Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Aracaju / Aracaiuen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Estância, Propriá
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição (December 8), Saint Pius X (August 21)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 19 (1912)
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Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.03.13 – ...): | Archbishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (65) |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Aracaju (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Archbishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (65) Metropolitan Archbishop of Aracaju (Brazil)
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Bishop Vítor Agnaldo de Menezes (55) | ||||||||||
Archbishop João José da Costa, O. Carm. (65) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aracaju (Brazil)
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Archbishop José Palmeira Lessa (82) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aracaju (Brazil)
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Archbishop Luciano José Cabral Duarte
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Archbishop José Vicente Távora
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Bishops of Aracaju (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop José Vicente Távora (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Fernando Gomes dos Santos (later Archbishop)
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Bishop José Tomas Gomes da Silva
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Area: 7,019 km²
Population: 992,890 Catholics (69.4% of 1,431,059 total)
Pastoral Centres: 112 parishes
Personnel: 133 priests (diocesan), 38 deacons, 276 religious (100 brothers, 176 sisters), 20 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.04.30
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