The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão () is a Latin
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 associated ...
in
Brazil
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.
Its
cathedral
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is a
World Heritage Site
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(Minor): Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória. It is located in the city of
São Luís do Maranhão.
Properties
*Cathedral:
**
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory, or Cathedral of Our Lady of Victory (''Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória'')
*Churches
**
Church of Pantaleão, a property in the Historic Center of São Luís
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
Belém do Pará
* 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
Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú (now suffragan diocese of Grajau)
* Lost territory on 1939.07.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of
Caxias do Maranhão and
Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro (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
Bacabal
* Lost territory on 1971.09.14 to establish suffragan Diocese of
Brejo
* Lost territory on 1977.08.26 to establish suffragan Diocese of
Coroatá
* It enjoyed a papal visit from
Pope John Paul II
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In his you ...
in October 1991.
Bishops
''(all
Roman Rite
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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, ? CSJ (1677.08.30 – death 1689.05.11), previously Bishop of
Malacca
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(Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 ''not possessed)''
*
Francisco de Lima,
OCarm (1691.12.19 – 1695.08.22), later Bishop of
Olinda
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(Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29)
*
Timóteo do Sacramento,
OSB (1696.12.17 – retired 1700), previously Bishop of
Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17)
*
José Delgarte,
OSST (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23)
*
Manoel da Cruz Nogueira,
OCist (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15), later Bishop of
Mariana (Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)
*
Francisco de São Tiago,
OFM (1745.12.15 – death 1752.12.12)
*
Antônio de São José,
OSA (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)
*
José do Menino Jesus,
OCD (1780.09.18 – 1783.07.18), later Bishop of
Viseu
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(Portugal) (1783.07.18 – death 1791.01.14)
*
Antônio de Pádua e Belas,
OFM (1783.07.18 – retired 1794.08.28)
*
Joaquim Ferreira de Carvalho (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,
OFM (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03), previously
Bishop-Prelate of
Territorial Prelature of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23) and
Titular Bishop
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of
Leontopolis in Bithynia (1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23); later Bishop of
Coimbra
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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,
OCD (1844.01.22 – death 1850.04.03)
*
Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (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,
OSB (1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26)
*
Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1877.09.21 – 1898.11.28), later Bishop of
São Paulo
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(Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)
*''
Apostolic Administrator
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Fr.
Luis de Salles Pessoa (1898 – death 1898)''
*
Antônio Xisto Albano (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14), emeritate as
Titular Bishop
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of
Bethsaida
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(1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21)
*''
Bishop-elect
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Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Maceió
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Most maceiós flow to the sea, but some get trapped ...
(Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)''
*
Francisco de Paula Silva,
CM (1907.04.18 – death 1918.06.04)
* Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira,
SDB (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02 ''see below''), previously Bishop of
Corumbá (Brazil) (1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)
;'' Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão''
*
Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira,
SDB (''see above'' 1921.12.02 – 1922.02.10)
;''Metropolitan Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão''
*
Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1922.10.27 – 1935.12.16), previously Bishop of
Piaui (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27); later
Archbishop-Bishop of
Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03)
*
Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta
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(1935.12.19 – 1944.08.13), previously Titular Bishop of
Algiza
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(1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19) and Auxiliary Bishop of
Diamantina (Brazil) (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
São Paulo
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(Brazil) (1944.08.13 – 1964.04.18), created
Cardinal-Priest
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of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18), also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1952 – 1958),
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Aparecida
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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
Apostolic Administrator
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of
Lorena (Brazil) (1970 – 1971.11.03),
Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1977.08.02 – 1982.09.18)
*
Adalberto Accioli Sobral (1947.01.18 – death 1951.05.24), previously Bishop of
Barra
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(Brazil) (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13), Bishop of
Pesqueira (Brazil) (1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18)
*
José de Medeiros Delgado (1951.09.04 – 1963.05.10), previously Bishop of
Caicó (Brazil) (1941.03.15 – 1951.09.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Fortaleza
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(Brazil) (1963.05.10 – retired 1973.03.26)
*
João José da Mota e Albuquerque (1964.04.28 – retired 1984.03.20), previously Bishop of
Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28), Bishop of
Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)
*
Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1984.03.20 – retired 2005.09.21), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1987 – 1991); previously Bishop of
Itapipoca (Brazil) (1971.06.25 – 1984.03.20)
* José Belisário da Silva,
OFM (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
Bacabal (Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)
Auxiliary bishops
*
Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (1954–1956), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
*
Antônio Batista Fragoso (1957–1964), appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara
*
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (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,
SCI (1998–2010)
*
José Carlos Chacorowski,
CM (2010–2013), appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo
*
Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2015–2020), appointed Bishop of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais
Another priest of this diocese who became bishop
*
Benedito Araújo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia in 2011
Province
Its
ecclesiastical province
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comprises the Metropolitan's own
archdiocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
and the following
Suffragan
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In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led ...
dioceses:
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajaú
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana, Brazil
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Zé Doca
Source and external links
GCatholic.org with incumbent biography linksArchdiocese website (Portuguese)
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1677 establishments in Brazil
Religious organizations established in the 1670s
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