Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia
| Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia Praelatura Territorialis Cristalandiensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |
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| Ecclesiastical province | Palmas |
| Coordinates | 10°36′00″S 49°11′34″W / 10.60000°S 49.19278°WCoordinates: 10°36′00″S 49°11′34″W / 10.60000°S 49.19278°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 66,365 km2 (25,624 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 192,000 153,600 (80.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 26 March 1956 (62 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Wellington Queiroz Vieira |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.prelaziadecristalandia.com.br | |
The Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cristalandiensis) is a territorial prelature in the Ecclesiastical province of Palmas in central Brazil.
Its episcopal cathedral is the Marian Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Support, in the city of Cristalândia in the Amazonian state of Tocatins.
History
- Established on 26 March 1956 as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, on territories split off from the Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and the (suppressed) Territorial Prelature of Bananal
- It lost territories twice to daughter jurisdictions : on 1969.05.13 to establish Territorial Prelature of São Félix (in the Ecclesiastical Province of Cuiaba), and on 1976.03.27 to establish Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (now a sister diocese in Palmas province).
Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 176,700 Catholics (80.0% of 221,000 total) on 62,691 km² in 17 parishes and 80 missions with 20 priests (16 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 25 lay religious (5 brothers, 20 sisters) and 2 seminarians.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Roman rite; initially members of missionary Latin congregations)
- Bishop-Prelates of Cristalândia
- Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. (born USA) (1958.11.25 – retired 1988.05.11), initially Titular Bishop of Avissa (1958.11.25 – 1978.05.26), died 1993
- Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. (first native incumbent) (1988.05.11 – died 1989.09.29), previously Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (1987.03.12 – 1988.05.11)
- Heriberto Hermes, American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (O.S.B.) (born USA) (1990.06.20 – retired 2009.02.25), died 2018
- Rodolfo Luís Weber (2009.02.25 – 2015.12.02); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.12.02 – ...)
- Wellington Queiroz Vieira (2016.11.16 - present), no previous prelature.
See also
Sources and References
- GCatholic.org, data for all sections, with Google map and HQ picture
- Catholic Hierarchy
- (in Portuguese) Official website
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