Catholic ecclesiastical territory
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (
Latin : Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano ) is a Latin
archdiocese in
Brazil .
Its
cathedral is a
World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória. It is located in the city of
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
Caxias do Maranhão and
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)
Gregório dos Anjos , ? CSJ (1677.08.30 – death 1689.05.11), previously Bishop of
Malacca (Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 not possessed)
Francisco de Lima ,
OCarm (1691.12.19 – 1695.08.22), later Bishop of
Olinda (Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29)
Timóteo do Sacramento ,
OSB (1696.12.17 – retired 1700), previously Bishop of
Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17)
José Delgarte ,
OSST (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23)
Manoel da Cruz Nogueira ,
OCist (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15), later Bishop of
Mariana (Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)
Francisco de São Tiago ,
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)
Luiz de Brito Homem (1802.05.24 – death 1813.12.10), previously Bishop of
São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)
Joaquim de Nossa Senhora de Nazareth Oliveira e Abreu ,
OFM (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03), previously
Bishop-Prelate of
Territorial Prelature of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23) and
Titular Bishop of
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)
Luiz da Conceição Saraiva ,
OSB (1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26)
Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1877.09.21 – 1898.11.28), later Bishop of
São Paulo (Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)
Apostolic Administrator Fr.
Luis de Salles Pessoa (1898 – death 1898)
Antônio Xisto Albano (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14), emeritate as
Titular Bishop of
Bethsaida (1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21)
Bishop-elect
Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)
Francisco de Paula Silva ,
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
Metropolitan Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão
Octaviano Pereira de Albuquerque (1922.10.27 – 1935.12.16), previously Bishop of
Piaui (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27); later
Archbishop-Bishop of
Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03)
Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1935.12.19 – 1944.08.13), previously Titular Bishop of
Algiza (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19) and Auxiliary Bishop of
Diamantina (Brazil) (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
São Paulo (Brazil) (1944.08.13 – 1964.04.18), created
Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18), also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1952 – 1958),
Apostolic Administrator of
Aparecida (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1964.04.18), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (1964.04.18 – death 1982.09.18), also
Apostolic Administrator of
Lorena (Brazil) (1970 – 1971.11.03),
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)
José Carlos Chacorowski ,
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
ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own
archdiocese and the following
Suffragan dioceses:
Source and external links
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