Archdiocese of São Paulo
| Archdiocese of São Paulo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Diocesan bishop | Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer |
| Auxiliary bishop |
Carlos Lema Garcia Eduardo Vieira dos Santos Devair Araújo da Fonseca Luiz Carlos Dias José Benedito Cardoso Jorge Pierozan Ângelo Ademir Mezzari RCJ (appointed) |
| founding | 1745 |
| surface | 655 km² |
| Parishes | 306 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 7,669,976 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 4,984,484 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 65% |
| Diocesan priest | 410 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 503 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,459 |
| Permanent deacons | 96 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 641 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,977 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral da Sé |
| Website | arquidiocesedesaopaulo.org.br/ |
| Suffragan dioceses | Campo Limpo , Caraguatatuba , Guarulhos , Mogi das Cruzes , Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo , Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo , Osasco , Santo Amaro , Santo André , Santos , São Miguel Paulista |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo ( Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia , Portuguese Arquidiocese de São Paulo ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in the Brazilian Sao Paulo in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of São Paulo was founded by Pope Benedict XIV with the Latin name Sancti Pauli in Brasilia on December 6, 1745 from the metropolitan diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro . The first bishop was Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira . On June 7, 1908, the diocese was raised to an archbishopric by Pope Pius X. Leopoldo Duarte e Silva became the first archbishop .
Numerous suffragan dioceses were founded between 1892 and 1989 .
Ordinaries
Bishops
- Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira (1745–1748)
- Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão, OFM (1750–1764)
- Manoel da Ressurreição OFM (1771–1789)
- Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz OFM (1791–1795)
- Mateus de Abreu Pereira (1795-1824)
- Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade (1827–1847)
- Antônio Joaquim de Mello (1851–1861)
- Sebastião Pinto do Rêgo (1861–1868)
- Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho (1871-1894)
- Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1894–1897), later Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and cardinal
- Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1898–1903)
- José de Camargo Barros (1903-1906)
- Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1906–1908)
Archbishops
- Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1908–1938)
- José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (1939–1943)
- Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcelos Motta (1944–1964), later Archbishop of Aparecida
- Agnelo Cardinal Rossi (1964–1970), later Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
- Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns OFM (1970–1998)
- Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM (1998–2006), later Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
- Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer , since 2007
Development of the number of members
The proportion of Catholics in the total population of the archdiocese fell from 93% in 1966 to 65% in 2017.
See also
Web links
- Entry on the Archdiocese of São Paulo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Official Website (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on the Archdiocese of São Paulo on catholic-hierarchy.org . Retrieved May 26, 2020.