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Archdiocese of Aparecida

Archidioecesis Apparitiopolitana



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Bishop(s)

  • Orlando Brandes, Archbishop
  • Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Erected: 19 April 1958
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Sao Paulo
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 1,330 (513 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 1
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arquidioceseaparecida.org.br/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Rua Barao do Rio Branco 412, C.P. 82, 12570-000 Aparecida, SP, Brazil
  • Telephone: (012)3104-2700/7

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 April 1958ErectedArchdiocese of São Paulo (Parts of Aparecida)
Diocese of Taubaté (Guaratingueta and Lagoinha, and Parts of Aparecida)
Archdiocese of Aparecida (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195966,00072,00091.7%651571,15776915ap1960
196671,20075,90093.8%548531,343751226ap1967
1970100,674106,54494.5%453571,766801706ap1971
1976108,759116,52593.3%471751,4501751487ap1977
1980116,000126,00092.1%574791,4681231209ap1981
1990170,870186,94091.4%1355682,5121431448ap1991
1999193,700212,00091.4%2361842,305211013515ap2000
2000190,000220,00086.4%1978971,958212316315ap2001
2001190,000220,00086.4%2467912,087210317615ap2002
2002198,000220,00090.0%2173942,106211818315ap2003
2003151,470168,30090.0%2069891,701211117315ap2004
200483,013180,00046.1%216990922211917716ap2005
200685,200184,60046.2%227294906212415917ap2007
2011167,800198,00084.7%26761021,645217518818ap2012
2012169,300200,00084.7%2673991,710212518618ap2013
2015160,091191,76383.5%26791051,524211719118ap2016
2018164,040195,51183.9%261211471,115216018818ap2019
2020166,000198,20683.8%26911171,418214619618ap2021
2022168,387200,76683.9%2870981,718210220618ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 90, to Page 94
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 93, Page 559

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