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Territorial Prelature Of São José De Alto Tocantins
The Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins was a short-lived (1924–1956) Latin Church missionary jurisdiction of the Catholic Church administered by the Claretians in inner Brazil's Amazon basin. History Established on 25 July 1924 as Territorial Prelature (a pre-diocesan jurisdiction) of São José de Alto Tocantins, on vast territory in the upper basin of the Tocantins River, split off from the Diocese of Goiás. It was run by the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians, C.M.F.), mainly Spanish missionaries. On 26 March 1956 it was suppressed, its territory being divided to establish the Territorial Prelature of Formosa, Diocese of Uruaçu (to which see its last incumbent was promoted) and Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia. Ordinaries ;''Bishop-Prelates of São José de Alto Tocantins'' * ''Apostolic Administrator'' Father Francesco Ozamiz Corta, Claretians (C.M.F.) (1925 – 1930 ''see below'') * Florentino Simón y Garriga, C.M.F. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocantins Watershed
Tocantins () is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014. Construction of its capital, Palmas, Tocantins, Palmas, began in 1989; most of the other cities in the state date to the Portuguese colonization of the Americas, Portuguese colonial period. With the exception of Araguaína, there are few other cities with a significant population in the state. The government has invested in a new capital, a major hydropower dam, railroads and related infrastructure to develop this primarily agricultural area. The state has 0.75% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 0.5% of the Brazilian GDP. Tocantins has attracted hundreds of thousands of new residents, primarily to Palmas. It is building on its hydropower resources. The Araguaia River, Araguaia and Tocantins Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Uruaçu
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into dioceses based on the civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situation must have hardly survived Julian, 361–363. Episcopal courts are not heard of again in the East until 398 and in the West in 408. The quality of these courts was lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Dioceses In Brazil
This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Holy See, Rome. The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 45 archdioceses (which head 45 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchy, eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba, Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis, Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, the Ordinariate for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Uruaçu
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Uruaçu () is a diocese located in the city of Uruaçu in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília, Brasília in Brazil. On June 17, 2020, Giovanni Carlos Caldas Barroca, a priest of the Brasilia archdiocese, was appointed the new Bishop here. History * 1956.03.26: Established as Diocese of Uruaçu from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiás Bishops * Bishops of Uruaçu (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop-Elect Giovanni Carlos Caldas Barroca (2020.06.17 – ...) ** Bishop Messias dos Reis Silveira (2007.01.03 – 2018.11.14), appointed Bishop of Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais ** Bishop José da Silva Chaves (1976.05.14 – 2007.01.03) ** Bishop Francisco Prada Carrera, Claretians, C.M.F. (1957.01.17 – 1976.02.25) Auxiliary bishop *José da Silva Chaves (1967-1976), appointed Bishop here Other priests of this diocese who became bishops *Adair José Guimarães, appointed Bishop of Rubiataba-Mozarlând ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bisica
Bijga, also known as Henchir-Bijga, is a place in Tunisia, North Africa, near the city of Tunis. History During the Roman Empire, the town was part of the province of Africa proconsularis and gained importance possibly from the second century AD onwards. It was first a colonia and then a municipium and had baths, an aqueduct and possibly a capitolium. The town became also the seat A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but may also refer to concentrations of power in a wider sense (i.e " seat (legal entity)"). See disambiguation. Types of seat The ... of the ancient Christian bishopric of Bisca (Bishopric), Bisca, which although ceasing to function with the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, survives today as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church The ruins of the ancient town can still be seen. References Roman towns and cities in Tunisia Former populated places in Tunisia {{AncientRome- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
