Archdiocese of Maceió
Maceien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Maceió, Brazil
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in Maceio, capital of Alagoas state, Brazil. Erected as a diocese 2 July 1900 from the Diocese of Olinda and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese 13 February 1920, with suffragans Palmeira dos Indios and Penedo. Its cathedral is the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1900
- Latin
- Maceien(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres
- Annuario code
- 001002087
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 944,100
- Population
- 1,452,476
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 65.0%
- Priests
- 123
- Catholics per priest
- 7,676
- Extent
- 8,545 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 110
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
- Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M.
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 dos Prazeres stands in Maceió, 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 Maceio
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of PenedoPenedo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.