Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Prelatures nullius

Marajó

MARAJÒ

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MARAJÓ. - Prelature nullius in the State of Pará in Brazil. Residence of the prelature at Soure.

It extends over 42,000 sq km, with a population of 75,000 inhabitants, of whom 74,000 are Catholics. It has 8 parishes,

26 churches. The prelature was created by Pope Pius XI, with the apostolic constitution Romanus Pontifex of 14 April 1928, and entrusted to the Order of the Recollects of St. Augustine. It is a suffragan of Belém do Pará.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. B. Lehmann, O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 474-75.

Virginio Battezzati

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By Virginio Battezzati

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), p. 27.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Marajò.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, p. 27. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/marajo.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Marajò.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, p. 27. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/marajo.

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@incollection{ec8_marajo,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Marajò},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VIII},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/marajo}
}

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