The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida ( la, Archidioecesis Apparitiopolitana) is an archdiocese located in the city of

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 ...

in Brazil.

History

* 19 April 1958: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté

Bishops

Archbishops of Aparecida

* Cardinal

Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta (16 July 1890 – 18 September 1982) was a long-serving cardinal. Until Eugênio de Araújo Sales surpassed him in 2005, he was the longest-serving Brazilian cardinal, and during his cardinalate the Church in Br ...

(1964-1982) * Geraldo María de Morais Penido (1982-1995) * Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1995-2004) * Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis (2004-2016) *

Orlando Brandes Orlando Brandes (born 13 April 1946) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who was appointed Archbishop of Aparecida in 2017. He was Bishop of Joinville from 1994 to 2006 and Archbishop of Londrina from 2006 to 2016. Early life Brand ...

(2016–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

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, C.SS.R. (1964-1977); did not succeed to see *

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(1977-1982)

Auxiliary bishop

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, C.SS.R. (2012-2016), appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Caraguatatuba * Diocese of Lorena * Diocese of São José dos Campos * Diocese of Taubaté

References

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy
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