List of Archbishops of Rio de Janeiro
The following people were bishops and archbishops of Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ):
- Bartolomeu Simões Pereira (1577–1591)
- João da Costa (1603-1606)
- Bartholomeu Lagarto (1606-1606)
- Mateus da Costa Aborim (1606–1629)
- Máximo Pereira, OSB (1629–1629)
- Lourenço de Mendonça (1631–1637)
- Pedro Homem Albernaz (1639-1643)
- Antonio de Mariz Loureiro (1643–1657)
- Manoel de Souza e Almada (1658–1670)
- Francisco da Silveira Dias (1671–1681) (first bishop from 1676)
- Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade, CSJ (1701–1721)
- Antônio de Guadalupe, OFM (1725-1740)
- João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, OCD (1740–1745)
- Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, OSB (1745–1773)
- José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco (1773-1805)
- José Caetano da Silva Coutinho (1806–1833)
- Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo (1839–1863)
- Pedro Maria de Lacerda (1868–1890)
- José Pereira da Silva Barros (1891-1893) (first archbishop from 1892)
- João Fernando Santiago Esberard (Esberrard) (1893-1897)
- Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1897-1930)
- Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (1930–1942)
- Jaime Cardinal de Barros Câmara (1943–1971)
- Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1971-2001)
- Eusébio Cardinal Scheid SCI (2001-2009)
- Orani João Cardinal Tempesta OCist (since 2009)