Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracajú
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Archdiocese of Aracaju Archidioecesis Aracaiuensis Arquidiocese de Aracaju |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aracaju |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,019 km2 (2,710 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 1,272,000 1,069,000 (84%) |
| Parishes | 88 |
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| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 3 January 1910 (107 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Aracaju |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Palmeira Lessa |
| Emeritus Bishops | Luciano José Cabral Duarte |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju (Latin: Archidioecesis Aracaiuensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the State of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, in the city of Aracaju. It has two more World Heritage Site, parish/convent churches in São Cristóvão, Sergipe: Igreja de Santa Casa de Misericórdia and Igreja e Convento de São Cruz (São Francisco).
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,086,000 Catholics (84.1% of 1,292,000 total) on 7,019 km² in 99 parishes with 159 priests (129 diocesan, 30 religious), 21 deacons, 321 lay religious (119 brothers, 202 sisters) and 34 seminarians.
Its Suffragan dioceses are both daughter sees :
(all Latin Rite Brazilians)
Coordinates: 10°54′48″S 37°03′06″W / 10.9133°S 37.0517°W
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