Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Niterói
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The Archdiocese of Niteroi (Nictheroy) (
Rio de Janeiro state, southeast Brazil. It is a metropolitan see
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Its
Minor basilica : Basílica Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora, dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
, and builds a future Cathedral: Nova Catedral São João Batista Nova Catedral São João Batista.
History
- Established on April 27, 1892 as Diocese of Niterói, on territory split off from the then Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro(now Metropolitan)
- Lost territories repeatedly : on 1895.11.15: to establish the Diocese of Petropolis(now its Suffragan)
- March 26, 1960: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Niterói / Nictheroy / Nictheroyen(sis) (Latin), having lost territory to establish the Diocese of Nova Iguaçu.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,228,000 Catholics (53.8% of 2,283,000 total) on 4,728 km² in 77 parishes and 6 missions with 147 priests (105 diocesan, 42 religious), 75 deacons, 249 lay religious (50 brothers, 199 sisters) and 74 seminarians.
Ecclesiastical Province
The
suffragan sees in Niterói's ecclesiastical province
are :
Episcopal ordinaries, with auxiliary bishops listed alongside
- Suffragan Bishops of Niterói
- Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis(1906.04.03 – death 1928.02.04)
- Soteropolis(1935.06.22 – death 1937.10.13)
- Agostinho Francisco Benassi (1908.03.20 – death 1927.01.26)
- Natal(Brazil; no Metropolitan) (1922.10.27 – 1928.01.27)
- Amazonas(Brazil) (1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20)
- Baris in Pisidia (1953.12.22 – 1955.11.07); next Bishop of Sete Lagoas (Brazil) (1955.11.07 – 1964.04.02), Bishop of Guaxupé(Brazil) (1964.04.02 – retired 1976.01.16), died 2009
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Niterói
- Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (1954.12.14 – 1960.04.23), previously Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1948.01.10 – 1954.12.14); next Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1960.04.23 – death 1964.03.07)
- Montes Claros (Brazil) (1948.09.29 – 1951.11.17), Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda e Recife(Brazil) (1951.11.17 – 1960.04.23)
- Titular Archbishop of Ulcinj(1975.08.19 – 1979.04.19) as Coadjutor Archbishop of Niterói (1975.08.19 – succession 1979.04.19)
- Coadjutor Archbishop of Diamantina(Brazil) (1995.08.02 – 1997.05.14), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (1997.05.14 – retired 2007.05.30), died 2009
- Cenæ (1975.10.24 – 1981.08.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1975.10.24 – 1981.08.29), Bishop of Campos(Brazil) (1981.08.29 – 1990.05.09)
- Territorial Prelature of Marabá (Brazil) (1976.11.10 – 1979.10.16), (see) promoted first Bishop of Marabá (1979.10.16 – 1985.07.11), Bishop of Itapeva (Brazil) (1985.07.11 – 1993.11.24), Bishop of Nova Friburgo(Brazil) (1993.11.24 – 2003.09.24)
- (Brazil) (2011.06.08 – ...)
- Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ (2001.03.28 – 2005.03.30) as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Pouso Alegre(Brazil) (2001.03.28 – 2005.03.30), Bishop of Duque de Caxias (Brazil) (2005.03.30 – 2011.11.30)
- Auxiliary Bishop: Luiz Antônio Lopes Ricci (2017.05.10 – 2020.05.06), Titular Bishop of Tindari; appointed Bishop of Nova Friburgo