Territorial Prelature of Óbidos
- Territorial Prelature of Óbidos
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Óbidos
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Obidensis
country= Brazil| metropolitan= Belém do Pará
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral = Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Sant’Ana
cocathedral =
area= 182,960
population= 201,063
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 167,379
catholics_percent= 83.2
bishop= Martinho Lammers, O.F.M.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Territorial Prelature of Óbidos {Latin: " Territorialis Praelatura Obiden(sis)"} is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Óbidos in the Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará in Brazil.
History
* On April 10, 1957, the Territorial Prelature of Óbidos was created from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém
Leadership
* Prelates of Óbidos (Roman rite)
** Bishop Martinho Lammers, O.F.M. (July 19, 1976 - present)
** Bishop Constantino José Lüers, O.F.M. (April 13, 1973 - March 24, 1976)
** Bishop João Floriano Loewenau, O.F.M. (September 12, 1957 - 1972)
References
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/obid0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dobid.html Catholic Hierarchy]
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