Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

*Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii*
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro; Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii
	Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Population; - Catholics	; 3,556,095 (60.7%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	July 19, 1575
Cathedral	Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
Patron saint	Saint Sebastian (principal) and Saint Anne (secondary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Orani João Tempesta O. Cist.
Auxiliary Bishops	Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Roque Costa Souza, Joel Portella Amado, Paulo Alves Romão, Juarez Delorto Secco, Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento
Website
	arquidiocese.org.br

There is also a Diocese of Rio de Janeiro (and a Bishop of Rio de Janeiro) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.

The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. is Archbishop Emeritus.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Territorial Prelates

Bartolomeu Simões Pereira (1577-1591)
João da Costa (1603-1606)
Bartholomeu Lagarto (1606)
Mateus da Costa Aborim (1606-1629)
Máximo Pereira O.S.B. (1629)
Lourenço de Mendonça (1631-1637)
Pedro Homem Albernaz (1639-1643)
Antonio de Mariz Loureiro (1643-1657)
Manuel de Sousa e Almada (1658-1671)
Francisco da Silveira Dias (1971)
Manuel Pessoa de Figueiredo (1673)

Bishops

Manoel Pereira, O.P. (1676-1680), never assumed see
José de Barros Alarcão (1680-1700)
Francisco de São Jerõnimo de Andrade S.C.I. (1701-1721)
Antônio de Guadalupe O.F.M. (1725-1740)
João da Cruz Salgado de Castilho. O.C.D. (1740-1745)
Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, O.S.B. (1745-1773)
José Joaquim Justiniano Mascarenhas Castello Branco (1773-1805)
José Caetano da Silva Coutinho (1806-1833)
Count Manoel de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo (1839-1863)
Count Pedro Maria de Lacerda (1868-1890)
Count José Pereira da Silva Barros (1891-1893)

Archbishops

João Fernando Santiago Esberrard (1893-1897)
Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1897-1930)
Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (1930-1942)
Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara (1943-1971)
Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1971-2001)
Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. (2001-2009)
Cardinal Orani João Tempesta O.Cist. (2009-present)

Current Suffragan Dioceses

References

^ Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{self-published}
^ Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{self-published}

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[CathHierRioJan-1] Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{self-published}

[GCathRioJan-2] Chow, Gabriel. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro". GCatholic.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{self-published}

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