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Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife

Olinden(sis) et Recifen(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Olinda e Recife, Brazil

The Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife is a Latin Church metropolitan see in the state of Pernambuco, originating as a prelature in 1614 and raised to an archdiocese in 1910. Archbishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa, who took office in 2023, leads the province as metropolitan over nine suffragan dioceses.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
16 November 1676
Latin
Olinden(sis) et Recifen(sis)
Patron
Santo António de Lisboa, Santíssimo Salvador
Annuario code
001002451

The see in figures

Catholics
3,800,000
Population
3,570,703
Priests
365
Catholics per priest
10,411
Extent
4,305 km²
Catholics per km²
883

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
Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa

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 de São Salvador do Mundo stands in Olinda e Recife, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Catedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Olinda e Recife

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

In Pernambuco state, in northeast Brazil, stands the Latin metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olindensis et Recifensis).

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Sources

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.