The Territorial Prelature of Tefé ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Tefensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of

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 (th ...

in the ecclesiastical province 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

* On 23 May 1910, the Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé was founded from the

Diocese of Amazonas The Archdiocese of Manaus ( la, Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil. History * April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * February 16, 1952: Promoted ...

* On 11 August 1950, the Prefecture was promoted to the Territorial Prelature of Tefé

Bishops

*Prefects Apostolic of Tefé (Roman rite) ** Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat,

C.S.Sp. , image = Holy Ghost Fathers seal.png , size = 175px , caption = The seal of the Congregation depicting the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Trinity. , abbreviation ...

(16 August 1910 – 1946) ** Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (19 July 1946 – 18 April 1952) appointed Prelate of Tefé * Prelates of Tefé (Roman rite) ** Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (18 April 1952 – 15 December 1982) ** Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. (15 December 1982 – 19 October 2000) ** Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (19 October 2000 – 12 December 2012) ** Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. (14 May 2014 – 9 June 2021) ** Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (9 March 2022 – present)

Coadjutor prelate

Sérgio Eduardo Castriani Sérgio Eduardo Castriani C.S.Sp. (31 May 1954 – 3 March 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop. Castriani was born in Brazil and was ordained to the priesthood in 1978. He served as coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Territo ...

, C.S.Sp. (1998–2000)

References

GCatholic.org

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