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Territorial Prelature of Tefé
Praelatura Territorialis Tefensis
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceManaus
Statistics
Area263,835 km (101,867 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
215,521
161,640 (75%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established23 May 1910 (114 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Prelatícia Santa Teresa
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Altevir da Silva, C.M.
Metropolitan ArchbishopLeonardo Ulrich Steiner

The Territorial Prelature of Tefé (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Tefensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Tefé in the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.

History

Bishops

  • Prefects Apostolic of Tefé (Roman rite)
    • Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp. (16 August 1910 – 1946)
    • Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (19 July 1946 – 18 April 1952) appointed Prelate of Tefé
  • Prelates of Tefé (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (18 April 1952 – 15 December 1982)
    • Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. (15 December 1982 – 19 October 2000)
    • Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (19 October 2000 – 12 December 2012)
    • Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. (14 May 2014 – 9 June 2021)
    • Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (9 March 2022 – present)

Coadjutor prelate

References

3°21′00″S 64°43′00″W / 3.3500°S 64.7167°W / -3.3500; -64.7167


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