Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo

Catedral da Sé, Cathederal church of the Archdiocese.

The Archdiocese of São Paulo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a major see in the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Diocese of São Paulo was erected by Pope Benedict XIV on 6 December 1745. It became an Archdiocese on 7 June 1908. The Archdiocese is currently headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 March 2007, an appointment that ended almost four decades of Franciscan leadership in the archdiocese: both predecessors, Cardinals Paulo Evaristo Arns and Cláudio Hummes, belonged to that Order.

List of Archbishops of São Paulo

• Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira (15 Dec 1745 - 7 Nov 1748 )
• Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão (16 Mar 1750 - 19 Mar 1764 )
• Manuel da Ressurreição (17 Jun 1771 - 21 Oct 1789 )
• Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz (17 Dec 1791 - 22 Jan 1795 )
• Mateus de Abreu Pereira (1 Jun 1795 - 5 May 1824 )
• Manuel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade (25 Jun 1827 - 26 May 1847 )
• Antônio Joaquim de Melo (5 May 1851 - 16 Feb 1861 )
• Sebastião Pinto do Rego (11 May 1861 - 30 Apr 1868 )
• Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho (21 May 1871 - 19 Aug 1894 )
• Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (19 Aug 1894 - 24 Aug 1897)
• Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (28 Nov 1898 Appointed - 1 Apr 1903 Died)
• José de Camargo Barros (9 Nov 1903 - 4 Aug 1906 )
• Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (18 Dec 1906 - 13 Nov 1938) - first Archbishop of São Paulo
• José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (29 Jul 1939 Appointed - 27 Aug 1943 Died)
• Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (13 Aug 1944 - 18 Apr 1964)
• Agnelo Rossi (1 Nov 1964 - 22 Oct 1970)
• Paulo Evaristo Arns (22 Oct 1970 - 15 Apr 1998 )
• Cláudio Hummes (15 Apr 1998 - 31 Oct 2006)
• Odilo Scherer (21 March 2007-)

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Campo Limpo
• Diocese of Caraguatatuba
• Diocese of Guarulhos
• Diocese of Mogi das Cruzes
• Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo
• Eparchy of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo
• Diocese of Osasco
• Diocese of Santo Amaro
• Diocese of Santo André
• Diocese of Santos
• Diocese of São Miguel Paulista

See also

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil

External links

•  "São Paulo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 
• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

References