Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife

The Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife (Latin: Archidioecesis Olindensis et Recifensis ) is a located in Brazil Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Olinda, Pernambuco state.

History

The Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife da Bahia was established on July 15, 1614 by Pope Paul V with the Apostolic Constitution Fasti novi orbis out of territory of the Diocese of São Salvador as Territorialprälatur Pernambuco. On July 6, 1624 Territorialprälatur Pernambuco the Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia was assumed to be Suffragan by Pope Urban VIII, with the Apostolic Constitution Romanus Pontifex.

The Territorialprälatur Pernambuco was posted on November 16, 1676 by ​​Pope Innocent XI. charged with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Sacram Beati Petri sedem to the diocese and renamed Diocese of Olinda. The diocese of Olinda was on June 6, 1854 from parts of its territory to the founding of the Diocese of Ceará. Other annexations took place on April 27, 1892 to the founding of the diocese Paraíba, on July 2, 1900, founding of the Diocese of Alagoas and on December 5, 1910, regarding the establishment of the Diocese of Floresta.

On 5 December 1910, the Diocese of Olinda by Pope Pius X was raised to an archbishopric. The Archdiocese of Olinda was founded on July 26, 1918 by Pope Benedict XV. renamed with the Apostolic Constitution Cum urbs Recife Olinda e Recife in Archdiocese. On August 2, 1918, the Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife were from parts of its territory to the founding of the dioceses Garanhuns and Nazaré. For more territorial concessions were made on 7 August 1948 foundation of the diocese Caruaru and on 13 January 1962 on the establishment of the Diocese of Palmares.

Ordinaries

Bishops of Olinda

  • Estevão Brioso de Figueiredo, 1676-1683, then Bishop of Funchal
  • João Duarte do Sacramento CO, 1685-1686
  • Francisco de Lima O. Carm, 1695-1704
  • Manuel Álvares da Costa, 1706-1721, then Bishop of Angra
  • José Fialho de OCist, 1725-1738, then Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
  • Luiz de Santa Teresa da Cruz Salgado de Castilho OCD, 1738-1757
  • Francisco Xavier Aranha, 1757-1771
  • Francisco da Assumpção e Brito OSA, 1773-1773, then Archbishop of Goa
  • Tomaz da Encarnação da Costa e Lima CRSA, 1774-1784
  • Diego de Jesus Jardim OSH, 1785-1794, then Bishop of Elvas
  • José Joaquim da Cunha Coutinho Azeredo, 1794-1806, then Bishop of Elvas
  • José Maria de Araújo OSH, 1806-1809
  • Antônio de São José Bastos OSB, 1815-1819
  • Tomas Manoel de Noronha e Brito OP, 1828-1829
  • João Marques da Purificação Perdigão OSA, 1831-1864
  • Manoel do Rego Medeiros, 1865-1866
  • Francisco Cardoso Aires, 1867-1870
  • Vital Conçalves Maria de Oliveira, OFM Cap, 1871-1878
  • José Pereira da Silva Barros, 1881-1891, then Bishop of Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • João Fernando Santiago Esberard, 1891-1893, then Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Manoel dos Santos Pereira, 1893-1900
  • Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito, 1901-1910

Archbishops of Olinda

  • Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito, 1910-1915
  • Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, 1916-1918

Archbishops of Olinda e Recife

  • Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, 1918-1921, then Koadjutorerzbischof of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
  • Miguel de Lima Valverde, 1922-1951
  • Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior, 1951-1960, then Archbishop of Niterói
  • Carlos Coelho Gouvêa, 1960-1964
  • Hélder Câmara, 1964-1985
  • José Cardoso Sobrinho O. Carm, 1985-2009
  • Fernando Antônio Saburido OSB, since 2009
Order of Saint Benedict Vicar general Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Afogados da Ingazeira Roman Catholic Diocese of Caruaru Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta Roman Catholic Diocese of Garanhuns Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmares Roman Catholic Diocese of Pesqueira Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrolina Roman Catholic Diocese of Salgueiro Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fortaleza Roman Catholic Diocese of Funchal Roman Catholic Diocese of Angra Hieronymites Dominican Order Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Botucatu Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campinas Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Campo Grande Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cascavel Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Feira de Santana Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Londrina Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manaus Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palmas Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Velho Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sorocaba Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Teresina Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Uberaba
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