List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil
![]() Catholic Church in Brazil | |
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Portuguese: Igreja Católica no Brasil | |
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Type | National polity |
Classification | Catholic |
Orientation | Latin |
Scripture | Bible |
Theology | Catholic theology |
Polity | Episcopal |
Governance | CNBB |
Pope | Francis |
President | Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo |
Primate | Sérgio da Rocha |
Region | Brazil |
Language | Portuguese, Latin |
Origin | c 1500 Colonial Brazil, Portuguese Empire |
Separations | Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church |
Members | 123 million - 127 million[1][2] - 134 million[3] - 140 million[4][5] |
Official website | CNBB |
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This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 45 archdioceses (which head 45 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, the Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites in Brazil, the Military Ordinariate of Brazil, and the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (the only personal apostolic administration in the world). These 275 divisions make the largest number of particular churches in any country.
Sui iuris Latin Church Jurisdictions
- Exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See
- Military Ordinariate of Brazil, for the armed force
- Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (traditionalist Tridentine Mass variation on the Roman Rite)
Latin (or mixed) Catholic Provinces in Brazil
Region South I
State of São Paulo.
Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida
Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu
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Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo
- Diocese of Campo Limpo
- Diocese of Guarulhos
- Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes
- Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo (Antiochian Rite)
- Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo (Byzantine Rite)
- Diocese of Osasco
- Diocese of Santo Amaro
- Diocese of Santo André
- Diocese of Santos
- Diocese of São Miguel Paulista
Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba
Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto
Ecclesiastical province of Campinas
Region South II
State of Paraná.
Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba
Ecclesiastical province of Maringá
Ecclesiastical province of Londrina
Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel
Region South III
State of Rio Grande do Sul.
Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo
Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre
Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria
Region South IV
State of Santa Catarina.
Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis
Region North I
State of Amazonas.
Ecclesiastical province of Manaus
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Region North II
State of Pará.
Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará
Ecclesiastical province of Santarém
Region North III
State of Tocantins.
Ecclesiastical province of Palmas
Region East I
State of Rio de Janeiro.
Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Ecclesiastical province of Niterói
Region East II
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State of Minas Gerais.
Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte
Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora
Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina
Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba
Ecclesiastical province of Mariana
Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros
Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre
Region East III
Ecclesiastical province of Vitória
Region Center-West
State of Goiás and the Federal District.
Ecclesiastical province of Brasília
Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia
Region West I
State of Mato Grosso do Sul.
Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande
Region West II
State of Mato Grosso.
Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá
Region Northwest
States of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas.
Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho
Region Northeast I
State of Ceará.
Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza
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Region Northeast II
States of Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte.
Ecclesiastical province of Natal
Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife
Ecclesiastical province of Maceió
Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba
- Metropolitan Archdiocese of Paraíba
- Diocese of Cajazieras
- Diocese of Campina Grande
- Diocese of Guarabira
- Diocese of Patos
Salvador, Feira de Santana, Vitória da Conquista.
Region Northeast III
Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia
Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana
Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista
Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju
Region Northeast IV
State of Piauí.
Ecclesiastical province of Teresina
Region Northeast V
State of Maranhão.
Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão
Eastern Catholic proper and exempt jurisdictions
Armenian Catholic Church
part of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite)
- but exempt, directly subject to the Holy See
Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) Ecclesiastical province of São João Batista em Curitiba
part of the Eastern particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, using its Ukrainian language Byzantine rite
Defunct jurisdictions
excluding those which were simply promoted to existing ones above
- Territorial Prelature of Bananal
- Territorial Abbacy of Claraval
- Diocese of Guiratinga (originally Territorial Prelature)
- Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro
- Territorial Prelate of Paranatinga
- Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia
- Territorial Prelature of São José de Alto Tocantins
Gallery of Brazilian Archdioceses
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Aparecida is Catedral Basílica Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Aracaju is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Graças.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Botucatu is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Sant’Ana.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Brasília is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Campinas is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Cascavel is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Senhor Bom Jesus.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Curitiba is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana is Catedral Metropolitana Senhora Sant’Ana.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora do Desterro.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza is Catedral Metropolitana São José.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora is Catedral Metropolitana Santo Antônio.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Londrina is Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Maceió is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Mariana is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Maringá is Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Natal is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife is Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Pelotas is Catedral São Francisco de Paula.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto is Catedral Metropolitana São Sebastião.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria is Catedral Imaculada Conceição.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of São Paulo is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is Catedral Basílica Primacial do Transfiguração do Senhor.
- The seat of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião.
References and external links
- Catholic-Hierarchy entry.
- GCatholic.org.
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