The Archdiocese of São Paulo ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a Latin Metropolitan

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of the

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. The Archdiocese is currently headed by

Odilo Scherer Odilo Pedro Scherer (; born 21 September 1949) is a Brazilian cardinal of the Catholic Church, who has been the Archbishop of São Paulo since March 2007. He was made a cardinal in November 2007. In the international media, he was mentioned as a ...

since his appointment by

Pope Benedict XVI Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...

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 Cláudio Hummes, OFM (; born Auri Alfonso Hummes; 8 August 1934 – 4 July 2022) was a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy from 2006 to 2010, having served as Archbishop of Fortaleza fro ...

, belonged to that Order. Its

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 denominatio ...

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 basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

s : 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 Pope Benedict XIV ( la, Benedictus XIV; it, Benedetto XIV; 31 March 1675 – 3 May 1758), born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death in May 1758. Pope Be ...

on 6 December 1745, on vast territory split off from the then Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. * It lost territories on April 27, 1892 to establish the Diocese of Curitiba and on August 9, 1907 to establish the Diocese of Campanha. * It became a Metropolitan Archdiocese on June 7, 1908, having lost more territories to establish the Dioceses of

Botucatu Botucatu is a city in the southeastern region of Brazil and is located from São Paulo, the capital of the state of São Paulo. It has an estimated population of 148,130 (as of 2020) in an area of . It lies on the top of a plateau ( high). Botu ...

Campinas Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,213,792, making it the fourteenth most populous Brazilian ...

Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto (Portuguese pronunciation: �ibejˈɾɐ̃w ˈpɾetu is a municipality and a metropolitan area located in the northeastern region of São Paulo state, Brazil. Ribeirão Preto is the eighth-largest municipality in the State wi ...

, São Carlos do Pinhal and

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. * It lost further territories to establish more Dioceses :

Sorocaba Sorocaba () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Sorocaba is the eighth-largest city in the state of São Paulo. Outside the Greater São Paulo region, it ranks behind only Campinas, São José dos Campos and Ribeirão Preto. I ...

Santos,

Bragança Paulista Bragança Paulista is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 170,533 (2020 est.) in an area of 512.6 km². The elevation is 817 m. The city is famous for its traditional sausages, with several establishments c ...

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, Metropolitan

Aparecida Aparecida is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. It is located in the fertile valley of the River Paraíba do Sul on the southern (right) bank. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba e Litoral Norte. The popula ...

, Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes,

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, Campo Limpo,

Osasco Osasco () is a municipality in São Paulo State, Brazil, located in the Greater São Paulo and ranking 5th in population among São Paulo municipalities. According to the IBGE 2015, Osasco currently has the 9th highest gross domestic product in ...

, Santo Amaro and São Miguel Paulista. * It enjoyed papal visits from

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in July 1980 and

in May 2007.

Bishops

Ordinaries

;''Bishops of São Paulo'' * Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira (1745–1748 ) * Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão, O.F.M. (1750–1764) * Manuel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. (1771–1789) * Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz, O.F.M. (1791–1795), appointed

Archbishop of Braga The Archdiocese of Braga ( la, Archidioecesis Bracarensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Portugal. It is known for its use of the Rite of Braga, a use of the liturgy distinct from the Roman ...

(Portugal) * Mateus de Abreu Pereira (1795–1824) * Manuel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade (1827–1847) * Antônio Joaquim de Melo (1851–1861) * Sebastião Pinto do Rego (1861–1868) * Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho (1871–1894) * Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1894–1897), appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (

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in 1905) * Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1898–1903 * José de Camargo Barros (1903–1906) * Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1906–1908) ;''Archbishops of São Paulo'' * Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1908–1938) * José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (1939–1943) * Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1944–1964), appointed Archbishop of Aparecida * Cardinal

Agnelo Rossi Agnelo Rossi (4 May 1913 – 21 May 1995) was a Brazilian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals. Biography Rossi was born on 4 May 1913 in Joaquim Egidio, Brazil, in the Diocese of Campinas. In 1933 h ...

(1964–1970), appointed Prefect of

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and later President of

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* Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. (1970–1998) * Cardinal

, O.F.M. (1998–2006), appointed Prefect of the

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* Cardinal

(2007–present)

Coadjutor Bishops

* Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1892–1894); future Cardinal * Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1957-1966), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo

Auxiliary Bishops

* José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (1935–1939), appointed Archbishop here * Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1947-1957), appointed Coadjutor here *

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(1948-1962), appointed Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo * Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R. (1955-1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo * Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni (1955-1964), appointed Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo * Romeu Alberti (1964-1965), appointed Bishop of Apucarana, Parana in 1965 *

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, O. Carm. (1965-1966), appointed Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo * Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. (1966-1970), appointed Archbishop here (Cardinal in 1973) *

Bruno Maldaner Bruno Maldaner (August 4, 1924 – November 16, 2008) was a Brazilian Bishop for the Catholic Church. Maldaner was ordained a Priest at the age of 26 and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo, Brazil and Titular Bishop of Aquae in Mauretan ...

(1966-1971), appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul * José Thurler (1966-1992) * Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (1967-1974), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; future Cardinal * Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira (1971-1978), appointed Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais * Angélico Sândalo Bernardino (1974-2000), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina * Mauro Morelli (1974-1981), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro *

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, S.V.D. (1974-1999) *

Francisco Manuel Vieira Francisco Manuel Vieira (29 October 1925 – 23 December 2013) was a Brazilian Catholic bishop. Vieira was born in the portuguese town of Rio Tinto (Gondomar) and was ordained in Brazil to the priesthood in 1952. He served as titular bisho ...

(1974-1989), appointed Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo * Antônio Celso Queiroz (1975-2000), appointed Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo * Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1976-1988), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais *

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(1979-2000), appointed Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana * Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. (1979-1989), appointed Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana *

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(1979-1997), appointed Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo * Antônio Gaspar (1982-2000), appointed Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo *

Gil Antônio Moreira Gil Antônio Moreira (Itapecerica, October 5, 1950) is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, since Jan 28, 2009. He is the national head of the Terço dos Homens (''Men's Rosary'') movement, a ...

(1999-2004), appointed Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo * Odilo Pedro Scherer (2001-2007), appointed Archbishop here (Cardinal later in the year) * Benedito Beni dos Santos (2001-2006), appointed Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo *

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(2001-2008), appointed Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo *

Pedro Luiz Stringhini Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for '' Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meani ...

(2001-2009), appointed Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo *

José Benedito Simão José Benedito Simão (1 January 1951 – 27 November 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1981, Simão was named auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo, Brazil in 2001. In 2009, he was nam ...

(2001-2009), appointed Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo *

José María Pinheiro 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 vernac ...

(2003-2005), appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo * Tomé Ferreira da Silva (2005-2012), appointed Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo * Joaquim Justino Carreira (2005-2011), appointed Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo *

João Mamede Filho João Mamede Filho O.F.M. Conv. (born 21 August 1951) is the Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop of Diocese of Umuarama, being appointed in 2010. Biography Born in Caçapava in 1951, he joined the Order of Conventual Friars Minor in 1974, and was ...

, O.F.M. (2006-2010), appointed Bishop of Umuarama, Parana *

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, S.D.B. (2008-2014), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo * Milton Kenan Júnior (2009-2014), appointed Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo * Edmar Perón (2009-2015), appointed Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana * Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. (2011-2016), appointed Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo * Sérgio de Deus Borges (2012-2019), appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana *

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(2014-) *

José Roberto Fortes Palau 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 vernac ...

(2014-2019), appointed Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo *

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(2014-) * Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (2014-) *

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(2016-) * José Benedito Cardoso (2019-) *

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(2019-) * Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. (2020-

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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, appointed Bishop of Belém do Pará in 1906 *

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, appointed Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul in 1911 *

Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra 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 ...

, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1911; future Cardinal * Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza, appointed Bishop of Espírito Santo in 1918 * Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ribeirão Preto in 1940 * Antônio de Castro Mayer, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro in 1948 * José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares, appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo in 1971 * Geraldo Majella Agnelo, appointed Bishop of Toledo, Parana in 1978; future Cardinal *

Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular ...

, appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul in 2008 * José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (priest here, 1986-1989), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal in 2013

Province

Its

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comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and these

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bishoprics, mostly Latin too, ''but also a few Eastern Catholic, notably

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: * Diocese of Campo Limpo * Diocese of Guarulhos * Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes * Diocese of Osasco * Diocese of Santo Amaro * Diocese of Santo André *

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 A ...

Diocese of São Miguel Paulista 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 ...

*'' Maronite Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo'' *'' Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo

References

Sources and external links

*
GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links

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