Territorial Prelature of São Félix explained

Jurisdiction:Territorial Prelature
São Félix
Latin:Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis
Local:Prelazia Territorial de São Félix
Country:Brazil
Province:Cuiabá
Rite:Latin Rite
Established:13 May 1969 (years ago)
Cathedral:Cathedral of the Assumption in São Félix do Araguaia
Area Km2:150,000
Population:150,000
Population As Of:2004
Catholics:129,000
Catholics Percent:86
Bishop:Lucio Nicoletto
Metro Archbishop:Mílton Antônio dos Santos
Emeritus Bishops:Adriano Ciocca Vasino
Map:ProvinciaEclesiasticaCuiaba.jpg
Website:Website of the Prelature

The Territorial Prelature of São Félix (do Araguaia) (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Sancti Felicis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.

It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Archbishop of Cuiabá. Its cathedral see, Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora da Assunção, is located in the city of São Félix do Araguaia.

On 21 March 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed as the Prelate of São Félix Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino, who had previously served as the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta in Pernambuco. Bishop Ciocca Vasino demissioned on 13 March 2024 and Pope Francis named as new bishop father Lucio Nicoletto

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