Archdiocese of Manaus, Brazil 🇧🇷 (original) (raw)
Celebrations
History
- 1892.04.27: Established as Diocese of Amazonas / Amazonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
- 1906.05.01: Became suffragan of Belém do Pará
- 1907.08.15: Lost territory to establish Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro
- 1910.05.23: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Solimões and Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé
- 1910.10.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Rio Negro
- 1915.12.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caratinga
- 1919.10.04: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus
- 1925.05.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Lábrea and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
- 1952.02.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus / Manaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Guajará-Mirim, Juruá, Lábrea, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Rio Negro, São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus and Tefé)
- 1955.07.12: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Parintins and gained suffragan see Parintins
- 1961.06.26: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Humaitá and gained suffragan see Humaitá
- 1963.07.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Borba, Territorial Prelature of Coari and Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara and gained suffragan sees Borba, Coari and Itacoatiara
- 1978.01.03: Gained suffragan see Vila Rondônia
- 1982.10.04: Lost suffragan sees Guajará-Mirim, Humaitá, Porto Velho, Lábrea and Vila Rondônia
- 1991.08.14: Gained suffragan see Alto Solimões
- 2001.08.31: Lost suffragan sees Cruzeiro do Sul and Rio Branco
Papal Visits
Present Prelates
Ordinaries
| Metropolitan Archbishops of Manaus (Roman Rite) |
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 Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (73) (2019.11.27 – ...)Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto MaurizioMetropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)Verbo feito carne |
| Archbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp. (2012.12.12 – 2019.11.27)Habitou entre nósBorn:1954.05.31 (Regente Feijó, SP, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1978.12.09Consecrated Bishop:1998.08.09Died:2021.03.03 (Manaus, AM, Brazil †66)Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2000.10.19)Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2000.10.19 – 2012.12.12)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2012.12.12 – 2019.11.27) |
 Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (87) (1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12)Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manaus (Brazil)Servir não ser servido |
| Archbishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap. (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22)Evangelizare misit meBorn:1931.03.23 (Veranópolis, RS, Brazil)Ordained Priest:1955.03.27Consecrated Bishop:1978.04.09Died:2017.04.04 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil †86)Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1985.01.05)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22)Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1991.05.22 – 2001.11.28) |
| Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23)Unitas in veritateBorn:1919.11.18 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1943.06.29Consecrated Bishop:1962.09.30Died:1984.05.23 (†64)Titular Bishop of Coronea (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25)Titular Archbishop of Equilio (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)Apostolic Administrator of Manaus (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23) |
| Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (Apostolic Administrator 1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05) |
| Archbishop João de Souza Lima (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)Born:1913.03.22 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1939.11.12Consecrated Bishop:1949.09.21Died:1984.10.01 (†71)Titular Bishop of Derbe (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (1972 – 1975)Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.19) |
| Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09)Semper inhærere mandatisBorn:1915.03.30 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1939.10.01Consecrated Bishop:1949.01.01Died:1991.11.26 (†76)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16)Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09)Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04)Apostolic Administrator of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (1963 – 1965.04.29) |
| Bishops of Amazonas (Roman Rite) |
| Bishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (later Archbishop) (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16)(see above) |
| Bishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral (1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20)Pasce agnos meosBorn:1898.02.08 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1921.03.20Consecrated Bishop:1934.05.20Died:1954.11.07 (†56)Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (1934.03.24 – 1941.05.12)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20)Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1948.03.20 – 1954.11.07) |
| Bishop Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira, O.F.M. (1925.05.01 – 1941.03.22)Born:1871.04.27 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1895.10.27Consecrated Bishop:1925.10.25Died:1948.09.30 (†77)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1925.05.01 – 1941.03.22)Titular Bishop of Lipara (1941.03.22 – 1948.09.30) |
| Bishop-elect José Maria Perreira Lara (1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18)Born:1886.06.03 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1911.04.18Consecrated Bishop:1925.02.11Died:1936.08.08 (†50)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18)Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1924.12.18 – 1934.09.28)Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1934.09.28 – 1936.08.08) |
| Archbishop João Irineu Joffily (1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27)In Domino confidoBorn:1878.05.24 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1901.02.17Consecrated Bishop:1915.06.13Died:1950.04.25 (†71)Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27)Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)Titular Archbishop of Anasartha (1931.05.01 – 1950.04.25) |
| Bishop Frederico BenÃcio de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. (1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16)Born:1875.10.15 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1899.04.01Consecrated Bishop:1907.03.19Died:1938.03.26 (†62)Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1904.09.22 – 1907.01.08)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16)Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia (1914.04.16 – 1938.03.26) |
| Bishop José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar (1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05)Born:1847.08.09 (Brazil)Ordained Priest:1870.11.30Consecrated Bishop:1894.03.18Died:1905.06.05 (†57)Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05) |
Former Prelates
Statistics (2022.12.31)
Area: 91,631 km²
Population: 1,523,700 Catholics (74.2% of 2,054,731 total)
Pastoral Centres: 95 parishes, 2 missions
Personnel: 253 priests (70 diocesan, 183 religious), 51 deacons, 366 religious (195 brothers, 171 sisters), 18 seminarians