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Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii
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Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian
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 / -22.9000; -43.1833


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