Diocese of

Cristalândia

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 70,488 km²

Population: 156,000 Catholics (60.3% of 258,870 total) (2020)

Statistics: 18 parishes, 24 priests (21 diocesan, 3 religious), 26 lay religious (4 brothers, 22 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Palmas

Neighbouring Dioceses: São Félix (↙), Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (↖), Tocantinópolis (↗), Miracema do Tocantins (↗), Porto Nacional (→), Uruaçu (↓), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro (July 30)

Address: Cúria Prelatícia, Praça da Catedral s.n, 77490-000 Cristalândia, TO, Brazil

Phone: (063)3354-1308

History

1924.07.04: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bananal / Bananalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Porto Nacional)
1956.03.26: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia / Cristalandien(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Porto Nacional, and gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, and lost territory to Diocese of Goiás)
1969.05.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of São Félix
1976.03.27: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
2019.07.10: Promoted as Diocese of Cristalândia / Cristalandien(sis) (Latin) (exchanged territory with Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Prelatícia Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Cristalândia, Tocantins

São Félix (↙), Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia (↖), Tocantinópolis (↗), Miracema do Tocantins (↗), Porto Nacional (→), Uruaçu (↓), Rubiataba–Mozarlândia (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.07.10 – ...):

Bishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cristalândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (53)
(2019.07.10 – ...)

Bishop of Cristalândia (Brazil)

Born:	1968.07.11 (Tocantinópolis, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.04

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – ...)

Prelates of Cristalândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (53)
(2016.11.16 – 2019.07.10)

(see above)

Bishop Rodolfo Luís Weber (58) (later Archbishop)
(2009.02.25 – 2015.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Ide e evangelizai

Born:	1963.08.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.15

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2009.02.25 – 2015.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (2015.12.02 – ...)

Bishop Heriberto Hermes, O.S.B.
(1990.06.20 – 2009.02.25)

Born:	1933.05.25 (Shallow Water, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.02
Died:	2018.01.03 († 84)

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (1990.06.20 – 2009.02.25)

Bishop Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M.
(1988.05.11 – 1989.09.29)

Born:	1934.04.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.06.30
Died:	1989.09.29 († 55)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (1987.03.12 – 1988.05.11)

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (1988.05.11 – 1989.09.29)

Bishop Jaime Antônio Schuck, O.F.M.
(1958.11.25 – 1988.05.11)

Born:	1913.01.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.02.24
Died:	1993.01.31 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Avissa (1958.11.25 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (1958.11.25 – 1988.05.11)

Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P.
(1956.03.26 – 1957.01.17)

Born:	1895.05.15 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1922.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.01.04
Died:	1959.11.27 († 64)

Bishop-Prelate of Bananal (Brazil) (1947.06.19 – 1956.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Cœla (1947.06.19 – 1957.01.17)

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (1956.03.26 – 1957.01.17)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1957.01.17 – 1959.11.27)

Prelates of Bananal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cândido Bento Maria Penso, O.P.
(1947.06.19 – 1956.03.26)

(see above)

Fr. Francesco Ozamiz Corta, C.M.F.
(Apostolic Administrator 1926 – 1930)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Olívio Teodoro Obalhe, O.F.M. (1987.03.12 – 1988.05.11)

as of 2022.05.10

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