Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão ( lat. : Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in São Luís in the state of Maranhão .
history
The diocese of São Luís do Maranhão was on August 30, 1677 by Pope Innocent XI. established with the papal bull Super universas orbis Ecclesias from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Olinda and subordinated to the Patriarchate of Lisbon as a suffragan . On December 2, 1921, the diocese of São Luís do Maranhão by Pope Benedict XV. raised to the archbishopric without suffragan bishoprics. On February 10, 1922, the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão was by Pope Pius XI. raised to the seat of a metropolitan with the papal bull Rationi congruit . The archbishopric gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses. Today, in addition to the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, eleven dioceses belong to the ecclesiastical province.
Bishops
Bishops of São Luís do Maranhão
- Antônio de Santa Maria , 1677
- Gregório dos Anjos CSJ, 1677–1689
- Francisco de Lima OCarm , 1691–1695, then Bishop of Olinda
- Timóteo do Sacramento OSP, 1696-1714
- José Delgarte OSST , 1716-1724
- Manoel da Cruz Nogueira OCist , 1738–1745, then Bishop of Mariana
- Francisco de Sao Tiago, OFM , 1745-1752
- Antônio de São José Moura Marinho OSA , 1756–1778, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Jacinto Carlos da Silveira , 1779-1780
- José do Menino Jesus OCD , 1780–1783, then Bishop of Viseu
- Antônio de Pádua e Belas, OFM, 1783–1794
- Joaquim Ferreira de Carvalho , 1795-1801
- Luiz de Brito Homem , 1802-1813
- Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu OFM, 1819–1824, then Bishop of Coimbra
- Marcos Antônio de Souza , 1827-1842
- Carlos de São José e Souza OCD, 1844–1850
- Manoel Joaquim da Silveira , 1851–1861, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Luiz da Conceição Saraiva OSB , 1861–1876
- Antônio Cândido Alvarenga , 1877–1898, then Bishop of São Paulo
- Luis de Salles Pessoa , 1898
- Antônio Xisto Albano , 1901-1905
- Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho , 1906, then Archbishop of Belém do Pará
- Francisco de Paula Silva CM , 1907-1918
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira SDB , 1918–1921
Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira SDB, 1921–1922, then coadjutor archbishop of Mariana
- Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque , 1922–1935, then Bishop of Campos
- Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta , 1935–1944, then Archbishop of São Paulo
- Adalberto Accioli Sobral , 1947-1951
- José de Medeiros Delgado , 1951–1963, then Archbishop of Fortaleza
- João José da Mota e Albuquerque , 1964–1984
- Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte , 1984-2005
- José Belisário da Silva OFM, since 2005
