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Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii



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Bishop(s)

  • Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist., Cardinal, Archbishop
  • Paulo Alves Romão, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Roque Costa Souza, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Assis Lopes, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 27 April 1892
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Rio de Janeiro
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 1,200 (463 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Leste 1
  • Official Web Site: http://arqrio.org/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Rua Benjamin Constant 23, 7o andar, Gloria, 20241-150 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • Telephone: (021)2292-3132; 3916-3132
  • Fax: 3916-3231

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
19 July 1575ErectedDiocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (erected)
Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
16 November 1676ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
6 December 1745Territory LostDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá (erected)
Territorial Prelature of Goiás (erected)
Diocese of Mariana (erected)
Diocese of São Paulo (erected)
7 May 1848Territory LostDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul (erected)
27 April 1892Territory LostDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Diocese of Niterói (Nictheroy) (erected)
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
27 April 1892ElevatedDiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
15 August 1907Territory LostDiocese of Amazonas
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Territorial Abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (erected)
6 May 2003Territory AddedTerritorial Abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (suppressed) Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
19501,400,0002,000,00070.0%2502865362,6114142,205105ap1951
19622,800,0003,500,00080.0%2644056694,1855232,453138ap1967
19703,400,1224,651,66973.1%2374096465,2635192,950194ap1971
19763,684,2004,251,91886.6%2715618324,42816652,467198ap1977
19804,790,2195,443,43188.0%2553856407,48435541,999208ap1981
19904,945,0006,097,00081.1%2523305828,496104261,991226ap1991
19994,491,0005,677,00079.1%2772985757,810333651,634238ap2000
20003,880,0745,598,95369.3%2852785636,891333841,260240ap2001
20013,880,0125,598,86369.3%2742855596,940353711,299241ap2002
20024,041,9545,857,90469.0%2983156136,593334111,228242ap2003
20034,059,5275,857,90469.3%3182645826,975343611,214242ap2004
20043,556,0955,857,89560.7%3142785926,006423841,117246ap2005
20103,737,0006,158,00060.7%3232796026,207124390654252ap2011
20143,870,0006,033,00064.1%3342455796,6831683341,024265ap2015
20173,320,3346,498,83751.1%3512475985,552202326670267ap2018
20203,432,7686,718,90351.1%4032276305,448242298580273ap2021
20223,461,7166,775,56151.1%4082226305,494271296544280ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 348
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 370
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 136

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