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As per 2015, it pastorally served 542,400 Catholics (93.1% of 582,700 total) on 15,513 km2 in 53 parishes and 4 missions with 67 priests (55 diocesan, 12 religious), 58 lay religious (22 brothers, 36 sisters) and 17 seminarians .
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 O. Cist. has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid S.C.I., 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 Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the State of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, in the city of Aracaju. Two World Heritage Sites are owned by the Archdiocese in São Cristóvão, Sergipe: the Misericórdia Hospital and Church and the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz, also known as the Church and Convent of Saint Francis.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Curitiba is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Paraná, southern Brazil.
The Archdiocese of Londrina is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Paraná state, southern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montes Claros is a Latin rite Metropolitan archdiocese in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The Archdiocese of Niteroi (Nictheroy) (Latin: Archidioecesis Nictheroyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Niterói in Rio de Janeiro state, southeast Brazil. It is a metropolitan see.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in northeast Brazil's Pernambuco state.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paraíba is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese, named after the city of João Pessoa, which used to be named Paraíba, in southeastern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lages is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Florianópolis in Santa Catarina state, Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limoeiro do Norte is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Fortaleza, both in Ceará state, northeast Brazil.
The Diocese of Ipameri is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Campo Mourão is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Maringá in Paraná state, southern Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna is a Latin suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Bahia state, eastern Brazil.
Medjana is a town and commune (municipality) in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. It is the (approximative) location the Ancient city and bishopric Vardimissa, which remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Sita is an ancient city and former diocese in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis. It remains a Latin Catholic titular see.
Tunnuna was an ancient city and diocese in Roman Africa. It is now a Latin Catholic titular see.
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