Suffragan territorial prelature Tefé, Brazil
Territorial Prelature of Tefé
Tefen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite territorial prelature covering a vast Amazonian territory around Tefe in Amazonas state, Brazil. Established 23 May 1910 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Tefe from the Diocese of Amazonas and elevated to a territorial prelature 11 August 1950; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manaus. Its seat is the Catedral Prelaticia Santa Teresa.
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- Established
- 1910
- Catholics
- 161,640
- Priests
- 24
- Territory
- 263,835 km²
Parishes and churches
16 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Paróquia Santa TeresaTefé · CathedralView parish
- Paróquia Bom JesusTeféView parish
- Paróquia Divino Espírito SantoUariniView parish
- Paróquia Divino Espírito Santo – MissãoTeféView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora AparecidaJapuráView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Imaculada ConceiçãoCarauariView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora de FátimaJuruáView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora de GuadalupeFonte BoaView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroTeféView parish
- Paróquia Nossa Senhora Imaculada ConceiçãoMaraãView parish
- Paróquia Santo AntônioTeféView parish
- Paróquia São BeneditoItamaratiView parish
- Paróquia São JoaquimAlvarãesView parish
- Paróquia São JoséJutaíView parish
- Área Missionária São FranciscoTamanicuá (Tefé)View parish
- Área Missionária São SebastiãoCaiambé (Tefé)View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp.
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The cathedral
Catedral Prelaticia Santa Teresa stands in Tefé, 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
Tefé is the seat of this Roman Catholic territorial prelature (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Tefensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.