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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Aparecida

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Brazil

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Area
  
1,300 km²

Patron saint
  
Our Lady of Aparecida

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2012)200,000169,300 (84.7%)

Established
  
19 April 1958 (58 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Anthony in Guaratinguetá

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida (Latin: Archidioecesis Apparitiopolitanus) is an archdiocese located in the city of Aparecida in Brazil.

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History

  • 19 April 1958: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté

    • Special churches

  • Minor Basilicas:
  • "Old" Basilica of Aparecida
  • Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Aparecida

    • Leadership

  • Archbishops of Aparecida (Latin Rite)
  • Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (18 April 1964 – 18 September 1982)
  • Geraldo María de Morais Penido (18 September 1982 – 12 July 1995)
  • Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (12 July 1995 – 28 January 2004)
  • Raymundo Damasceno Assis (28 January 2004 – November 16, 2016)
  • Orlando Brandes (November 16, 2016 - present)

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Caraguatatuba
  • Diocese of Lorena
  • Diocese of São José dos Campos
  • Diocese of Taubaté

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida Wikipedia
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