The Diocese of Belém do Pará was erected in 1720 and was a suffragan of the
archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. It became an Archdiocese in 1906.
Bishops
1860 - 1890 Antônio de Macedo Costa 1830 -
1891 - 1893 Jerônimo Thomé da Silva 1849 -
1894 - 1901 Antônio Manoel Castilho Brandão 1849 -
1901 - 1906 Francisco do Rego Maia 18.. - 1928
Archbishops
1906 José Marcondes Homem de Melo
1907 - 1923 Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho
1924 - 1931 João Irineu Joffily
1931 - 1941 Antônio de Almeida Lustosa
1942 - 1943 Jaime de Barros Camara
1944 - 1956 Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas
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The Diocese of Belo Horizonte was erected in 1921 and was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Mariana. It became an Archdiocese in 1924.
Bishop
1922 - 1924 Antônio dos Santos Cabral 1884 - 1967
Archbishop
1924 - 1967 Antônio dos Santos Cabral s.a.
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Cuiabá was erected as a prelature in 1746. It became a Diocese - suffragan of
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro - in 1826 and was made an
Archdiocese in 1910.
Bishops
1832 - 1876 José Antônio dos Reis 1798 - 1876
1877 - 1910 Carlos Luiz De Amour 1836 - 1921
Archbishops
1910 - 1921 Carlos Luiz De Amour s.a.
1921 - 1956 Francisco de Aquino Corrêa
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The Diocese of Curitiba was erected in 1892 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese
of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. In 1908 it became suffragan of São Paulo
and in 1926 it became an Archdiocese.
Bishops
1894 - 1903 José de Camargo Barros 1858 - 1906
1904 - 1907 Duarte Leopoldo e Silva 18.. - 1938
1907 - 1926 João Francisco Braga
Archbishops
1926 - 1935 João Francisco Braga s.a.
1935 - 1950 Ático Euzébio da Rocha
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The diocese of Diamantina was erected in 1854 and was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro until 1906 when it became
subject to the Archdiocese Mariana. In 1917 it became an Archdiocese.
Bishops
1863 - 1905 João Antônio dos Santos 1818 - 1905
1905 - 1917 Joaquim Silvério de Souza
Archbishops
1917 - 1933 Joaquim Silvério de Souza s.a.
1934 - 1953 Serafim Gomes Jardim da Silva
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The Diocese of Florianópolis was erected in 1908 and was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro until 1910 when it was made
subject to Porto Alegre. In 1927 it became an Archdiocese.
Bishops
1908 - 1912 João Becker 1870 - 1946
1912 - 1914 vacant
1914 - 1927 Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira 1878 - 1967
Archbishop
1927 - 1967 Joaquim Domingues de Oliveira s.a.
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The Diocese of Ceará was ereccted in 1854 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese
of São Salvador da Bahia. In 1910 it was transferred to Olinda and in 1915 it
became an Archdiocese, named Fortaleza.
Bishops
1860 - 1881 Luiz Antônio dos Santos 1817 -
1881 - 1883 vacant
1883 - 1912 Joaquim José Vieira 1836 - 1917
1912 - 1915 Manoel da Silva Gomes
Archbishops
1915 - 1941 Manoel da Silva Gomes s.a.
1941 - 1963 Antônio de Almeida Lustosa 1886 -
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The Prelature of Goiás was erected in 1745. It became a Diocese, suffragan of
São Salvador da Bahia in 1826 and was transferred to the new Archdiocese of
Mariana in 1906, becoming an Archdiocese in 1932.
Bishops
1864 - 1876 Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo 1814 - 1879
1876 - 1877 Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides 1836 - 1896
1877 - 1881 vacant
1881 - 1890 Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon 1841 - 1924
1890 Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcânti 1850 - 1930
1891 - 1907 Eduardo Duarte Silva 1852 - 1924
1908 - 1921 Prudencio Gomes da Silva
1922 - 1932 Emanoel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira
Archbishop
1932 - 1955 Emanoel (Manoel) Gomes de Oliveira s.a.
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The Diocese of Alagoas was erected in 1900 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese
of São Salvador da Bahia. In 1910 it was transferred to Olinda. It was named
Maceió in 1917 and became an Archdiocese in 1920.
Bishops
1901 - 1910 Antônio Manoel Castilho Brandão 18.. - 1910
1910 - 1920 Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
Archbishops
1920 - 1922 Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes s.a.
1923 - 1939 Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho
1939 - 1963 Ranulpho da Silva Farias 1887 -
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The Diocese of Mariana was erected in 1745 and was a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. It became an Archdiocese in
1906.
Bishops
1844 - 1875 Antônio Ferreira Viçoso 1787 - 1875
1875 - 1877 vacant
1877 - 1896 Antônio Maria Corrêa de Sá e Benevides s.a.
1896 - 1906 Silvério Gomes Pimenta 18.. - 1922
Archbishops
1906 - 1922 Silvério Gomes Pimenta s.a.
1922 - 1960 Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira
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The Prelature Pernambuco was established in 1614. It became the Diocese of
Olinda - suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia - in 1676. Olinda became an
Archdiocese in 1910 and was renamed Olinda e Recife in 1918.
Bishops of Olinda
1871 - 1878 Vital Maria Gonçalves de Oliveira 1844 - 1878
1881 - 1891 José Pereira da Silva Barros 1835 -
1892 - 1893 João Fernando Tiago Esberard 1843 - 1897
1893 - 1900 Manoel dos Santos Pereira 18.. - 1900
1901 - 1910 Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito 1840 - 1915
Archbishops of Olinda
1910 - 1915 Luís Raimundo da Silva Brito s.a.
1916 - 1918 Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra
Archbishops of Olinda e Recife
1918 - 1921 Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra s.a.
1922 - 1951 Miguel de Lima Valverde
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The Diocese of Paraíba was erected in 1892 and was suffragan to firstly to
São Salvador da Bahia and then, from 1910, to Olinda.
It became an Archdiocese in 1914.
Bishop
1894 - 1914 Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques 1855 - 1935
Archbishops
1914 - 1935 Adauto Aurélio de Miranda Henriques s.a.
1935 - 1959 Moisés Coelho
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The Diocese of São Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul was erected in 1848 and was a
suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
It became an Archdiocese - named Porto Alegre - in 1910.
Bishops
1860 - 1888 Sebastião Dias Laranjeira 1821 - 1888
1888 - 1890 vacant
1890 - 1910 Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon s.a.
Archbishops
1910 - 1912 Cláudio José Gonçalves Ponce de Leon s.a.
1912 - 1946 João Becker
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The Diocese of São Luis do Maranhão was ercted in 1677 and was a suffragan of
São Salvador da Bahia until 1906, when transferred to Belém do Pará.
It became an Archdiocese in 1921.
Bishops
1861 - 1876 Luiz da Conceição Saraiva
1878 - 1898 Antônio Cândido de Alvarenga 18.. - 1903
1898 - 1901 vacant
1901 - 1905 Antônio Xisto Albano
1905 - 1907 vacant
1907 - 1918 Francisco de Paula e Silva 1866 -
1918 - 1921 Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira s.a.
Archbishops
1921 - 1922 Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira s.a.
1922 - 1935 Otaviano Pereira de Albuquerque
1935 - 1944 Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Mota
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The Diocese of São Paulo del Brasile was erected in 1745 as a suffragan of
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. It became an Archdiocese in 1908.
Bishops
1868 - 1872 vacant
1873 - 1894 Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho 1826 - 1894
1894 - 1897 Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcânti s.a.
1897 - 1899 vacant
1899 - 1903 Antônio Cândido de Alvarenga s.a.
1904 - 1906 José de Camargo Barros 1858 - 1906
1906 - 1908 Duarte Leopoldo e Silva s.a.
Archbishops
1908 - 1938 Duarte Leopoldo e Silva s.a.
1939 - 1943 José Gaspar D’Afonseca e Silva 1901 - 1943
1944 - 1964 Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta 1890 - 1982
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The Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia - the first of the Brazilian dioceses -
was erected in 1551 as a suffragan of Lisboã.
It became an independent Archdiocese in 1676.
Archbishops
1861 - 1874 Manoel Joaquim da Silveira 1... - 1874
1874 - 1876 vacant
1876 - 1879 Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo s.a.
1879 - 1881 vacant
1881 - 1890 Luiz Antônio dos Santos s.a.
1890 - 1891 Antônio de Macedo Costa
1891 - 1893 vacant
1893 - 1924 Jerônimo Thomé da Silva 1... - 1924
1924 - 1968 Augusto Álvaro da Silva 1876 -
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The Prelature of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro was established in 1575 and
became a Diocese, suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia, in 1676.
It became an Archdiocese in 1892.
Bishops
1868 - 1890 Pedro Maria de Lacerda 1830 - 1890
1891 - 1892 José Pereira da Silva Barros s.a.
Archbishops
1892 - 1893 José Pereira da Silva Barros s.a.
1894 - 1897 João Fernando Tiago Esberard s.a.
1897 - 1930 Cardinal (1905) Joaquim Arcoverde de
Albuquerque Cavalcânti s.a.
1930 - 1942 Cardinal (1930) Sebastião Leme da
Silveira Cintra 1882 - 1942
1943 - 1971 Jaime de Barros Câmara 1894 - 1971
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