Territorial Prelature of Bananal

The Territorial Prelature of Bananal was a short-lived (1924-1956) Latin Catholic pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction in Brazil.

See Bananal for namesakes

History

Established on 1924.07.04 as Territorial Prelature of Bananal, named after the Microregion of Bananal (in São Paulo state), where its territory was split off from the Diocese of Porto Nacional.

Suppressed on 1956.03.26, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Goiás, to which its last Prelate was transferred and promoted, and to establish the Territorial Prelature of Cristalândia.

Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

It was initially vacant, with a single Apostolic Administrator :

Its only proper episcopal Bishop-Prelate of Bananal was :

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