Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia

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Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia
Territorialis Praelatura Cristalandiensis
Statistics
Country: Brazil
Metropolitan: Palmas
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 66,365 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
192,000 (2004)
153,600 (80.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Prelatícia Nossa
Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro
Ordinaries
Bishop: Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B.

The Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia {Latin: Cristalandien(sis)} is a territorial prelature located in the city of Cristalândia in the Ecclesiastical province of Palmas in Brazil.

[edit] History

  • March 26, 1956: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia from the Territorial Prelature of Bananal

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Cristalândia (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B. (1990.06.20 – present)
    • Bishop Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. (1988.05.11 – 1989.09.29)
    • Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. (1958.11.25 – 1988.05.11)

[edit] References

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