Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Lábrea
Catholic particular church territory
Territorial Prelature of Lábrea Praelatura Territorialis Labreana | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Porto Velho |
Statistics | |
Area | 230,240 km2 (88,900 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 78,832 61,500 (78.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1 May 1925 (99 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora de Nazaré |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Santiago Sánchez Sebastián, O.A.R. (he was chosen by Pope Francis on Wednesday, 13 April 2016, to succeed Bishop Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R.)[1] |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Roque Paloschi |
Bishops emeritus | Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa el, O.A.R. |
The Territorial Prelature of Lábrea (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Labreana) is a territorial prelature located in the city of Lábrea in the ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho in Brazil.
History
- 1 May 1925: Established as Territorial Prelature of Lábrea from the Diocese of Amazonas
Leadership
- Bishops of Lábrea (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Santiago Sánchez Sebastián, O.A.R. (2016.04.13 - )
- Bishop Jesús Moraza Ruiz de Azúa, O.A.R. (1994.01.12 – 2016.04.13)
- Bishop Florentino Zabalza Iturri, O.A.R. (1971.06.07 – 1994.01.12)
- Bishop Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. (Apostolic Administrator 1970.05.02 – 1971.06.07)
- Bishop José del Perpetuo Socorro Alvarez Mácua, O.A.R. (1944 – 1967.11.30)
- Fr. Inácio Martinez (1930.06.13 – 1942)
- Fr. Marcelo Calvo (Apostolic Administrator 1925 – 1930)
References
- ^ "Other Pontifical Acts".
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