Roman Catholic Diocese of Cristalândia

Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia Praelatura Territorialis Cristalandiensis
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Palmas
Coordinates	10°36′00″S 49°11′34″W
Statistics
Area	66,365 km2 (25,624 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 192,000 153,600 (80.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	26 March 1956 (68 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro
Current leadership
Bishop	Wellington Queiroz Vieira
Map
Website
www.prelaziadecristalandia.com.br

The Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Cristalandiensis) is a territorial prelature in the Ecclesiastical province of Palmas in central Brazil.

Its episcopal cathedral is the Marian Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Support, in the city of Cristalândia in the Amazonian state of Tocatins.

History

• Established on 26 March 1956 as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia, on territories split off from the Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins and the (suppressed) Territorial Prelature of Bananal
• It lost territories twice to daughter jurisdictions : on 1969.05.13 to establish Territorial Prelature of São Félix (in the Ecclesiastical Province of Cuiaba), and on 1976.03.27 to establish Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (now a sister diocese in Palmas province).

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.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman rite; initially members of missionary Latin congregations)

Bishop-Prelates of Cristalândia

• Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M. (born USA) (1958.11.25 – retired 1988.05.11), initially Titular Bishop of Avissa (1958.11.25 – 1978.05.26), died 1993
• Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. (first native incumbent) (1988.05.11 – died 1989.09.29), previously Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (1987.03.12 – 1988.05.11)
• Heriberto Hermes, American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (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 Queiroz Vieira (2016.11.16 - present), no previous prelature.

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

Sources and References

• GCatholic.org, data for all sections, with Google map and HQ picture
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Template:Pt icon Official website