The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano) is a Latin

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. Its

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is a

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History

* Established on 30 August 1677 as Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, on territory split off from the Diocese of Olinda * Lost territory pn 4 March 1720 to establish Diocese of

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* Lost territory on 10 February 1902 to establish Diocese of Piaui * 2 December 1921: Promoted as Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão * 10 February 1922: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, having lost territory to establish the then

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(now suffragan diocese of Grajau) * Lost territory on 1939.07.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão and

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(now a suffragan diocese) * Lost territory on 1962.10.30 to establish suffragan Diocese of Viana * Lost territory on 1968.06.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of

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* Lost territory on 1971.09.14 to establish suffragan Diocese of Brejo * Lost territory on 1977.08.26 to establish suffragan Diocese of

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* It enjoyed a papal visit from

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in October 1991.

Bishops

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Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of São Luís do Maranhão'' * Fr. Antônio de Santa Maria (1677 – death 1677 ''not possessed)'' * Gregório dos Anjos, ? (C.S.J.) (1677.08.30 – death 1689.05.11), previously Bishop of

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(Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 ''not possessed)'' *

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O. Carm. (1691.12.19 – 1695.08.22), later Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29) *

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(O.S.P.) (1696.12.17 – retired 1700), previously Bishop of

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(São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17) *

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(O.SS.T.) (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23) * Manoel da Cruz Nogueira,

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(O. Cist.) (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15), later Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03) * Francisco de São Tiago,

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(O.F.M.) (1745.12.15 – death 1752.12.12) *

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(O.S.A.) (1756.07.19 – 1778.07.20) later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1778.07.20 – death 1779.08.09) * Jacinto Carlos da Silveira (1779.03.01 – retired 1780.04.29) *

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(O.C.D.) (1780.09.18 – 1783.07.18), later Bishop of

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(Portugal) (1783.07.18 – death 1791.01.14) * Antônio de Pádua e Belas, O.F.M. (1783.07.18 – retired 1794.08.28) *

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(1795.06.01 – death 1801.04.26) * Luiz de Brito Homem (1802.05.24 – death 1813.12.10), previously Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24) * Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03), previously

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(Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23) &

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(1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23); later Bishop of

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(Portugal) (1824.05.03 – death 1851.08.31) * Marcos Antônio de Souza (1827.06.25 – death 1842.11.29) * Carlos de São José e Souza, O.C.D. (1844.01.22 – death 1850.04.03) *

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(1851.09.05 – 1861.01.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1861.01.05 – death 1874.06.23) * Luiz da Conceição Saraiva, O.S.B. (1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26) *

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(1877.09.21 – 1898.11.28), later Bishop of

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Fr.

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(1898 – death 1898)'' * Antônio Xisto Albano (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14), emeritate as

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(1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21) *''

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(1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)'' * Francisco de Paula Silva,

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(C.M.) (1907.04.18 – death 1918.06.04) * Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02 ''see below''), previously Bishop of

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of Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03) *

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(1935.12.19 – 1944.08.13), previously Titular Bishop of Algiza (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19) & Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Brazil) (1944.08.13 – 1964.04.18), created

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of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18), also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1952 – 1958),

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(Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1964.04.18), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (1964.04.18 – death 1982.09.18), also

of Lorena (Brazil) (1970 – 1971.11.03),

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(1977.08.02 – 1982.09.18) *

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(1947.01.18 – death 1951.05.24), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13), Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18) *

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(1951.09.04 – 1963.05.10), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1941.03.15 – 1951.09.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Brazil) (1963.05.10 – retired 1973.03.26) *

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(1964.04.28 – retired 1984.03.20), previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28), Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28) *

Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (June 24, 1931 Fortaleza, Brazil - March 15, 2009) was the Brazilian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão from 1984 until his retirement in 2005. He had previously served as the Bishop ...

(1984.03.20 – retired 2005.09.21), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1987 – 1991); previously Bishop of

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(Brazil) (1971.06.25 – 1984.03.20) * José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (2005.09.21 – ...), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – ...); previously Bishop of

(Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)

Auxiliary bishops

* Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (1954-1956), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba *

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(1957-1964), appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara *

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(1966-1974), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara * Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges (1995-1998), appointed Bishop of Viana, Maranhão * Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. (1998-2010) *

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, C.M. (2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo * Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Benedito Araújo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia in 2011

Province

Its

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comprises the Metropolitan's own

and the following

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dioceses: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal ( la, Dioecesis Bacabalensis) is a diocese located in the city of Bacabal in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. History * 22 June 1968: Established as Diocese of Bacabal from ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas The Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas ( la, Dioecesis Balsensis) is a diocese located in the city of Balsas in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. History * 20 December 1954: Established as Territorial Prelature of S ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina ( la, Dioecesis Carolinensis in Brasilia) is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil's Mara ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão ( la, Dioecesis Caxiensis in Maragnano) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, São Luís do Maran ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá ( la, Dioecesis Coroatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Coroatá in the Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. History * 26 August 1977: Established as Diocese of Coroatá fr ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajaú The Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajaú ( la, Dioecesis Graiahuensis) is a diocese located in the city of Grajaú in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. History * 10 February 1922: Established as territorial prelatur ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz The Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz ( la, Dioecesis Imperatricis) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of São Luís do Maranhão in northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral No ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro ( la, Dioecesis Pinerensis) is a diocese located in the city of Pinheiro, Maranhão, Pinheiro in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, São Luís do Maranhão ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana, Brazil The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana ( la, Dioecesis Vianensis) is a diocese located in the city of Viana (Maranhão), Viana, in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, São Luís do Maranhão in Brazi ...

* Roman Catholic Diocese of Zé Doca

Source and external links

GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links

Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
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