Diocese of Alto Solimões Dioecesis Solimões Superioris | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Manaus |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 130,240 km2 (50,290 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 169,000 98,000 (58.0%) |
| Information | |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 23 May 1910 (113 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Santos Anjos da Guarda, Tabatinga |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral São Paulo Apóstolo, São Paulo de Olivença |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Adolfo Zon Pereira |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sérgio Eduardo Castriani |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões (Latin: Dioecesis Solimões Superioris) is a diocese located in the city of Tabatinga in the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.
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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 (Latin Church)
- 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)
- Bishops of Alto Solimões (Latin Church)
- Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães (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
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