Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- There is also a Diocese of Rio de Janeiro (and a Bishop of Rio de Janeiro) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian | |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
Population - Catholics |
3,556,095 (60.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | July 19, 1575 |
Cathedral | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
Patron saint | Saint Sebastian (principal) and Saint Anne (secondary) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. |
Auxiliary Bishops | Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Roque Costa Souza, Joel Portella Amado, Paulo Alves Romão, Juarez Delorto Secco, Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento |
Website | |
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The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. is Archbishop Emeritus.[1][2]
Ordinaries
Territorial Prelates
- Bartolomeu Simões Pereira (1577-1591)
- João da Costa (1603-1606)
- Bartholomeu Lagarto (1606)
- Mateus da Costa Aborim (1606-1629)
- Máximo Pereira O.S.B. (1629)
- Lourenço de Mendonça (1631-1637)
- Pedro Homem Albernaz (1639-1643)
- Antonio de Mariz Loureiro (1643-1657)
- Manuel de Sousa e Almada (1658-1671)
- Francisco da Silveira Dias (1971)
- Manuel Pessoa de Figueiredo (1673)
Bishops
- Manoel Pereira, O.P. (1676-1680), never assumed see
- José de Barros Alarcão (1680-1700)
- Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade S.C.I. (1701-1721)
- Antônio de Guadalupe O.F.M. (1725-1740)
- João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho. O.C.D. (1740-1745)
- Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, O.S.B. (1745-1773)
- José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco (1773-1805)
- José Caetano da Silva Coutinho (1806-1833)
- Count Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo (1839-1863)
- Count Pedro Maria de Lacerda (1868-1890)
- Count José Pereira da Silva Barros (1891-1893)
Archbishops
- João Fernando Santiago Esberrard (1893-1897)
- Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1897-1930)
- Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (1930-1942)
- Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara (1943-1971)
- Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1971-2001)
- Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. (2001-2009)
- Cardinal Orani João Tempesta O.Cist. (2009-present)
Current Suffragan Dioceses
References
- ↑ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. self-published
- ↑ Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. self-published
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