The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões ( la, Dioecesis Solimões Superioris) is a
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, pro ...
located in the city of
Tabatinga
Tabatinga, originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, is a municipality in the Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian state of Amazonas. Its population was 67,182 (2020) and its area is 3,225 km2.
To ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
in Brazil.
History
* May 23, 1910: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Solimões from the
Diocese of Amazonas
* August 11, 1950: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Alto Solimões
* August 14, 1991: Promoted as Diocese of Alto Solimões
Bishops
* Prefects apostolic of Alto Solimões (
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)
**
Evangelista Galea (6 Sep 1910 – 1938)
**
Tomaz M. de Marcellano (1938 – 1945)
**
Venceslao da Spoleto (8 Nov 1946 – 1950)
**Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto (Apostolic Administrator 4 Sep 1950 – 1952)
* Prelates of Alto Solimões (Latin Church)
**
Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto (1952 – 1952)
**
Cesário Alexandre Minali (1 Mar 1955 – 9 Apr 1958), appointed Prelate of Carolina, Maranhão
** Adalberto Domingos Marzi (Apostolic administrator 8 Apr 1959 – 4 Feb 1961)
**
Adalberto Domingos Marzi (4 Feb 1961 – 12 Sep 1990)
*
Bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
s of Alto Solimões (Latin Church)
**
Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães
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(12 Sep 1990 – 20 May 2015)
**
Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. (20 May 2015 - present)
Coadjutor bishop
*
Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. (2014-2015)
References
Catholic Hierarchy.org: Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões
Alto Solimoes
Amazonas (Brazilian state)
Tres Fronteras
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Manaus
1910 establishments in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1910
Alto Solimoes
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