Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Aparecida / Apparitiopolitan(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Caraguatatuba, Lorena, São José dos Campos, Taubaté

Neighbouring Dioceses: Taubaté (↙), Pouso Alegre (↖), Lorena (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (October 12)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 4 (1980)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1958.04.19: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida / Apparitiopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté and with suffragan sees Lorena and Taubaté)
1981.01.30: Gained suffragan see São José dos Campos
2001.01.26: Gained suffragan see Caraguatatuba

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2026.03.02 – ...):

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Aparecida (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (59)
(2026.03.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Testemunhar e servir

Born:	1966.10.17 (Itararé, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.20

Priest of Jacarezinho (Brazil) (1991.12.21 – 2010.06.09)

Titular Bishop of Arena (2010.06.09 – 2016.06.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2010.06.09 – 2016.06.22)

Bishop of Roraima (Brazil) (2016.06.22 – 2022.02.23)

Second Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2022.02.23 – 2026.03.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (Brazil) (2023.06.07 – 2023.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2026.03.02 – ...)

Archbishop Orlando Brandes (79)
(2016.11.16 – 2026.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida (Brazil)

Somos Operários de Deus

Born:	1946.04.13 (Urubici, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1974.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.06.05

Priest of Lages (Brazil) (1974.07.06 – 1994.03.09)

Bishop of Joinville (Brazil) (1994.03.09 – 2006.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (2006.05.10 – 2016.11.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – 2026.03.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Limeira (Brazil) (2019.05.17 – 2019.11.20)

Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis (89)
(2004.01.28 – 2016.11.16)

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Aparecida (Brazil)
Apostolic Commissioner emeritus for Heralds of the Gospel

In gaudium Domini

Born:	1937.02.15 (Capela Nova, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1968.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.09.15
Created Cardinal:	2010.11.20

Priest of Brasília (Brazil) (1968.03.19 – 1986.06.18)

Titular Bishop of Nova Petra (1986.06.18 – 2004.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1986.06.18 – 2004.01.28)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1991 – 1995)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1995 – 2003)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (2004.01.28 – 2016.11.16)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2007.07.12 – 2011.05.19)

Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino (2010.11.20 [2011.04.03] – ...)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20)

Apostolic Commissioner for Heralds of the Gospel (2019.09.28 – 2025.11.22)

Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M.
(1995.07.12 – 2004.01.28)

In cruce salus et vita

Born:	1924.10.08 (Estrela, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1948.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.05.20
Created Cardinal:	1976.05.24
Died:	2007.12.23 (Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil † 83)

Bishop of Santo Ângelo (Brazil) (1962.02.03 – 1973.03.26)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1968 – 1971)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1971 – 1979)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1972 – 1975)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1973.03.26 – 1995.07.12)

President of Caritas Internationalis (1974 – 1975)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1975 – 1979)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1976.05.24 – 2007.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1995.07.12 – 2004.01.28)

Archbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido
(1982.09.18 – 1995.07.12)

Born:	1918.09.06 (Rio Manso de Bonfim, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1942.04.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.05.11
Died:	2002.11.15 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 84)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (1956.03.10 – 1957.11.30)

Titular Bishop of Avissa (1956.03.10 – 1958.06.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1957.11.30 – 1958.06.09)

Bishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1958.06.09 – 1962.04.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1962.04.14 – 1977.12.01)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1977.12.01 – 1982.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) (1982.09.18 – 1995.07.12)

Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta
(1964.04.18 – 1982.09.18)

In sinu Jesu

Born:	1890.07.16 (Bom Jesus do Amparo, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1918.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.10.30
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1982.09.18 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 92)