Roman Catholic Diocese of Cristalândia

Coordinates: 10°36′00″S 49°11′34″W / 10.60000°S 49.19278°W / -10.60000; -49.19278
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Diocese of Cristalândia

Dioecesis Cristalandiensis
Coordinates
10°36′00″S 49°11′34″W / 10.60000°S 49.19278°W / -10.60000; -49.19278
Statistics
Area62,691 km2 (24,205 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
245,020
138,750 (56.6%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established26 March 1956 (67 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopWellington de Queiroz Vieira
Metropolitan ArchbishopPedro Brito Guimarães
Map
Website
www.prelaziadecristalandia.com.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cristalândia (

Latin: Dioecesis Cristalandiensis) is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Palmas in central Brazil
.

Its episcopal cathedral is the Marian Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, dedicated to

Amazonian state of Tocantins. It comprises municipalities in southwest Tocantins and five in northwest Goiás
state.

History

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 176,700 Catholics (80.0% of 221,000 total) on 62,691 km² in 17 parishes and 80 missions with 20 priests (16 diocesan, 4 religious), 1 deacon, 25 lay religious (5 brothers, 20 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

As per 10 July 2019, in time of modification, it pastorally served 138,750 Catholics (56.6% of 245,020 total) on 62,691 km² in 17 parishes and 80 missions with 19 priests (17 diocesan, 2 religious), no deacons, 25 lay religious (2 brothers, 23 sisters) and 10 seminarians.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all

Roman rite
; initially members of missionary Latin congregations)

Bishop-Prelates
of Cristalândia
  • Avissa
    (1958.11.25 – 1978.05.26), died 1993
  • Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate
    of Cristalândia (1987.03.12 – 1988.05.11)
  • Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B. (born USA) (1990.06.20 – retired 2009.02.25), died 2018
  • Rodolfo Luís Weber (2009.02.25 – 2015.12.02); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.12.02 – ...)
  • Wellington de Queiroz Vieira (2016.11.16 - 2019.07.10), no previous prelature.
Diocesan Bishops of Cristalândia

See also

Sources and References