Archdiocese of Brasília
| Archdiocese of Brasília | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Auxiliary bishop |
José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida Marcony Vinícius Ferreira |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Cardinal Freire Falcão |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | João Evangelista Martins Terra SJ |
| founding | January 16, 1960 |
| surface | 5,814 km² |
| Parishes | 147 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Residents | 3,039,444 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics | 2,040,445 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| proportion of | 67.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 193 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious priest | 131 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,298 |
| Permanent deacons | 98 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Friars | 193 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| Religious sisters | 371 (2018 / AP 2019 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida |
| Website | www.arquidiocesedebrasilia.org.br |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Formosa Diocese of Luziânia Diocese of Uruaçu |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília ( lat. : Archidioecesis Brasiliapolitanus ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Brasília in Federal District do Brasil .
history
The diocese of Brasília was on January 16, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. Erected from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Goiânia . On April 21 of the same year, the official founding date of the city of Brasília, José Newton de Almeida Baptista was appointed the first bishop of the diocese.
On October 11, 1966, the diocese of Brasília was raised to an archdiocese. Today it is the seat of the ecclesiastical province of Brasília with three suffragan dioceses .
Bishops of Brasília
Bishops
- José Newton de Almeida Baptista , 1960–1966
Archbishops
- José Newton de Almeida Baptista, 1966–1984
- José Cardinal Freire Falcão , 1984-2004
- João Bráz de Aviz , 2004–2010, then Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- Sérgio Cardinal da Rocha , 2011–2020, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
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