Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
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Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Population - Catholics |
3,556,095 (60.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 19, 1575 |
| Cathedral | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Sebastian (principal) and Saint Anne (secondary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Paulo César Costa, Pedro Cunha Cruz, Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Nelson Francelino Ferreira, Luiz Henrique da Silva Brito, Roque Costa Souza |
| Website | |
| arquidiocese.org.br | |
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. is Archbishop Emeritus.
Since Pope St. Pius X appointed the second Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church in 1905, all subsequent Archbishops were either elevated to the Cardinalate during their service in the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, or were transferred to that Metropolitan See when already members of the College of Cardinals.
Coordinates: 22°54′00″S 43°11′00″W / 22.9000°S 43.1833°W
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