Archdiocese of Fortaleza
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza ( Latin Archidioecesis Fortalexiensis , Portuguese Arquidiocese de Fortaleza ) is a in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará .
history
The Archdiocese of Fortaleza was on June 6, 1854 by Pope Pius IX. established with the Apostolic Constitution Pro animarum salute from cession of territory by the Diocese of Olinda as the Diocese of Ceará . The diocese of Ceará was subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia as a suffragan . On December 5, 1910, the diocese of Ceará was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Olinda as a suffragan. The diocese of Ceará gave up on October 20, 1914 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Crato .
On November 10, 1915, the diocese of Ceará was by Pope Benedict XV. with the Apostolic Constitution Catholicae Religionis Bonum raised to the archbishopric and renamed the Archdiocese of Fortaleza . At the same time, the diocese of Sobral was established from the territory of the new archdiocese . The Archdiocese of Fortaleza gave up other parts of its territory on May 7, 1938 to found the Limoeiro do Norte , on January 28, 1961 to found the Iguatu and on March 13, 1971 to found the Itapipoca and Quixadá dioceses .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Ceará
- Luís Antônio dos Santos , 1860–1881, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Joaquim José Vieira , 1883–1912
- Manoel da Silva Gomes , 1912-1915
Archbishops of Fortaleza
- Manoel da Silva Gomes, 1915-1941
- Antônio de Almeida Lustosa SDB , 1941–1963
- José de Medeiros Delgado , 1963–1973
- Aloísio Cardinal Lorscheider OFM , 1973–1995, then Archbishop of Aparecida
- Cláudio Hummes OFM, 1996–1998, then Archbishop of São Paulo
- José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques , since 1999
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza (Portuguese)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Fortaleza on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)