Suffragan territorial prelature Lábrea, Brazil
Diocese of Lábrea
Labrean(us)
Latin Church
Labrea is a territorial prelature (not a full diocese) of the Latin Rite in Amazonas, Brazil, erected in 1925 and entrusted to the Order of Augustinian Recollects. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Porto Velho and led by a prelate bishop.
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- Established
- 1925
- Catholics
- 61,500
- Priests
- 10
- Territory
- 230,240 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral Nossa Senhora de NazaréLábrea · CathedralView parish
- Paróquia Santa Rita de CássiaTapauáView parish
- Paróquia Santo AgostinhoPauiniView parish
- Paróquia São João BatistaCanutamaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Santiago Sanchez Sebastian, O.A.R.
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The cathedral
Catedral Nossa Senhora de Nazare stands in Lábrea, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Lábrea is home to a territorial prelature rather than a full diocese (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Labreana), attached to the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.