Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia Archidioecesis Sancti Salvatoris in Brasilia | |
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Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger | |
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The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia (
Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia also carries the title Primate of Brazil. The archdiocese is located in the city of Salvador, Bahia
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The Archdiocese offers a wide range of services to complement parish provision. These are listed on the Archdiocesan website.[1] These include, for example, the Pastoral do Menor service working together with CEIFAR in Tancredo Neves to support young people and families by providing guidance on sevuality and family planning[2]
Statistics
Over 70% of the Archiocese is Catholic, while there is over 9,000 Catholics per priest, spread over 109 parishes with the Archdiocese.
History
- 25 February 1551: Established as Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal, Portugal
- 16 November 1676: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Properties
- Minor Basilica & World Heritage Church:
- Cathedral of Salvador(Sé Basílica Primacial da Transfiguração do Senhor)
- Basilica of St. Sebastian, Salvador (Basílica Arquiabacial de São Sebastião, the first benedictine monastery in the New World)
- Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador (Basílica do Senhor do Bonfim)
- Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Salvador (Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Praia)
- Churches
- Church of Our Lady of Penha, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Exile, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Chapel of Our Lady of Help, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Chapel of Our Lady of the Ladder, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on the Ilha de Maré, a national heritage site
- Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey, a national heritage site in Salvador
- Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew, a national heritage site in Maragogipe
- Residences
Former properties
The archdiocese abandoned the Church of the Third Order of the Holy Trinity in 1990. The church now houses a social project and Catholic residential community.[3]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Bishops
- Pedro Fernandes Sardinha (25 Feb 1551 - 2 Jun 1556 )
- Pedro Leitão (23 Mar 1558 - Oct 1573 )
- Antônio Barreiros (20 Jul 1575 - 11 May 1600 )
- Constantino Barradas (23 Sep 1602 - Jun 1618 )
- Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça (25 Oct 1621 - 8 Oct 1624 )
- Miguel Pereira (29 Nov 1627 - 16 Aug 1630 )
- Pedro da Silva Sampaio (6 Sep 1632 - 15 Apr 1649 )
- Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (17 Jun 1669 - 6 Jun 1672 )
- Constantino Sampaio (1672 - 1672)
- Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes (15 Apr 1672 - 6 Jun 1672 )
- Archbishops
- Gaspar Barata de Mendonça (16 Nov 1676 - 1681 )
- João da Madre de Deus Araújo (4 May 1682 - 13 Jun 1686 )
- Manoel da Ressurreição (12 May 1687 - 16 Jan 1691 )
- João Franco de Oliveira (9 Jan 1692 - 18 Apr 1701 ), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Miranda (do Douro), Portugal
- Sebastião Monteiro da Vida (8 Aug 1701 - 7 Sep 1722 )
- Ludovico Alvares de Figueiredo (21 Feb 1725 - 27 Aug 1735 )
- José de Fialho (3 Sep 1738 Appointed - 2 Jan 1741)
- José Botelho de Matos (2 Jan 1741 - 7 Jan 1760 )
- Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira (6 Aug 1770 - 22 Jun 1771 )
- Joaquim Borges de Figueroa (8 Mar 1773 - 13 Jul 1778 )
- Antônio de São José Moura Marinho (20 Jul 1778 - 9 Aug 1779 )
- Antônio Corrêa (13 Dec 1779 - 12 Jul 1802 )
- José de Santa Escolástica Álvares Pereira (16 Mar 1804 - 3 Jan 1814 )
- Francisco de São Damazo Abreu Vieira (15 Mar 1815 - 18 Nov 1816 )
- Vicente da Soledade e Castro (28 Aug 1820 - 31 Mar 1823 )
- Romualdo Antônio de Seixas Barroso (21 May 1827 - 29 Dec 1860 )
- Manoel Joaquim da Silveira (5 Jan 1861 - 23 Jun 1874 )
- Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo (19 Dec 1876 - 6 Nov 1879 )
- Luiz Antônio dos Santos (13 Mar 1881 - 26 Jun 1890 )
- Antônio de Macedo Costa (26 Jun 1890 - 20 Mar 1891 )
- Jerónimo Thomé da Silva (12 Sep 1893 - 15 Feb 1924 )
- Augusto Álvaro da Silva(17 Dec 1924 - 14 Aug 1968 ), Cardinal in 1953
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales(29 Oct 1968 - 13 Mar 1971 ), Cardinal in 1969; appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Avelar Brandão Vilela (25 Mar 1971 - 19 Dec 1986 ), Cardinal in 1973
- Lucas Moreira Neves (9 Jul 1987 - 25 Jun 1998 ), Cardinal in 1988; appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo (13 Jan 1999 - 12 Jan 2011 ), Cardinal in 2001
- Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger(12 Jan 2011 - 11 Mar 2020 )
- Sérgio da Rocha (11 Mar 2020 - current), Cardinal in 2016
Coadjutor archbishop
- João de Souza Lima (1980-1981), did not succeed to see
Auxiliary bishops
- Manoel dos Santos Pereira (1890-1893), appointed Bishop of Olinda
- Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1950-1957), appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia
- José Terceiro de Sousa (1955-1957), appointed Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas
- Walfrido Teixeira Vieira (1961-1965), appointed Bishop of Sobral, Ceara
- Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. (1962-1966), appointed Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro
- Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. (1967-1971), appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia
- Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. (1981-1986), appointed Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. (1982-1986), appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
- José Carlos Melo, C.M. (1991-2000), became Archbishop (personal title) in 1999; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
- José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (1991-1999), appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (1998-2004), appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
- Dominique Marie Jean Denis You (2002-2006), appointed Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Josafá Menezes da Silva (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia
- João Carlos Petrini (2005-2010), appointed Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia
- Gregório Paixão Neto (2006-2012), appointed Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro
- Gilson Andrade da Silva (2011-2018), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro
- Giovanni Crippa,[4] I.M.C. (2012-2014), appointed Bishop of Estância, Sergipe
- Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida (2013-)
- Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho (2014-2020), appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa (Rui Barbosa), Bahia
- Hélio Pereira dos Santos (2016-)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Manoel da Silva Gomes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Ceará) in 1911
- Miguel de Lima Valverde, appointed Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul in 1911
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Alagoinhas
- Diocese of Amargosa
- Diocese of Camaçari
- Diocese of Cruz das Almas
- Diocese of Eunápolis
- Diocese of Ilhéus
- Diocese of Itabuna
- Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas
References
- ^ "Archdiocesan services". Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "History of CEIFOR". Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Pastoral de Comunicação. "Comunidade da Trindade celebrou os 15 anos de reabertura do templo". Arquidiocese de São Salvador da Bahia. 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Rinunce e Nomine". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- Sources
Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos.