Archdiocese of Maceió
| Archdiocese of Maceió | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Antônio Muniz Fernandes OCarm |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral SDS |
| founding | 1900 |
| surface | 8,545 km² |
| Parishes | 72 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 1,636,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 1,032,000 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 63.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 79 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 20 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,424 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Friars | 29 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 197 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres |
| address | Av. D. Antônio Brandão 559 57020-630 Maceió, AL Brazil |
| Website | http://www.arquidiocesedemaceio.org.br/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios Diocese of Penedo |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceió ( lat. : Archidioecesis Maceiensis ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Maceió in the state of Alagoas .
history
The Archdiocese of Maceió was founded on July 2, 1900 by Pope Leo XIII. established with the papal bull Postremis hisce temporibus from cession of territory of the diocese of Olinda as diocese of Alagoas and subordinated to the archbishopric of São Salvador da Bahia as a suffragan diocese. The diocese of Alagoas was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Olinda as a suffragan on December 5, 1910. On April 3, 1916, the Diocese of Alagoas gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Penedo . The diocese of Alagoas changed its name to the Diocese of Maceió on August 25, 1917 .
On February 13, 1920, the diocese of Maceió was raised to the archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Maceió gave on February 10, 1962 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios .
Bishops
Bishops of Alagoas
- Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão , 1901-1910
- Manuel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes , 1910-1917
Bishops of Maceió
- Manuel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, 1917-1920
Archbishops of Maceió
- Manuel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, 1920-1922
- Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho , 1923–1939
- Ranulfo da Silva Farias , 1939-1963
- Adelmo Cavalcante Machado , 1963-1976
- Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho , 1976–1984, then Archbishop of Teresina
- José Lamartine Soares , 1985
- Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral SDB , 1985-2002
- José Carlos Melo CM , 2002-2006
- Antônio Muniz Fernandes OCarm , since 2006