Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo

The Archdiocese of São Paulo (Latin: Sancti Pauli Archidioecesis in Brasilia ) is a Roman Catholic diocese based in São Paulo, state of São Paulo.

The Diocese of São Paulo was established by Pope Benedict XIV with the Latin name Sancti Pauli in Brasilia on December 6, 1745 from the Metropolitan Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro out. First bishop was Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira. 1908, the diocese by Pope Pius X was raised to an archbishopric.

Between 1892 and 1989 a number of suffragan dioceses were founded.

Bishops

  • Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira (1745-1748)
  • Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão, OFM (1750-1764)
  • Manoel da Ressurreição OFM (1771-1789)
  • Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz OFM (1791-1795)
  • Mateus Pereira de Abreu (1795-1824)
  • Manoel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade (1827-1847)
  • Antônio Joaquim de Mello (1851-1861)
  • Sebastião Pinto do Rêgo (1861-1868)
  • Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho (1871-1894)
  • Joaquim Arcoverde Cavalcanti de Albuquerque (1894-1897), later Cardinal Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1898-1903)
  • José de Camargo Barros (1903-1906)
  • Duarte Leopoldo e Silva, Paulista (1906-1938)
  • José Gaspar d' Afonseca e Silva (1939-1943)
  • Carlos Carmelo Cardinal de Vasconcelos Motta (1944-1964), later Archbishop of Aparecida
  • Cardinal Agnelo Rossi (1964-1970), later Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
  • Paulo Evaristo Arns OFM, Cardinal (1970-1998)
  • Cláudio Cardinal Hummes OFM (1998-2006), later prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
  • Odilo Pedro Scherer cardinal, since 2007
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