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Territorial Prelature of Tefé

Praelatura Territorialis Tefensis



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Bishop(s)

  • José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp., Prelate

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Erected: 11 August 1950
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Manaus
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Amazonas
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 263,835 (101,906 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Norte 1
  • Mailing Address: Curia Prelaticia, Rua Duque de Caxias 438, 69550-013 Tefe, AM, Brazil
  • Telephone: (097)3343-2563
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé
23 May 1910ErectedDiocese of Amazonas Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé (erected)
19 October 1910Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões)
Diocese of Amazonas
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé
Prefecture Apostolic of Rio Negro (erected)
10 September 1921Territory AddedPrefecture Apostolic of Alto Solimões (Upper Solimões) (Boundaries Adjusted)
Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé (Boundaries Adjusted)
15 March 1939Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Tefé (Saint Philip) Territorial Prelature of Juruá
Territorial Prelature of Tefé
11 August 1950ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Tefé Territorial Prelature of Tefé (erected)
16 February 1952Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Tefé (from Belém do Pará)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Tefé
195046,89749,95393.9%23232,03923106ap1951
196574,81177,11197.0%12126,23420107ap1967
197081,65083,65097.6%14145,83222108ap1971
197683,00085,00097.6%12126,91616179ap1977
198077,40080,50096.1%13135,95318249ap1981
199099,600120,00083.0%16166,225181810ap1991
1999122,000187,80065.0%101012,200111910ap2000
2000122,000187,00065.2%111111,090131910ap2001
2001120,927181,92766.5%291110,993111910ap2002
2002120,927181,92766.5%2101210,077111910ap2003
2003161,640215,52175.0%2111312,433132110ap2004
2004161,640215,52175.0%4101411,545122111ap2005
2013188,000243,00077.4%915247,8336192615ap2014
2016192,600249,00077.3%1215277,1338162415ap2017
2019197,550255,00077.5%714219,4078151531ap2020
2021125,081198,53363.0%1115264,8107161430ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Tefé
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 2, Page 479
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 13, Page 482, and Page 483
  • Territorial Prelature of Tefé
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 43, Page 193, to Page 195
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 606, to Page 608

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