The Roman Catholic Diocese of Xingu-Altamira ( la, Dioecesis Xinguensis-Altamirensis) is a

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located in the area of the

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in the

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of Santarém in Brazil. The cathedral is located in Altamira, Brazil.

History

On 16 August 1934, the Territorial Prelature of Xingu was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará,

Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

and

Territorial Prelature of Santarém A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

. At the time the Diocese of Santarém was promoted to an Archdiocese, the Territorial Prelature of Xingu was suppressed and succeeded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xingu-Altamira on 6 November 2019.

Episcopal ordinaries

;Territorial prelates (of Xingu) *

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, C.PP.S (17 January 1948 – 26 April 1971) *

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, C.PP.S (26 April 1971 – 2 September 1981) *

Erwin Kräutler Erwin Kräutler Missionaries of the Precious Blood, C.Pp.S. (born 12 July 1939 in Koblach, Austria) is a Roman Catholic bishop who headed the Territorial Prelature of Xingu from 1981 until 2015. Biography Erwin Kräutler was born in Koblach, Au ...

, C.PP.S (2 September 1981 – 23 December 2015) ** Prelate Coadjutor (1980–1981) * Joao Muniz Alves, OFM (23 December 2015 – 6 November 2019); ''see below'' ;Bishops * Joao Muniz Alves, OFM (6 November 2019 – present); ''see above''

References

External links

GCatholic.org

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