Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Prelatures nullius

Guajaramín

GUAJARAMIN

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GUAJARAMÍN. - Prelature nullius and city in the State of Mato Grosso in Brazil.

It has an area of 60,000 sq km, with 15,000 inhabitants, of whom 10,000 are Catholics; it has 1 parish with 2 diocesan priests and 2 regulars, 1 male religious community and 1 female.

The prelature was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Animarum cura of 1 March 1959, by detachment from the diocese of S. Luigi de Cáceres and from the prelature of Porto Velho, elevating to prelature church the church of N. S. del Perpetuo Soccorso; the prelature is a suffragan of Cujabá.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 22 (1930), pp. 444-46.

Enrico Josi

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By Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1194.

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Josi, Enrico. “Guajaramin.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1194. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/guajaramin.

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Josi, Enrico. “Guajaramin.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1194. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/guajaramin.

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@incollection{ec6_guajaramin,
  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Guajaramin},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1194},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/guajaramin}
}

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