Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Brazil
| Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Brazil | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Full professor | Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo |
| Vicar General | Jorge Rodé |
| founding | 1951 |
| surface | 8,514,215 km² |
| Parishes | 4 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Residents | 190,732,694 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics | 10,000 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| proportion of | 0% |
| Diocesan priest | 2 (December 31, 2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,000 |
| Friars | 3 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2008 ) |
| rite | Byzantine rite |
| Liturgical language |
Church Slavonic Portuguese |
| address | Rua Cosme Velho 470, 20241-090 Rua Cosme Velho 470, 20241-090 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, RJ, Brazil |
The Ordinariate for the Byzantine Believers in Brazil ( Latin Brasiliae ) with its seat in Rio de Janeiro is responsible for the episcopal direction and jurisdiction over all Catholic Christians of the Byzantine rite in Brazil associated with Rome , i.e. for immigrant members of the Uniate Byzantine Eastern Churches and their descendants.
history
Pope Pius XII founded it on November 14, 1951.
Some United Churches formed their own jurisdiction in Brazil .
- May 30, 1962 for the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church : Apostolic Exarchate Brazil
- November 29, 1971 for the faithful of the Maronite Church : Eparchy Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo
- November 29, 1971 for the faithful of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church : Eparchy Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
Ordinaries
- Jaime de Barros Câmara (November 14, 1951 - February 18, 1971)
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales (July 22, 1972 - October 3, 2001)
- Eusébio Scheid SCI (October 3, 2001 - July 28, 2010)
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (since July 28, 2010)