Diocese of Alto Solimões

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões (Latin: Dioecesis Solimões Superioris) is a diocese located in the city of Tabatinga in the ecclesiastical province of Manaus in Brazil.

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Tres Fronteras

Tres Fronteras is an area of the Amazon rainforest in the Upper Amazon region of South America. It includes and is named after the tripoint at which the borders of Brazil, Peru, and Colombia meet. The upper Amazon River flows through the area.

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Leticia, Amazonas

Leticia is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C. Leticia has long been Colombia's shipping point for tropical fish for the aquarium trade. Leticia has a population of 33,503 located on the left bank of the Amazon River at the point where the borders of Colombia, Brazil and Peru meet in an area called Tres Fronteras. It is the largest Colombian settlement in the Southern Hemisphere. A long-standing border dispute involving Leticia, between Colombia and Peru, was decided in 1934 by the League of Nations after these two nations were engulfed in an armed conflict known as the Colombia-Peru War. It is adjacent to the larger Brazilian city of Tabatinga. Together with the Peruvian city of Santa Rosa de Yavari, the entire urban area has more than 120,000 residents spread along the Amazon River.

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Santa Rosa de Yavarí

Santa Rosa de Yavarí is a populated centre in the Amazon River that serves as the Peruvian border crossing of Tres Fronteras, a triple border shared by Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The city has a population of about 3,000 and is administered by Peru as part of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, a province of Loreto Region. However, it is disputed by Colombia since 2024.

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1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident

The TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident happened on 12 June 1982 when a twin-engined Fairchild FH-227B on an internal scheduled passenger flight from Eirunepé Airport to Tabatinga International Airport crashed in bad weather. On approach to land at Tabatinga, the aircraft hit a lighting tower and crashed into a car park; the aircraft exploded and burned, and all 44 on board were killed, resulting as TABA's worst aviation disaster.

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Tabatinga International Airport

Tabatinga International Airport is the airport serving Tabatinga, Brazil. It is operated by Vinci SA.

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History

May 23, 1910: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Solimões from the Diocese of Amazonas August 11, 1950: Promoted as Territorial Prelature of Alto Solimões August 14, 1991: Promoted as Diocese of Alto Solimões

Bishops

Prefects apostolic of Alto Solimões (Latin Church) Evangelista Galea (6 Sep 1910 – 1938) Tomaz M. de Marcellano (1938 – 1945) Venceslao da Spoleto (8 Nov 1946 – 1950) Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto (Apostolic Administrator 4 Sep 1950 – 1952) Prelates of Alto Solimões (Latin Church) Wesceslau Nazareno Ponte de Spoleto (1952 – 1952) Cesário Alexandre Minali (1 Mar 1955 – 9 Apr 1958), appointed Prelate of Carolina, Maranhão Adalberto Domingos Marzi (Apostolic administrator 8 Apr 1959 – 4 Feb 1961) Adalberto Domingos Marzi (4 Feb 1961 – 12 Sep 1990) Bishops of Alto Solimões (Latin Church) Evangelista Alcimar Caldas Magalhães (12 Sep 1990 – 20 May 2015) Adolfo Zon Pereira, S.X. (20 May 2015 – present)