Diocese of Xingu–Altamira
Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Xingu–Altamira, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 November 2019
- Latin
- Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
- Annuario code
- 001005100
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 274,000
- Population
- 429,000
- Catholic share
- 63.9%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 11,913
- Extent
- 368,092 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.7
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
- João Muniz Alves
- Born
- 8 January 1961
- Birthplace
- Carema
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 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.
The province of Santarém
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Santarém.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alto Xingu–TucumãAlto Xingu–Tucumã
- Diocese of ÓbidosÓbidos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].