Diocese of Xingu–Altamira

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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.

Bishop
João Muniz Alves
Latin name
Xinguen(sis)-Altamiren(sis)
Erected
6 November 2019
Cathedral
Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Patron
Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
Rank
Suffragan Diocese
Rite
Latin
Province
Santarém (Archdiocese of Santarém)
Catholics
274,000
Chancery
Av. João Pessoa 1212, Centro, 68371-040 Altamira, PA, Brasil
Telephone
Tel. e fax [093]3515-2494
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001005100 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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