The Archdiocese of Manaus ( la, Archidioecesis Manaënsis) is an

archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

located in the city of

Manaus Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...

in Brazil.

History

* April 27, 1892: Established as Diocese of Amazonas from the Diocese of Belém do Pará * February 16, 1952: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

; Archbishops of Manaus *

Leonardo Ulrich Steiner Leonardo Ulrich Steiner (born 6 November 1950) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Manaus since 2020. A member of the Franciscans since 1976 and a bishop since 2005, he was an auxiliary bishop of the ...

, O.F.M. (2019.12.27 – present) * Sergio Eduardo Castriani (2012.12.12 - 2019.11.27) * Luiz Soares Vieira (1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12) *

Clóvis Frainer Clóvis Frainer OFMCap (March 23, 1931 – April 4, 2017) was a Roman Catholic archbishop. Life Frainer entered the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and was ordained a priest by the Archbishop of Porto Alegre, Alfredo Vicente Scherer, on Ma ...

O.F.M. Cap. The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (; postnominal abbr. O.F.M. Cap.) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within the Catholic Church, one of Three " First Orders" that reformed from the Franciscan Friars Minor Observant (OFM Obs., now OFM) ...

(1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22), appointed Archbishop of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais *

Milton Corrêa Pereira Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Fre ...

(1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23) * Milton Corrêa Pereira (Apostolic Administrator 1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05) *

João de Souza Lima João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * Jo ...

(1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21) * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará ;Bishops of Amazonas * Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (later Archbishop)(1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16) * José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral (1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20), appointed Bishop of Niterói (Nictheroy) *

Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira Basilio is a name of Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese origin. It is a cognate of the English name Basil. The name may refer to: Given name *Basilio Augustín (1840–1910), Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines briefly in 1898 *Basilio Badil ...

, O.F.M. (1925.05.01 – 1941.03.22) * José Maria Perreira Lara (1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18), appointed Bishop of Santos, São Paulo * João Irineu Joffily (1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27), appointed Archbishop of Belém do Pará *

Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa Frederico is a given name. It is a form of Frederick, most commonly found in Portuguese. Literature * Frederico Barbosa, Brazilian poet * Frederico Ghisliero, Italian fencer and soldier who wrote his text Regole di molte cavagliereschi essercitii ...

(1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16) *

José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

(1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05)

Coadjutor archbishop

(1973-1981)

Auxiliary bishops

Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues Jacson is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Antoine Jacson (1725–1804), Canadian soldier and woodcarver *Frances Margaretta Jacson (1754–1842), English writer *Maria Elizabetha Jacson (1755–1829), Engli ...

, C.SS.R. (1996-1998) *

Mário Pasqualotto Mario is the Italian, French, Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese, Bulgarian, Greek, and English form of the Latin Roman name Marius. In Croatia, the name Mario was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1970 and 1999, and ...

, P.I.M.E. (1999-2013) *

Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho Sebastião is Portuguese for ''Sebastian''. This name may refer to: People * Sebastião (given name) Places * Sebastião Barros, a town in the state of Piauí, Brazil * Sebastião Laranjeiras, a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil * Sebastião ...

(2004-2010), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Coroatá, Maranhão * Mário Antônio da Silva (2010-2016), appointed Bishop of Roraima, Roraima *

José Albuquerque de Araújo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(2016- * Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. (2016-

Suffragan dioceses

Diocese of Alto Solimões In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Diocese of Borba In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Diocese of Coari In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara The Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Itacoatiarensis) is a Latin Church territorial prelature of the Catholic Church in Amazonas state, inland northern Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of ...

Diocese of Parintins In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

* Diocese of Roraima *

Diocese of São Gabriel da Cachoeira In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

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Sources

GCatholic.org

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil Religious organizations established in 1892 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century {{Brazil-RC-diocese-stub