Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia Archidioecesis Sancti Salvatoris in Brasilia
Cathedral
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	6,241 km2 (2,410 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 3,544,658 2,495,439 (70.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Primacial do Transfiguração do Senhor
Current leadership
Bishop	Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger
Auxiliary Bishop	Gregório Paixão Neto Gilson Andrade da Silva

The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Salvatoris in Brasilia) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia also carries the title Primate of Brazil. The archiocese is located in the city of Salvador, Bahia.

Statistics

Over 70% of the Archiocese is Catholic, while there is over 9,000 Catholics per priest, spread over 109 parishes with the Archdiocese.

History

• February 25, 1551: Established as Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal, Portugal
• November 16, 1676: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia

Special churches

• Minor Basilica & World Heritage Church:
  • Sé Basílica Primacial da Transfiguração do Senhor
  • Basílica Arquiabacial de São Sebastião (first benedictine monastery in the New World)
  • Basílica do Senhor do Bonfim
  • Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia

List of Archbishops of São Salvador da Bahia

Cardinal Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia Geraldo Majella Agnelo in 2006
Photo: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

• Pedro Fernandes Sardinha (25 Feb 1551 - 2 Jun 1556 )
• Pedro Leitao (23 Mar 1558 - Oct 1573 )
• Antonio Barreiros (20 Jul 1575 - 11 May 1600 )
• Constantino Barradas (23 Sep 1602 - Jun 1618 )
• Marcos Teixeira de Mendonca † (25 Oct 1621 - 8 Oct 1624 )
• Miguel Pereira (29 Nov 1627 - 16 Aug 1630 )
• Pedro da Silva Sampaio † (6 Sep 1632 - 15 Apr 1649 )
• Estevao dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (17 Jun 1669 - 6 Jun 1672 )
• Constantino Sampaio (1672 - 1672)
• Estevao dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (15 Apr 1672 - 6 Jun 1672 )
• Gaspar Barata de Mendonca (16 Nov 1676 - 1681 )
• Joao da Madre de Deus Araujo (4 May 1682 - 13 Jun 1686 )
• Manoel da Ressurreicao (12 May 1687 - 16 Jan 1691 )
• Joao Franco de Oliveira (9 Jan 1692 - 18 Apr 1701 )
• Sebastiao Monteiro da Vide (8 Aug 1701 - 7 Sep 1722 )
• Ludovico Alvares de Figueiredo (21 Feb 1725 - 27 Aug 1735 )
• Jose Fialho(3 Sep 1738 Appointed - 2 Jan 1741)
• Jose Botelho de Matos (2 Jan 1741 - 7 Jan 1760 )
• Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira (6 Aug 1770 - 22 Jun 1771 )
• Joaquim Borges de Figueroa (8 Mar 1773 - 13 Jul 1778 )
• Antonio de Sao José Moura Marinho (20 Jul 1778 - 9 Aug 1779 )
• Antonio Correa (13 Dec 1779 - 12 Jul 1802 )
• Jose de Santa Escolastica Álvares Pereira (16 Mar 1804 - 3 Jan 1814 )
• Francisco de Sao Damazo Abreu Vieira (15 Mar 1815 - 18 Nov 1816 )
• Vicente da Soledade e Castro (28 Aug 1820 - 31 Mar 1823 )
• Romualdo Antonio de Seixas Barroso (21 May 1827 - 29 Dec 1860 )
• Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (5 Jan 1861 - 23 Jun 1874 )
• Joaquim Goncalves de Azevedo (19 Dec 1876 - 6 Nov 1879 )
• Luíz Antônio dos Santos) (13 Mar 1881 - 26 Jun 1890 )
• Antonio de Macedo Costa (26 Jun 1890 - 20 Mar 1891 )
• Jeronimo Thome da Silva (12 Sep 1893 - 15 Feb 1924 )
• Augusto da Silva (17 Dec 1924 - 14 Aug 1968 )
• Eugênio de Araújo Sales (29 Oct 1968 - 13 Mar 1971)
• Avelar Brandão Vilela (25 Mar 1971 - 19 Dec 1986 )
• Lucas Moreira Neves (9 Jul 1987 - 25 Jun 1998)
• Geraldo Majella Agnelo (13 Jan 1999 - 12 Jan 2011)
• Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger (12 Jan 2011 - )

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Alagoinhas
• Diocese of Amargosa
• Diocese of Eunápolis
• Diocese of Ilhéus
• Diocese of Itabuna
• Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas
• Diocese of Camaçari

Sources

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website