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Suffragan diocese Xingu–Altamira, Brazil

Diocese of Xingu–Altamira

Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus, in Xingu–Altamira, Brazil.

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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.

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.