Suffragan diocese Xingu–Altamira, Brazil
Diocese of Xingu–Altamira
Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Xingu-Altamira is a Latin Church diocese in Pará, Brazil, created in 2019 as the successor to the Territorial Prelature of Xingu (founded 1934). It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santarém, led since 2019 by Bishop João Muniz Alves.
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- Established
- 2019
- Catholics
- 274,000
- Priests
- 23
- Territory
- 368,092 km²
Parishes and churches
12 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Sagrado Coração de JesusAltamira · CathedralView parish
- Corpo e Sangue de CristoBrasil NovoView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoAltamiraView parish
- Imaculada Mãe dos PobresMedicilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaPlacasView parish
- Nossa Senhora Auxílio dos CristãosVitória do XinguView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaUruaráView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaAnapuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpetuo SocorroAltamiraView parish
- São BeneditoGurupáView parish
- São BrásPorto de MozView parish
- São Francisco XavierSenador José PorfírioView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- João Muniz Alves
- Born
- 8 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Carema
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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The cathedral
Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus stands in Xingu–Altamira, 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
Covering the area of the Xingu River, this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Xinguensis-Altamirensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Santarém in Brazil, with its cathedral located in Altamira, Brazil.