Territorial Prelature of Tefé
Tefen(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Tefé, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 May 1910
- Latin
- Tefen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Teresa de Ávila
- Annuario code
- 001000288
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 161,640
- Population
- 215,521
- Catholic share
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 24
- Catholics per priest
- 6,735
- Extent
- 263,835 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Manaus
A suffragan of Manaus.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto SolimõesAlto Solimões
- Diocese of BorbaBorba
- Diocese of CoariCoari
- Archdiocese of ManausManaus
- Diocese of ParintinsParintins
- Diocese of RoraimaRoraima
- Diocese of São Gabriel da CachoeiraSão Gabriel da Cachoeira
- Territorial Prelature of ItacoatiaraItacoatiara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].