Suffragan diocese Alto Solimões, Brazil
Diocese of Alto Solimões
Solimões Superioris
Latin Church
The Diocese of Alto Solimões is a Latin Church diocese based in Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Manaus. It originated as an apostolic prefecture in 1910 and was elevated to a diocese on August 14, 1991.
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- Established
- 1991
- Catholics
- 125,472
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 130,240 km²
Parishes and churches
8 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroTabatinga · CathedralView parish
- São Paulo ApóstoloSão Paulo de Olivença · CathedralView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoBenjamin ConstantView parish
- Santo AntônioSanto Antônio do IçáView parish
- São CristóvãoAmaturáView parish
- São FranciscoTabatingaView parish
- São PedroTabatingaView parish
- São SebastiãoAtalaia do NorteView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro stands in Alto Solimões, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is São Paulo Apóstolo, São Paulo de Olivença.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
The Diocese of Alto Solimões (Latin: Dioecesis Solimões Superioris) has its seat in the city of Tabatinga, within Brazil's ecclesiastical province of Manaus.