Diocese of Cristalândia, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Cristalândia / Cristalandien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Palmas

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1924.07.04: Established as Territorial Prelature of Bananal / Bananalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Porto Nacional and became suffragan of Mariana)
1932.11.18: Became suffragan of Goiás
1956.03.26: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia / Cristalandien(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Porto Nacional, gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins, lost territory to Diocese of Goiás and became suffragan of Goiânia)
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
1996.03.27: Became suffragan of Palmas
2019.07.10: Promoted as Diocese of Cristalândia / Cristalandien(sis) (Latin) (exchanged territory with Diocese of Miracema do Tocantins)

Contact Info

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

Phone: (063)3354-1308

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cristalândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (58) (later Archbishop)
(2019.07.10 – 2026.10.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Misericors et justus

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

Priest of Tocantinópolis (Brazil) (1996.12.08 – 2016.11.16)

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

Bishop of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – 2026.10.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2026.10.14 – ...)

Prelates of Cristalândia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (58) (later Archbishop)
(2016.11.16 – 2019.07.10)

(see above)

Bishop Rodolfo Luís Weber (63) (later Archbishop)
(2009.02.25 – 2015.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Passo Fundo (Brazil)

Ide e evangelizai

Born:	1963.08.30 (Bom Princípio, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.01.05
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.05.15

Priest of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1991.01.05 – 2009.02.25)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.08.28 – 2009.02.25)

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)

Fiat

Born:	1933.05.25 (Shallow Water, KS, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.02
Died:	2018.01.03 (Palmas, TO, Brazil † 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 (Arauari, MG, 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 (Treverton, PA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1940.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.02.24
Died:	1993.01.31 (Denville, NJ, USA † 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 (Bellinzona, 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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro, Cristalândia, Tocantins
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (20)

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 70,488 km²

Population: 157,000 Catholics (59.9% of 262,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes

Personnel: 28 priests (21 diocesan, 7 religious), 2 deacons, 24 religious (7 brothers, 17 sisters), 10 seminarians