The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife (Latin: Archidioecesis Olindensis et Recifensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in southeast Brazil's Pernambuco state.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is a World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo, in Olinda
Its Co-Cathedral is São Pedro dos Clérigos Co-Catedral São Pedro dos Clérigos, in Recife
Further is has Minor Basilicas :
Basílica Abacial do Mosteiro de São Bento de Olinda, in Olinda
Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo, in Recife
Basílica Nossa Senhora de Penha, Pernambuco
Basílica Sagrado Coração de Jesus, Recife
Basílica Santuário de Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, in Jaboatão dos Guararapes
Established on 17 July 1614 as Territorial Prelature of Pernambuco, on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos
Promoted on 11 November 1676 and renamed after its see as Diocese of Olinda
Lost territories repeatedly: on 1677.08.30 to establish Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, on 1854.06.06 to establish Diocese of Ceará, on 1892.04.27 to establish Diocese of Paraiba and on 1900.07.02 to establish Diocese of Alagôas
Promoted on 5 December 1910 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda, having lost territory to establish the Diocese of Floresta, its suffragan
Renamed on 26 July 1918 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, reflecting its double see
Lost territories repeatedly again : on 1918.08.02 to establish Diocese of Garanhuns and Diocese of Nazaré, on 1948.08.07 to establish Diocese of Caruaru, and on 1962.01.13 to establish Diocese of Palmares.
Its Suffragan sees are :
Roman Catholic Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira
Roman Catholic Diocese of Caruaru
Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta, a daughter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns, a daughter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nazaré, a daughter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmares, its junior daughter
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira
Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrolina
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,804,000 Catholics (94.5% of 4,024,000 total) on 4,058 km² in 114 parishes and 689 missions with 277 priests (122 diocesan, 155 religious), 32 deacons, 1,143 lay religious (251 brothers, 892 sisters) with 63 seminarians.
(all Roman Rite)
Suffragan Bishops of Olinda
Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo (16 Nov 1676 - 27 Sep 1683), next Bishop of of Funchal (Madeira, Portugal (27 Sep 1683 – death 1689.05.20)
João Duarte do Sacramento not possessed (1685 - death 1685)
Matias de Figueiredo e Mello (12 May 1687 - death 18 July 1694 )
Francisco de Lima (Lemos), Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (22 August 1695 - death 29 April 1704), previously Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1691.12.19 – 22 August 1695)
Manuel Alvares da Costa (7 June 1706 - 20 Jan 1721), next Bishop of Angra (Portugal) (1721.01.20 – death 1733.01.10)
José de Fialho, Cistercian Order (O. Cist.) (21 Feb 1725 - 3 Sep 1738), next Metropolitan Archbishop of (São Salvador da) Bahia (Brazil) (1738.09.03 – 1741.01.02), Archbishop-Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1741.01.02 – 1741.03.18)
Luiz de Santa Teresa da Cruz Salgado de Castilho, Teresian Carmelites (O.C.D.) (3 Sep 1738 - death 17 Nov 1757)
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Francisco Xavier Aranha (17 Nov 1757 - 5 Oct 1771 Died)
Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.S.A. (8 March 1773 - 20 Dec 1773 )
Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima, C.R.S.A. (18 Apr 1774 - 14 Jan 1784 )
Diego de Jesus Jardim, O.S.H. (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 21 Feb 1794
José Joaquim da Cunha Azeredo Coutinho (12 Sep 1794 Appointed - 6 Oct 1806
José Maria de Araújo, O.S.H. (6 Oct 1806 Appointed - 21 Sep 1809 Died)
Antônio de São José Bastos, O.S.B. (15 March 1815 - 19 Jul 1819 )
Tomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito, O.P. † (23 June 1828 - 6 March 1829 )
João da Purificação Marques Perdigão, O.S.A. (28 Feb 1831 - 30 April 1864 )
Francisco Cardoso Aires, I.C. (20 Dec 1867 - 12 May 1870 )
Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira, O.F.M. Cap. (21 May 1871 - 4 July 1878 )
José Pereira da Silva Barros (7 Jan 1881 - 25 June 1891 )
João Fernando Santiago Esberard † (12 May 1891 - 12 Sep 1893 )
Manoel dos Santos Pereira † (12 Sep 1893 - 25 April 1900 )
Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito † (23 Feb 1901 - 5 Dec 1910 see below)
Metropolitan Bishops of Olinda
Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito † (see above 5 Dec 1910- 9 Dec 1915 )
Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (29 April 1916 - 29 April 1918 see below)
Metropolitan Bishops of Olinda & Recife
Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (see above 29 April 1918 - 15 March 1921 )
Miguel de Lima Valverde † (10 Feb 1922 - 7 May 1951 )
Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior † (17 Nov 1951 - 23 April 1960)
Carlos Gouvêa Coelho † (23 April 1960 - 7 March 1964 )
Helder Pessoa Câmara † (12 March 1964 - 2 April 1985), world-famous liberation theology icon
José Cardoso Sobrinho da Puta, O. Carm. (2 April 1985 - 16 August 2009)
Antônio Fernando Saburido, O.S.B. (16 August 2009 - ...)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop João Batista Portocarrero Costa (1953.07.03 – 1959.01.06) •Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop João Irineu Joffily (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04) •Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop João Fernando Santiago Esberard (Esberrard) (later Archbishop) (1890.06.26 – 1891.05.12) •Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Francisco Xavier Aranha (1754.02.11 – 1757.11.17) •Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B. ((2000.05.31 – 2005.05.18) •Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. (1988.08.17 – 1994.06.15) •Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hilário Moser, S.D.B. (1988.08.17 – 1992.05.27) •Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Lamartine Soares (later Archbishop) (1962.11.16 – 1985.04.02)
