Archdiocese of Brasília
Brasiliapolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Brasília, Brazil
Brasília is the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazil's federal capital, erected as a diocese on January 16, 1960 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on October 11, 1966. It is led by Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa, archbishop since December 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 January 1960
- Latin
- Brasiliapolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Aparecida
- Annuario code
- 001000946
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,555,000
- Population
- 2,267,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.6%
- Priests
- 273
- Catholics per priest
- 5,696
- Extent
- 5,814 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 267
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- His Eminence Paulo Cezar Cardinal Costa
- Born
- 20 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Valença
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Brasília, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Brasília
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of FormosaFormosa
- Diocese of LuziâniaLuziânia
- Diocese of UruaçuUruaçu
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Brasília, the Brazilian capital city, is the seat of a Latin Church metropolitan see: the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Brasiliapolitanus.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.