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Teodoro Mendes Tavares
Teodoro Mendes Tavares (born 7 January 1964) is a Cape Verdean clergyman and the first and only Cape Verdean-born bishop of any diocese in Brazil, he is currently the third Catholic bishop of Ponta de Pedras, covering the Marajó Archipelago in Pará Biography He was born in the parish of São Miguel, once in the municipality of Tarrafal, now in the municipality of São Miguel. Teodoro Tavares studied philosophy at the High Institute of Theology (Instituto Superior de Teologia) in Braga, a campus of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Portugal from 1986 to 1987. He later studied theology at the Faculty of Theology at the Catholic University of Portugal from 1988 to 1993. In 1995, he obtained the title as master at Trinity College, Dublin, where he presented a dissertation "The Churches and the European Immigration Policy in the Light of the Schengen and Dublin Agreement". He was ordained as priest on June 11, 1993 and went on a mission to Brazil in 1994 to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ponta De Pedras
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ponta de Pedras ( la, Dioecesis Petrosi Culminis) is a diocese located in the city of Ponta de Pedras in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil. History * June 25, 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Ponta de Pedras from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará * October 16, 1979: Promoted as Diocese of Ponta de Pedras Bishops Ordinaries (in reverse chronological order) * Bishops of Ponta de Pedras (Roman rite) ** Bishop Teodoro Mendes Tavares, C.S.Sp. (2015.09.23 - ) ** Bishop Alessio Saccardo, S.J. (2002.01.16 – 2015.09.23) ** Bishop Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. (83) (1979.10.16 – 2002.01.16) * Prelates of Ponta de Pedras (Roman rite) ** Bishop Angelo Maria Rivato, S.J. (1965.04.29 – 1979.10.16) Coadjutor bishop *Teodoro Mendes Tavares Teodoro Mendes Tavares (born 7 January 1964) is a Cape Verdean clergyman and the first and only Cape Verdean-born bishop of any diocese in Brazil, he is currently the third Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazonas State (Brazil)
Amazonas () is a state of Brazil, located in the North Region in the northwestern corner of the country. It is the largest Brazilian state by area and the 9th largest country subdivision in the world, and the largest in South America, being greater than the areas of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile combined. Mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, it is the third largest country subdivision in the Southern Hemisphere after the Australian states of Western Australia and Queensland. Entirely in the Western Hemisphere, it is the fourth largest in the Western Hemisphere after Greenland, Nunavut and Alaska. It would be the sixteenth largest country in land area, slightly larger than Mongolia. Neighbouring states are (from the north clockwise) Roraima, Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, and Acre. It also borders the nations of Peru, Colombia and Venezuela. This includes the Departments of Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía in Colombia, as well as the Amazonas state in Venezuela, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Verdean Roman Catholic Bishops
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People From Santiago, Cape Verde
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21st-century Roman Catholic Bishops In Brazil
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Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Taveira Corrêa
Alberto Taveira Corrêa (born 26 May 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of Brasília from 1991 till 1996, when he became archbishop of Palmas. In 2009 he became archbishop of Belém do Pará. Biography Born in Nova Lima on 25 May 1950, Taveira Corrêa was ordained to the priesthood of Belo Horizonte on 15 August 1973. After several years as pastor of Nossa Senhora do Pilar in Nova Lima and chaplain of the local hospital, he served from 1978 to 1984 as Rector of the major seminary while also filling assignments as coordinator of vocation ministry, member of the Presbyteral Council and of the College of Consultors. He was then worked as a priest in the parish of São Geraldo, as pastor of Senhor Bom Jesus in Bonfim and of Santo Antônio in Vargem Alegre and as District Vicar of Forania São Caetano. On 24 April 1991, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Brasília and titular bishop of Sinnipsa. Taveira Corrêa received h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uarini
Uarini is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. According to estimates of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population was 13,690 inhabitants in 2020. Its area is 10,246 km2. The municipality contains 38% of the Baixo Juruá Extractive Reserve, created in 2001. History It has its history linked to the history of Tefé , which goes back to the village founded at the end of century XVII by the Jesuit Samuel Fritz . Until the end of the seventeenth century, disputes between the Spaniards and the Portuguese overlapped in the territory, only consolidating under the military occupation of Portugal in 1790. As a municipality, Tefé came to possess an area of 500,000 km2. From the middle of the 19th century onwards, dismemberment of its territory began, giving rise to the new municipalities of São Paulo de Olivença , Coari , Fonte Boa, São Felipe (now Eirunepé), Xibauá (now Carauari) Japurá and Maraã. At the end of 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carauari
Carauari is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 28,508 (2020) and its area is 25,767 km². The city is served by Carauari Airport. Environment The town is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. The municipality contains about 5% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989. The municipality contains Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve ( pt, Reserva Extrativista Médio Juruá) is an extractive reserve in the state of Amazonas Brazil. Location The Médio Juruá Extractive Reserve is in the municipality of Carauari in the state of Amazonas. ..., created in 1997, on the left bank of the meandering Juruá River. It also contains the Uacari Sustainable Development Reserve, created in 2005. Climate References Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvarães, Amazonas
Alvarães is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 16,220 (2020) and its area is 5,912 km². The municipality contains about 37% of the Tefé National Forest, created in 1989. References Municipalities in Amazonas (Brazilian state) Populated places on the Amazon {{AmazonasBR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tefé
Tefé, known in early accounts as Teffé, is a municipality in the state of Amazonas, northern Brazil. Location Tefé is located about 525 km by air or 595 km by river to the west of Manaus on the south bank of the Rio Solimões (the upper Amazon), on the lake formed by the mouth of the Tefé River. The nearest large city is Coari, 192 km SE by east of Tefé. The municipal seat of Tefé is the largest town and commercial center of the middle Solimões region. Its population was 59,547 evenly divided between urban and rural, and its area is 23,704 km². There are no roads into Tefé and the only access is by river boat or plane. By fast boat it is about 12 hours from Manaus. Azul Linhas Aereas and Voepass operate flights from Manaus to Tefé Airport. The city is the home of the Territorial Prelature of Tefé. Tefé is also the major starting point for trips into the Mamiraua Reserve. The municipality is in the Juruá-Purus moist forests ecoregion. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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