Archdiocese of Brasília, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1960.01.16: Established as Diocese of Brasília / Brasiliapolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia and without ecclesiastical province)
• 1966.10.11: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília / Brasiliapolitan(us) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Paracatu, Uruaçu and Formosa)
• 1989.03.29: Gained suffragan see Luziânia
• 2001.04.25: Lost suffragan see Paracatu

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1980.06, 1991.10)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 5,814 km²

Population: 2,138,000 Catholics (68.7% of 3,113,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 156 parishes, 241 missions

Personnel: 273 priests (128 diocesan, 145 religious), 93 deacons, 584 religious (266 brothers, 318 sisters), 49 seminarians