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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

April 29, 2023

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano) is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil.

Archdiocese of Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano

Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano
Cathedral
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area11,622 km2 (4,487 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
1,195,000
887,000 (74.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established30 August 1677 (345 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJosé Belisário da Silva, O.F.M.
Website
www.arquidiocesedesaoluis.org

Its cathedral is a World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória. It is located in the city of São Luís do Maranhão.

History

  • Established on 30 August 1677 as Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, on territory split off from the Diocese of Olinda
  • Lost territory pn 4 March 1720 to establish Diocese of Belém do Pará
  • Lost territory on 10 February 1902 to establish Diocese of Piaui
  • 2 December 1921: Promoted as Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
  • 10 February 1922: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, having lost territory to establish the then Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú (now suffragan diocese of Grajau)
  • Lost territory on 1939.07.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão and Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro (now a suffragan diocese)
  • Lost territory on 1962.10.30 to establish suffragan Diocese of Viana
  • Lost territory on 1968.06.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Bacabal
  • Lost territory on 1971.09.14 to establish suffragan Diocese of Brejo
  • Lost territory on 1977.08.26 to establish suffragan Diocese of Coroatá
  • It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in October 1991.

Bishops

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries

Suffragan Bishops of São Luís do Maranhão
  • Fr. Antônio de Santa Maria (1677 – death 1677 not possessed)
  • Gregório dos Anjos, ? (C.S.J.) (1677.08.30 – death 1689.05.11), previously Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 not possessed)
  • Francisco de Lima, Carmelites O. Carm. (1691.12.19 – 1695.08.22), later Bishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29)
  • Timóteo do Sacramento, Benedictine Order (O.S.P.) (1696.12.17 – retired 1700), previously Bishop of Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17)
  • José Delgarte, Trinitarians (O.SS.T.) (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23)
  • Manoel da Cruz Nogueira, Cistercians (O. Cist.) (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15), later Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)
  • Francisco de São Tiago, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1745.12.15 – death 1752.12.12)
  • Antônio de São José, Augustinians (O.S.A.) (1756.07.19 – 1778.07.20) later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1778.07.20 – death 1779.08.09)
  • Jacinto Carlos da Silveira (1779.03.01 – retired 1780.04.29)
  • José do Menino Jesus, Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.) (1780.09.18 – 1783.07.18), later Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1783.07.18 – death 1791.01.14)
  • Antônio de Pádua e Belas, O.F.M. (1783.07.18 – retired 1794.08.28)
  • Joaquim Ferreira de Carvalho (1795.06.01 – death 1801.04.26)
  • Luiz de Brito Homem (1802.05.24 – death 1813.12.10), previously Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)
  • Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu, O.F.M. (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03), previously Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23) & Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23); later Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1824.05.03 – death 1851.08.31)
  • Marcos Antônio de Souza (1827.06.25 – death 1842.11.29)
  • Carlos de São José e Souza, O.C.D. (1844.01.22 – death 1850.04.03)
  • Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (1851.09.05 – 1861.01.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1861.01.05 – death 1874.06.23)
  • Luiz da Conceição Saraiva, O.S.B. (1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26)
  • Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1877.09.21 – 1898.11.28), later Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)
  • Apostolic Administrator Fr. Luis de Salles Pessoa (1898 – death 1898)
  • Antônio Xisto Albano (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Bethsaida (1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21)
  • Bishop-elect Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)
  • Francisco de Paula Silva, Congregation of the Mission (C.M.) (1907.04.18 – death 1918.06.04)
  • Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02 see below), previously Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)
Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
  • Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (see above 1921.12.02 – 1922.02.10)
Metropolitan Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão
  • Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1922.10.27 – 1935.12.16), previously Bishop of Piaui (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27); later Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03)
  • Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1935.12.19 – 1944.08.13), previously Titular Bishop of Algiza (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19) & Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1944.08.13 – 1964.04.18), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18), also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1952 – 1958), Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1964.04.18), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (1964.04.18 – death 1982.09.18), also Apostolic Administrator of Lorena (Brazil) (1970 – 1971.11.03), Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1977.08.02 – 1982.09.18)
  • Adalberto Accioli Sobral (1947.01.18 – death 1951.05.24), previously Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13), Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18)
  • José de Medeiros Delgado (1951.09.04 – 1963.05.10), previously Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1941.03.15 – 1951.09.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – retired 1973.03.26)
  • João José da Mota e Albuquerque (1964.04.28 – retired 1984.03.20), previously Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28), Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)
  • Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1984.03.20 – retired 2005.09.21), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1987 – 1991); previously Bishop of Itapipoca (Brazil) (1971.06.25 – 1984.03.20)
  • José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (2005.09.21 – ...), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – ...); previously Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (1954-1956), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
  • Antônio Batista Fragoso (1957-1964), appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara
  • Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1966-1974), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
  • Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges (1995-1998), appointed Bishop of Viana, Maranhão
  • Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. (1998-2010)
  • José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. (2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo
  • Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

  • Benedito Araújo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia in 2011

Province

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following Suffragan dioceses:

Source and external links

  • GCatholic.org with incumbent biography links
  • Catholic Hierarchy

Coordinates: 2°31′41″S 44°18′17″W / 2.5280°S 44.3047°W / -2.5280; -44.3047

April 29, 2023
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao Latin Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil Archdiocese of Sancti Ludovici in MaragnanoArchidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in MaragnanoCathedralLocationCountryBrazilEcclesiastical provinceSao Luis do MaranhaoStatisticsArea11 622 km2 4 487 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2004 1 195 000887 000 74 2 InformationRiteLatin RiteEstablished30 August 1677 345 years ago CathedralCatedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da VitoriaCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopJose Belisario da Silva O F M Websitewww wbr arquidiocesedesaoluis wbr orgIts cathedral is a World Heritage Site Minor Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitoria Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitoria It is located in the city of Sao Luis do Maranhao Contents 1 History 2 Bishops 2 1 Episcopal ordinaries 2 2 Auxiliary bishops 2 3 Other priest of this diocese who became bishop 3 Province 4 Source and external linksHistory EditEstablished on 30 August 1677 as Diocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao on territory split off from the Diocese of Olinda Lost territory pn 4 March 1720 to establish Diocese of Belem do Para Lost territory on 10 February 1902 to establish Diocese of Piaui 2 December 1921 Promoted as Archdiocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao 10 February 1922 Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao having lost territory to establish the then Territorial Prelature of Sao Jose do Grajau now suffragan diocese of Grajau Lost territory on 1939 07 22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Caxias do Maranhao and Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro now a suffragan diocese Lost territory on 1962 10 30 to establish suffragan Diocese of Viana Lost territory on 1968 06 22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Bacabal Lost territory on 1971 09 14 to establish suffragan Diocese of Brejo Lost territory on 1977 08 26 to establish suffragan Diocese of Coroata It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in October 1991 Bishops Edit all Roman Rite Episcopal ordinaries Edit Suffragan Bishops of Sao Luis do MaranhaoFr Antonio de Santa Maria 1677 death 1677 not possessed Gregorio dos Anjos C S J 1677 08 30 death 1689 05 11 previously Bishop of Malacca Malaysia 1677 08 30 not possessed Francisco de Lima Carmelites O Carm 1691 12 19 1695 08 22 later Bishop of Olinda Brazil 1695 08 22 death 1704 04 29 Timoteo do Sacramento Benedictine Order O S P 1696 12 17 retired 1700 previously Bishop of Tome Sao Tome and Principe 1693 01 02 1696 12 17 Jose Delgarte Trinitarians O SS T 1716 10 05 death 1724 12 23 Manoel da Cruz Nogueira Cistercians O Cist 1738 09 03 1745 12 15 later Bishop of Mariana Brazil 1745 12 15 1764 01 03 Francisco de Sao Tiago Friars Minor O F M 1745 12 15 death 1752 12 12 Antonio de Sao Jose Augustinians O S A 1756 07 19 1778 07 20 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia Brazil 1778 07 20 death 1779 08 09 Jacinto Carlos da Silveira 1779 03 01 retired 1780 04 29 Jose do Menino Jesus Discalced Carmelites O C D 1780 09 18 1783 07 18 later Bishop of Viseu Portugal 1783 07 18 death 1791 01 14 Antonio de Padua e Belas O F M 1783 07 18 retired 1794 08 28 Joaquim Ferreira de Carvalho 1795 06 01 death 1801 04 26 Luiz de Brito Homem 1802 05 24 death 1813 12 10 previously Bishop of Sao Paulo de Loanda Angola 1791 12 17 1802 05 24 Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu O F M 1819 08 23 1824 05 03 previously Bishop Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Mozambique Mozambique 1811 12 17 1819 08 23 amp Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia 1815 09 04 1819 08 23 later Bishop of Coimbra Portugal 1824 05 03 death 1851 08 31 Marcos Antonio de Souza 1827 06 25 death 1842 11 29 Carlos de Sao Jose e Souza O C D 1844 01 22 death 1850 04 03 Manoel Joaquim da Silveira 1851 09 05 1861 01 05 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia Brazil 1861 01 05 death 1874 06 23 Luiz da Conceicao Saraiva O S B 1861 07 22 death 1876 04 26 Antonio Candido Alvarenga 1877 09 21 1898 11 28 later Bishop of Sao Paulo Brazil 1898 11 28 1903 04 01 Apostolic Administrator Fr Luis de Salles Pessoa 1898 death 1898 Antonio Xisto Albano 1901 03 23 1905 12 14 emeritate as Titular Bishop of Bethsaida 1905 12 14 death 1917 02 21 Bishop elect Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho 1906 09 09 1906 12 06 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Belem do Para Brazil 1906 12 06 1923 01 19 Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceio Brazil 1923 01 19 1939 01 10 Francisco de Paula Silva Congregation of the Mission C M 1907 04 18 death 1918 06 04 Helvecio Gomes de Oliveira S D B 1918 06 18 1921 12 02 see below previously Bishop of Corumba Brazil 1918 02 15 1918 06 18 Archbishop of Sao Luis do MaranhaoHelvecio Gomes de Oliveira S D B see above 1921 12 02 1922 02 10 Metropolitan Archbishops of Sao Luis do MaranhaoOctaviano Pereira de Albuquerque 1922 10 27 1935 12 16 previously Bishop of Piaui Brazil 1914 04 02 1922 10 27 later Archbishop Bishop of Campos Brazil 1935 12 16 death 1949 01 03 Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta 1935 12 19 1944 08 13 previously Titular Bishop of Algiza 1932 07 29 1935 12 19 amp Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina Brazil 1932 07 29 1935 12 19 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Paulo Brazil 1944 08 13 1964 04 18 created Cardinal Priest of S Pancrazio 1946 02 22 1982 09 18 also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil 1952 1958 Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida Brazil 1958 04 19 1964 04 18 succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida 1964 04 18 death 1982 09 18 also Apostolic Administrator of Lorena Brazil 1970 1971 11 03 Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals 1977 08 02 1982 09 18 Adalberto Accioli Sobral 1947 01 18 death 1951 05 24 previously Bishop of Barra Brazil 1927 04 22 1934 01 13 Bishop of Pesqueira Brazil 1934 01 13 1947 01 18 Jose de Medeiros Delgado 1951 09 04 1963 05 10 previously Bishop of Caico Brazil 1941 03 15 1951 09 04 later Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza Brazil 1963 05 10 retired 1973 03 26 Joao Jose da Mota e Albuquerque 1964 04 28 retired 1984 03 20 previously Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira Brazil 1957 01 04 1961 02 28 Bishop of Sobral Brazil 1961 02 28 1964 04 28 Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte 1984 03 20 retired 2005 09 21 also Vice President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil 1987 1991 previously Bishop of Itapipoca Brazil 1971 06 25 1984 03 20 Jose Belisario da Silva O F M 2005 09 21 also Vice President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil 2011 05 10 2015 04 20 Second Vice President of Latin American Episcopal Council 2015 05 13 previously Bishop of Bacabal Brazil 1999 12 01 2005 09 21 Auxiliary bishops Edit Otavio Barbosa Aguiar 1954 1956 appointed Bishop of Campina Grande Paraiba Antonio Batista Fragoso 1957 1964 appointed Bishop of Crateus Ceara Manuel Edmilson da Cruz 1966 1974 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza Ceara Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d Ableiges 1995 1998 appointed Bishop of Viana Maranhao Geraldo Dantas de Andrade S C I 1998 2010 Jose Carlos Chacorowski C M 2010 2013 appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba Sao Paulo Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias Ist del Prado 2015 2020 appointed Bishop of Aracuai Minas GeraisOther priest of this diocese who became bishop Edit Benedito Araujo appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajara Mirim Rondonia in 2011Province EditIts ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan s own archdiocese and the following Suffragan dioceses Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhao Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroata Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajau Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana Brazil Roman Catholic Diocese of Ze DocaSource and external links EditGCatholic org with incumbent biography links Catholic Hierarchy Archdiocese website Portuguese Coordinates 2 31 41 S 44 18 17 W 2 5280 S 44 3047 W 2 5280 44 3047 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sao Luis do Maranhao amp oldid 1149364876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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