Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília

Archdiocese of Brasília

*Archidioecesis Brasiliapolitanus*

Arquidiocese de Brasília
Archdiocese of Brasília; Archidioecesis Brasiliapolitanus; Arquidiocese de Brasília
	Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Apparition
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Brasília
Statistics
Area	5,814 km2 (2,245 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2012); 2,267,000; 1,555,000 (68.6%)
Information
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 January 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Auxiliary Bishops	José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida; Marcony Vinícius Ferreira
Bishops emeritus	José Freire Falcão Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus; João Evangelista Martins Terra Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Website
	www.arquidiocesedebrasilia.org.br

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília (Template:Lang-la) is an archdiocese located in the city of Brasília in Brazil.

History

January 16, 1960: Established as Diocese of Brasília from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia
October 11, 1966: Promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília

Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista (1960–1984), was Archbishop (personal title) until the see was raised to archdiocese in 1966
Cardinal José Freire Falcão (1984–2004)
Cardinal João Braz de Aviz (2004–2011), appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha (2011–2020)

Aloísio Sinésio Bohn (1977-1980), appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Río Grande do Sul
Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (1977-1990), appointed Archbishop of Brazil, Military
Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1986-2004), appointed Archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo (Cardinal in 2010)
Alberto Taveira Corrêa (1991-1996), appointed Archbishop of Palmas, Tocatins
Jésus Rocha (1993-2004), appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais
João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. (1994-2004)
Francisco de Paula Victor (1996-2011)
Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (2011-2019), appointed Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
Valdir Mamede (2013-2019), appointed Bishop of Catanduva, São Paulo
José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (2013-
Marcony Vinícius Ferreira (2014-

José Ronaldo Ribeiro, appointed Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais in 2007
Waldemar Passini Dalbello, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias in 2009; Apostolic Administrator here in 2011
Marcos Antônio Tavoni, appointed Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui in 2014

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