see, Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Assunção, is located in the city of São Félix do Araguaia.

On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as the Bishop (Territorial Prelate) of São Félix, Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, who had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta in Floresta, Pernambuco.

History

Episcopal Prelature Incumbents of São Félix

(Roman Rite; titular or former bishops)

Sources and References

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