Territorial Prelature of Tefé, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Tefé / Tefen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Manaus

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cruzeiro do Sul (↙), Alto Solimões (←), Leticia (←), Mitú (↖), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (↑), Coari (→), Lábrea (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1910.05.23: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé / Tefen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Amazonas)
1931.05.22: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Juruá
1950.08.11: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Tefé / Tefen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Belém do Pará)
1952.02.16: Became suffragan of Manaus

Contact Info

Address: Cúria Prelatícia, Rua Duque de Caxias 438, 69470-000 Tefé, AM, Brazil

Phone: (097)3343-2563

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2022.03.09 – ...):

Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (63)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Tefé (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Altevir da Silva, C.S.Sp. (63)
(2022.03.09 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil)

Escuta, aprende e anuncia com alegria, esperança e caridade

Born:	1962.11.30 (Ipixuna, AM, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.12.16

Bishop of Cametá (Brazil) (2017.09.27 – 2022.03.09)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2022.03.09 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Barbosa dos Santos, C.M. (59)
(2014.05.14 – 2021.06.09)

Bishop of Palmares (Brazil)

Servo de Cristo para missão

Born:	1967.03.05 (Sertânia, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.01.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.08.28

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2014.05.14 – 2021.06.09)

Bishop of Palmares (Brazil) (2021.06.09 – ...)

Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop)
(2000.10.19 – 2012.12.12)

Habitou entre nós

Born:	1954.05.31 (Regente Feijó, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.09
Died:	2021.03.03 (Manaus, AM, Brazil † 66)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2000.10.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2000.10.19 – 2012.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2012.12.12 – 2019.11.27)

Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp.
(1982.12.15 – 2000.10.19)

Vim para servir

Born:	1940.08.07 (Itaúna, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1966.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1980.10.19
Died:	2024.08.08 (Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil † 84)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1980.07.31 – 1982.12.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1982.12.15 – 2000.10.19)

Bishop Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp.
(1952.04.18 – 1982.12.15)

Iter para tutum

Born:	1906.03.05 (Sint Nicolaasga, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1933.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.07.06
Died:	1992.07.14 (Netherlands † 86)

Prefect Apostolic of Tefé (Brazil) (1946.07.19 – 1950.08.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Tefé (Brazil) (1950.08.11 – 1952.04.18)

Titular Bishop of Photice (1952.04.18 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1952.04.18 – 1982.12.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Tefé (Roman Rite)

Fr. Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1950.08.11 – 1952.04.18)

Fr. Joaquim de Lange, C.S.Sp. (later Bishop)
(1946.07.19 – 1950.08.11)

(see above)

Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp.
(Apostolic Administrator 1945 – 1946)

Fr. Miguel Alfredo Barat, C.S.Sp.
(1910.08.16 – 1945)

Born:	1864.11.12 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1887.06.04
Died:	1946 († 82)

Prefect Apostolic of Tefé (Brazil) (1910.08.16 – 1945)

Apostolic Administrator of Tefé (Brazil) (1945 – 1946)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (later Archbishop) (1998.05.27 – 2000.10.19)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Mário Clemente Neto, C.S.Sp. (1980.07.31 – 1982.12.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Prelatícia Santa Teresa, Tefé, Amazonas

Cruzeiro do Sul (↙), Alto Solimões (←), Leticia (←), Mitú (↖), São Gabriel da Cachoeira (↑), Coari (→), Lábrea (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 263,835 km²

Population: 126,000 Catholics (64.8% of 194,430 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 24 priests (10 diocesan, 14 religious), 7 deacons, 29 religious (15 brothers, 14 sisters), 3 seminarians