List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome.

The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 44 archdioceses (which head 44 ecclesiastical provinces), 216 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 9 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, the Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites in Brazil, the Military Ordinariate of Brazil, and the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney ( the only personal apostolic administration for the Extraordinary form of the Roman Rite in the world). These 275 divisions make the largest number of particular churches in any country.

Catholic Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil

Sui iuris Latin Church Jurisdictions

Exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See

• Military Ordinariate of Brazil, for the armed force
• Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (traditionalist Tridentine Mass variation on the Roman Rite)

Latin (or mixed) Catholic Provinces in Brazil

Eastern Catholic proper and exempt jurisdictions

• Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites in Brazil

Defunct jurisdictions

excluding those which were simply promoted to existing ones above

• Territorial Prelature of Bananal
• Territorial Abbacy of Claraval
• Diocese of Guiratinga (originally Territorial Prelature)
• Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro
• Territorial Prelate of Paranatinga
• Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia
• Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins

Gallery of Brazilian Archdioceses

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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Aparecida is Catedral de Santo Antônio.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Aracaju is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Graças.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Botucatu is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Sant’Ana.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Brasília is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Campinas is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Cascavel is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Senhor Bom Jesus.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Curitiba is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana is Catedral Metropolitana Senhora Sant’Ana.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora do Desterro.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza is Catedral Metropolitana São José.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora is Catedral Metropolitana Santo Antônio.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Londrina is Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Maceió is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Mariana is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Maringá is Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Natal is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife is Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Pelotas is Catedral São Francisco de Paula.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto is Catedral Metropolitana São Sebastião.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria is Catedral Imaculada Conceição.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of São Paulo is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is Catedral Basílica Primacial do Transfiguração do Senhor.
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  The seat of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião.

References and External links

• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.
• GCatholic.org.