Territorial Prelature of Itaituba Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis Prelazia Territorial de Itaituba
Cathedral of St Anne in Itaituba in 2011
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Santarém
Metropolitan	Santarém
Statistics
Area	175,000 km2 (68,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 201,700 194,200 (96.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	6 July 1988 (35 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Anne in Itaituba
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vilmar Santin, O. Carm.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Irineu Roman
Website
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The Territorial Prelature of Itaituba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Itaitubaënsis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Itaituba in the ecclesiastical province of Santarém in Brazil.

History

On July 6, 1988, the Territorial Prelature of Itaituba was established from the Diocese of Santarém.

On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Vilmar Santin, O. Carm., until then vicar of the parish of São Lázaro e Coração Imaculado de Maria, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus, as the new bishop prelate of Itaituba, succeeding Bishop Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M., who had resigned on reaching the age limit of 75.

It became a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santarém in 6 November 2019 with Diocese of Óbidos^[1]

Leadership

• Prelates of Itaituba (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Capistrano Francisco Heim, O.F.M. (July 6, 1988 - December 8, 2010)
  • Bishop Vilmar Santin, O. Carm. (December 8, 2010 – present)