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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of São Paulo
The Archdiocese of São Paulo ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archdiocese is currently headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 March 2007, an appointment that ended almost four decades of Franciscan leadership in the archdiocese: both predecessors, Cardinals Paulo Evaristo Arns and Cláudio Hummes, belonged to that Order. Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo, in the metropolis São Paulo, was dedicated to the Assumption of Mary on September 5, 1964. The city also has three minor basilicas : Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção, Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (both also Marian) and Basílica do Santíssimo Sacramento (dedicated to the Holly Sacrament). History * The Diocese of São Paulo was erected by Pope Benedict XIV on 6 December 1745, on vast territory split off from the then ...
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Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ...
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Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area unde ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Bragança Paulista
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bragança Paulista ( la, Dioecesis Brigantiensis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of Bragança Paulista in the Ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil. History * July 24, 1925: Established as Diocese of Bragança Paulista from the Diocese of Campinas and Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Nossa Senhora do Belém Bishops ;Bishops of Bragança Paulista (Latin Rite) *José Maurício da Rocha (1927.02.04 – 1969.11.24) *José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares (1971.02.01 – 1976.11.10) *Antônio Pedro Misiara (1976.10.27 – 1995.05.17) *Bruno Gamberini (1995.05.17 – 2004.06.02), appointed Archbishop of Campinas, São Paulo *José María Pinheiro (9 March 2005 – 16 September 2009) *Sérgio Aparecido Colombo (16 September 2009 – present) Other priest of this diocese who became bishop *Jeremias Antônio de Jesus Jeremiah, Modern:   , Tiberian: ; el, Ἰερεμίας, Ier ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Santos
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santos ( la, Dioecesis Santosensis) is a diocese located in the city of Santos in the Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo in Brazil. History * 4 July 1924: Established as Diocese of Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Santo Antônio do Embaré Bishops * Bishops of Santos (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B. (2015.05.06 – present); formerly, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese under Bishop Braido ** Bishop Jacyr Francisco Braido, C.S. (2000.07.26 – 2015.05.06) ** Bishop David Picão (1966.11.21 – 2000.07.26) ** Bishop Idílio José Soares (1943.06.12 – 1966.11.21) ** Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (1935.06.01 - 1941.12.14), appointed Bishop of Campinas; future Archbishop ** Bishop José Maria Perreira Lara (1924.12.18 – 1934.09.28), appointed Bishop of Caratinga, Minas Gerais Coadjutor bishops *David Picão (1963-1966) * Jacyr F ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Sorocaba
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sorocaba ( la, Archidioecesis Sorocabana) is an archdiocese located in the city of Sorocaba in Brazil. History * 4 July 1924: Established as Diocese of Sorocaba from the Diocese of Botucatu, Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté * 29 April 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorocaba Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Archbishops of Sorocaba (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. (2016.12.28 - present) ** Archbishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues (2005.05.04 – 2016.12.28) ** Archbishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. (1992.04.29 – 2005.05.04) * Bishops of Sorocaba (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. (later Archbishop) (1981.03.20 – 1992.04.29) ** Bishop José Melhado Campos (1973.01.08 – 1981.03.20) ** Bishop José Carlos de Aguirre (1924.07.04 – 1973.01.08) Coadjutor bishops *José Thurler (1962-1965), did not succeed to see; resigned; ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Taubaté
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taubaté ( la, Dioecesis Taubatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Taubaté in the Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida in Brazil. History *7 June 1908: Established as Diocese of Taubaté from the Diocese of São Paulo Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica do Senhor Bom Jesus, Tremembé, São Paulo Leadership *Bishops of Taubaté (Roman rite) in reverse chronological order **Bishop Wilson Luís Angotti Filho (15 April 2015 – present) **Bishop Carmo João Rhoden, S.C.J. (22 May 1996 – 14 April 2015) **Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. (6 August 1981 – 22 May 1996) **Bishop José Antônio do Couto, S.C.I. (5 May 1976 – 6 August 1981) **Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral (3 October 1944 – 5 May 1976) **Bishop André Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (8 August 1936 – 8 November 1941) **Bishop Epaminondas Nuñez de Ávila e Silva (29 April 1909 – 29 June 1935) Other affiliated bishops Coadjutor bishop ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of São Carlos
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Carlos ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Caroli in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of São Carlos in the ecclesiastical province of Campinas in Brazil. History * June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of São Carlos do Pinhal from the Diocese of São Paulo * November 25, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of São Carlos Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Bishops of São Carlos ** Bishop Paulo Cezar Costa (2016.06.22 - present) ** Bishop Paulo Sérgio Machado (2006.11.22 – 2015.12.16) ** Bishop Joviano de Lima Júnior, S.S.S. (1995.10.25 – 2006.04.05), appointed Archbishop of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo ** Bishop Constantino Amstalden (1986.09.19 – 1995.10.25) ** Bishop Ruy Serra (1957.11.25 – 1986.09.19) * Bishops of São Carlos do Pinhal (Roman Rite) ** Bishop Ruy Serra (1948.02.13 – 1957.11.25) ** Bishop Gastão Liberal Pinto (1937.10.15 – 1945.10.24) ** Archbishop (personal title) José Marcondes Homem de Melo (1908. ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ribeirão Preto
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Campinas
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas ( la, Archidioecesis Campinensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Campinas in Brazil. History * June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Campinas from the Diocese of São Paulo * April 19, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Campinas Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Nossa Senhora do Carmo Bishops Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order * Archbishops of Campinas (Roman rite), below ** Archbishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (since 2019.05.15) ** Archbishop Airton José dos Santos (2012.02.15 - 2018.04.25), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais ** Archbishop Bruno Gamberini (2004.06.02 – 2011.08.28) ** Archbishop Gilberto Pereira Lopes (1982.02.10 – 2004.06.02) ** Archbishop Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1968.09.19 – 1982.02.10) ** Archbishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (1958.04.19 – 1968.09.19) ''see below'' * Bishops of Campinas (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop Paulo de Tarso Campos (la ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Botucatu
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu ( la, Archidioecesis Botucatuensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Botucatu in Brazil. History * June 7, 1908: Established as Diocese of Botucatu from the Diocese of São Paulo In 1937 the bishop of the diocese, Carlos Duarte Costa resigned under pressure from the Vatican. He would later go on to form a Brazilian Catholic Church that allowed married priests and ended personal confessions. * April 19, 1958: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Botucatu Bishops Ordinaries * Bishops of Botucatu (Latin Rite) ** Lúcio Antunes de Souza (1908.10.17 – 1923.10.19) ** Carlos Duarte Costa (1924.07.04 – 1937.09.22) ** Antonio Colturato, O.F.M. Cap. (1938.04.12 – 1946.05.05) ** Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (1948.05.15 – 1958.04.19) * Archbishops of Botucatu ** Henrique Hector Golland Trindade, O.F.M. (1958.04.19 – 1968.03.27) ** Vicente Ângelo José Marchetti Zioni (1968.03.27 – 1989.05.30) ** Antônio Mari ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Campanha
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campanha ( la, Dioecesis Campaniensis in Brasilia) is a diocese located in the city of Campanha in the Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre in Brazil. History * 8 September 1907: Established as Diocese of Campanha from the Diocese of São Paulo Special churches *Minor Basilicas: **Basílica Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Conceição do Rio Verde, Minas Gerais **Basílica Nossa Senhora das Dores, Boa Esperança, Minas Gerais Bishops * Bishops of Campanha (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz (2015.11.25 - Present) ** Bishop Diamantino Prata de Carvalho, O.F.M. (1998.03.25 – 2015.11.25) ** Bishop Aloísio Roque Oppermann, S.C.J. (1991.05.15 – 1996.02.28), appointed Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais ** Bishop Aloísio Ariovaldo Amaral, C.Ss.R. (1984.04.14 – 1991.05.15) ** Bishop Othon Motta (1960.05.16 – 1982.01.16) ** Bishop Inocêncio Engelke, O.F.M. (1935.12.25 – 1960.06.16) ** Bishop João de Alm ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Curitiba
:''There is also a Diocese of Curitiba (and a Bishop of Curitiba) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.'' The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba ( la, Archidioecesis Curitibensis) is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná, southern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor Basilica: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais, dedicated to Our Lady of the Candles, in Curitiba. History * April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Paulo (now Metropolitan) * Lost territory on 1908.03.19 to establish the Diocese of Santa Catarina * Promoted on May 10, 1926 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Curitiba / Curitiben(sis) (Latin), having lost territories to establish Territorial Prelature of Foz do Iguaçu, Diocese of Jacarezinho and Diocese of Ponta Grossa (as a suffragan) * Lost territories repeatedly to establish three more suffragan sees : on 1962 ...
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