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List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome.


Catholic Church in Brazil
Portuguese: Igreja Católica no Brasil
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Aparecida It is the second largest church in the world, after St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
TypeNational polity
ClassificationCatholic
OrientationLatin
ScriptureBible
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal
GovernanceCNBB
PopeFrancis
PresidentWalmor Oliveira de Azevedo
PrimateSérgio da Rocha
RegionBrazil
LanguagePortuguese, Latin
Originc 1500
Colonial Brazil, Portuguese Empire
SeparationsBrazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Members123 million - 127 million[1][2] - 134 million[3] - 140 million[4][5]
Official websiteCNBB
Episcopal regions in Brazil. Total: 19 regions.
Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil. Total: 45 provinces.

The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 45 archdioceses (which head 45 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, the Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites in Brazil, the Military Ordinariate of Brazil, and the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (the only personal apostolic administration in the world). These 275 divisions make the largest number of particular churches in any country.

Sui iuris Latin Church Jurisdictions

Exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See

Latin (or mixed) Catholic Provinces in Brazil

Region South I

State of São Paulo.

Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida

Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu

Ecclesiastical Province of São Paulo, 1908.

Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo

Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba

Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto

Ecclesiastical province of Campinas

Region South II

State of Paraná.

Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba

Ecclesiastical province of Maringá

Ecclesiastical province of Londrina

Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel

Region South III

State of Rio Grande do Sul.

Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo

Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas

Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre

Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria

Region South IV

State of Santa Catarina.

Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis

Region North I

State of Amazonas.

Ecclesiastical province of Manaus

Provinces in the state of Pará.

Region North II

State of Pará.

Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará

Ecclesiastical province of Santarém

Region North III

State of Tocantins.

Ecclesiastical province of Palmas

Region East I

State of Rio de Janeiro.

Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Ecclesiastical province of Niterói

Region East II

Region East 2.

State of Minas Gerais.

Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte

Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora

Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina

Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba

Ecclesiastical province of Mariana

Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros

Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre

Region East III

Ecclesiastical province of Vitória

Region Center-West

State of Goiás and the Federal District.

Ecclesiastical province of Brasília

Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia

Region West I

State of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande

Region West II

State of Mato Grosso.

Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá

Region Northwest

States of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas.

Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho

Region Northeast I

State of Ceará.

Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza

Natal, Paraíba, Olinda e Recife, Maceió.

Region Northeast II

States of Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte.

Ecclesiastical province of Natal

Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife

Ecclesiastical province of Maceió

Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba

Region Northeast III

States of Bahia and Sergipe.

Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia

Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana

Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista

Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju

Region Northeast IV

State of Piauí.

Ecclesiastical province of Teresina

Region Northeast V

State of Maranhão.

Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão

Eastern Catholic proper and exempt jurisdictions

Armenian Catholic Church

part of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite)

but exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) Ecclesiastical province of São João Batista em Curitiba

part of the Eastern particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, using its Ukrainian language Byzantine rite

Defunct jurisdictions

excluding those which were simply promoted to existing ones above

Gallery of Brazilian Archdioceses

  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Aparecida is Catedral Basílica Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Aracaju is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora das Graças.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Botucatu is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Sant’Ana.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Brasília is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Campinas is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Cascavel is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Cuiabá is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Senhor Bom Jesus.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Curitiba is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Feira de Santana is Catedral Metropolitana Senhora Sant’Ana.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Florianópolis is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora do Desterro.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Fortaleza is Catedral Metropolitana São José.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora is Catedral Metropolitana Santo Antônio.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Londrina is Catedral Metropolitana Sagrado Coração de Jesus.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Maceió is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Mariana is Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Assunção.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Maringá is Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Natal is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife is Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Passo Fundo is Catedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Pelotas is Catedral São Francisco de Paula.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Madre de Deus.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto is Catedral Metropolitana São Sebastião.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of Santa Maria is Catedral Imaculada Conceição.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of São Paulo is Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is Catedral Basílica Primacial do Transfiguração do Senhor.
  • The seat of the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro is Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião.

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