Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora Archidioecesis Iudiciforensis | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,757 km2 (4,153 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 676,000 540,000 (79.9%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1 February 1924 (100 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Santo Antônio |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Gil Antônio Moreira |
Website | |
www |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora (Latin : Archidioecesis Iudiciforensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Juiz de Fora in Brazil. [1]
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta OCist has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid SCI, who died on January 13, 2021, was Archbishop Emeritus.
The Archdiocese of São Paulo is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida is an archdiocese located in the city of Aparecida in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is an archdiocese located in the city of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Luz is a diocese located in the city of Luz in the ecclesiastical province of Belo Horizonte in Brazil.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília is ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in the city of Brasília in Brazil. The archdiocese is a metropolitan see.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Diamantina is an archdiocese located in the city of Diamantina, Minas Gerais in Brazil.
The Archdiocese of Manaus is an archdiocese located in the city of Manaus in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mariana is an archdiocese based in the city of Mariana in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros is a Latin Rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre is an archdiocese located in the city of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vitória da Conquista is an archdiocese located in the city of Vitória da Conquista in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jundiaí is a diocese located in the city of Jundiaí in the ecclesiastical province of Sorocaba in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Leopoldina is a diocese located in the city of Leopoldina in the ecclesiastical province of Juiz de Fora in Brazil.
The Diocese of São João del Rei is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juiz de Fora.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jacarezinho is a diocese in the city of Jacarezinho in the ecclesiastical province of Londrina in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Petrópolis is a diocese located in the city of Petrópolis in the ecclesiastical province of Niterói in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaxupé is a diocese located in the city of Guaxupé in the ecclesiastical province of Pouso Alegre in Brazil.
Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as auxiliary bishop of São Salvador da Bahia from 1998 till 2004, when he became archbishop of Belo Horizonte. In 2010 he also became bishop for the Brazilian ordinariate for the faithful of eastern rite. In May 2019, he became head of the Brazilian Bishops conference.
21°45′50″S43°20′59″W / 21.7639°S 43.3498°W