Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
Archdiocese of Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 11,622 km2 (4,487 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,195,000 887,000 (74.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 30 August 1677 (346 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira, OFM |
| Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (
archdiocese in Brazil
.
Its
São Luís do Maranhão
.
History
- Established on 30 August 1677 as Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, on territory split off from the Diocese of Olinda
- Lost territory pn 4 March 1720 to establish Diocese of Belém do Pará
- Lost territory on 10 February 1902 to establish Diocese of Piaui
- 2 December 1921: Promoted as Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
- 10 February 1922: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, having lost territory to establish the then Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú(now suffragan diocese of Grajau)
- Lost territory on 1939.07.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro(now a suffragan diocese)
- Lost territory on 1962.10.30 to establish suffragan Diocese of Viana
- Lost territory on 1968.06.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Bacabal
- Lost territory on 1971.09.14 to establish suffragan Diocese of Brejo
- Lost territory on 1977.08.26 to establish suffragan Diocese of Coroatá
- It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in October 1991.
Bishops
(all Roman Rite)
Episcopal ordinaries
- Suffragan Bishops of São Luís do Maranhão
- Fr. Antônio de Santa Maria (1677 – death 1677 not possessed)
- Malacca(Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 not possessed)
- Olinda(Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29)
- Tomé(São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17)
- José Delgarte, OSST (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23)
- Mariana(Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)
- OFM(1745.12.15 – death 1752.12.12)
- Antônio de São José, OSA (1756.07.19 – 1778.07.20) later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1778.07.20 – death 1779.08.09)
- Jacinto Carlos da Silveira (1779.03.01 – retired 1780.04.29)
- José do Menino Jesus, OCD (1780.09.18 – 1783.07.18), later Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1783.07.18 – death 1791.01.14)
- Antônio de Pádua e Belas, OFM (1783.07.18 – retired 1794.08.28)
- Joaquim Ferreira de Carvalho (1795.06.01 – death 1801.04.26)
- São Paulo de Loanda(Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)
- Leontopolis in Bithynia (1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23); later Bishop of Coimbra(Portugal) (1824.05.03 – death 1851.08.31)
- Marcos Antônio de Souza (1827.06.25 – death 1842.11.29)
- Carlos de São José e Souza, OCD (1844.01.22 – death 1850.04.03)
- Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (1851.09.05 – 1861.01.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1861.01.05 – death 1874.06.23)
- OSB(1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26)
- São Paulo(Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)
- Apostolic Administrator Fr. Luis de Salles Pessoa(1898 – death 1898)
- Titular Bishop of Bethsaida(1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21)
- Maceió(Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)
- CM(1907.04.18 – death 1918.06.04)
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, SDB (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02 see below), previously Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)
- Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
- Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, SDB (see above 1921.12.02 – 1922.02.10)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão
- Archbishop-Bishop of Campos(Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03)
- Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals(1977.08.02 – 1982.09.18)
- Adalberto Accioli Sobral (1947.01.18 – death 1951.05.24), previously Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13), Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18)
- José de Medeiros Delgado (1951.09.04 – 1963.05.10), previously Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1941.03.15 – 1951.09.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – retired 1973.03.26)
- João José da Mota e Albuquerque (1964.04.28 – retired 1984.03.20), previously Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28), Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)
- Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1984.03.20 – retired 2005.09.21), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1987 – 1991); previously Bishop of Itapipoca (Brazil) (1971.06.25 – 1984.03.20)
- José Belisário da Silva, OFM (2005.09.21 – ...), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – ...); previously Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)
Auxiliary bishops
- Otàvio Barbosa Aguiar (1954-1956), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
- Antônio Batista Fragoso (1957-1964), appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara
- Manuel Edmilson da Cruz (1966-1974), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
- Xavier Gilles de Maupeou d’Ableiges (1995-1998), appointed Bishop of Viana, Maranhão
- Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, SCI (1998-2010)
- CM(2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo
- Esmeraldo Barreto de Farias, Ist. del Prado (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Benedito Araújo, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia in 2011
Province
Its
Suffragan
dioceses:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacabal
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Balsas
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Brejo
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Carolina
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Grajaú
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Imperatriz
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Pinheiro
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Viana, Brazil
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zé Doca