List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil

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Catholic Church in Brazil
Portuguese: Igreja Católica no Brasil
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Type National polity
Classification Catholic
Orientation Latin
Scripture Bible
Theology Catholic theology
Polity Episcopal
Governance CNBB
Pope Francis
President Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo
Primate Sérgio da Rocha
Region Brazil
Language Portuguese, Latin
Originc 1500
Colonial Brazil, Portuguese Empire
Separations Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church
Members123 million - 127 million [1] [2] - 134 million [3] - 140 million [4] [5]
Official website CNBB
Episcopal regions in Brazil. Total: 19 regions. Regioes Episcopais do Brasil.png
Episcopal regions in Brazil. Total: 19 regions.
Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil. Total: 45 provinces. Provincias eclesiasticas do Brasil a partir de 2019.png
Ecclesiastical provinces of Brazil. Total: 45 provinces.

This list of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of Brazil which includes both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Latin liturgical rites, and various other dioceses, primarily the eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches, which employ various Eastern Christian rites, and which are in full communion with the Pope in Rome.

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The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 44 archdioceses (which head 44 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis under the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Armenian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Latin America and Mexico, the Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rites in Brazil, the Military Ordinariate of Brazil, and the Personal Apostolic Administration of Saint John Mary Vianney (the only personal apostolic administration in the world). These 275 divisions make the largest number of particular churches in any country.

Sui iuris Latin Church Jurisdictions

Exempt dioceses, directly subject to the Holy See

Latin (or mixed) Catholic Provinces in Brazil

Region South I

State of São Paulo.

Ecclesiastical province of Aparecida

Ecclesiastical province of Botucatu

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Ecclesiastical Province of São Paulo, 1908.

Ecclesiastical province of São Paulo

Ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba

Ecclesiastical province of Ribeirão Preto

Ecclesiastical province of Campinas

Region South II

State of Paraná.

Ecclesiastical province of Curitiba

Ecclesiastical province of Maringá

Ecclesiastical province of Londrina

Ecclesiastical province of Cascavel

Region South III

State of Rio Grande do Sul.

Ecclesiastical province of Passo Fundo

Ecclesiastical province of Pelotas

Ecclesiastical province of Porto Alegre

Ecclesiastical province of Santa Maria

Region South IV

State of Santa Catarina.

Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis

Region North I

State of Amazonas.

Ecclesiastical province of Manaus

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Provinces in the state of Pará.

Region North II

State of Pará.

Ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará

Ecclesiastical province of Santarém

Region North III

State of Tocantins.

Ecclesiastical province of Palmas

Region East I

State of Rio de Janeiro.

Ecclesiastical province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

Ecclesiastical province of Niterói

Region East II

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Region East 2.

State of Minas Gerais.

Ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte

Ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora

Ecclesiastical province of Diamantina

Ecclesiastical province of Uberaba

Ecclesiastical province of Mariana

Ecclesiastical province of Montes Claros

Ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre

Region East III

Ecclesiastical province of Vitória

Region Center-West

State of Goiás and the Federal District.

Ecclesiastical province of Brasília

Ecclesiastical province of Goiânia

Region West I

State of Mato Grosso do Sul.

Ecclesiastical province of Campo Grande

Region West II

State of Mato Grosso.

Ecclesiastical province of Cuiabá

Region Northwest

States of Rondônia, Acre and Amazonas.

Ecclesiastical province of Porto Velho

Region Northeast I

State of Ceará.

Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza

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Natal, Paraíba, Olinda e Recife, Maceió.

Region Northeast II

States of Pernambuco, Alagoas, Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte.

Ecclesiastical province of Natal

Ecclesiastical province of Olinda e Recife

Ecclesiastical province of Maceió

Ecclesiastical province of Paraíba

Region Northeast III

States of Bahia and Sergipe.

Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia

Ecclesiastical province of Feira de Santana

Ecclesiastical province of Vitória da Conquista

Ecclesiastical province of Aracaju

Region Northeast IV

State of Piauí.

Ecclesiastical province of Teresina

Region Northeast V

State of Maranhão.

Ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão

Eastern Catholic proper and exempt jurisdictions

Armenian Catholic Church

part of the Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite)

but exempt, directly subject to the Holy See

Ukrainian Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) Ecclesiastical province of São João Batista em Curitiba

part of the Eastern particular Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, using its Ukrainian language Byzantine rite

Defunct jurisdictions

excluding those which were simply promoted to existing ones above

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