Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil, Brazil (Eastern Rite)

Continent: South America

Rite: Eastern

Type: Ordinariate

Name: Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil (Português) / Brazil / Brasiliæ (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

1951.11.14: Established as Ordinariate of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil (Português) / Brazil / Brasiliæ (Latin)
1962.05.30: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Exarchate of Brazil
1971.11.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Líbano em São Paulo and Diocese of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo

Contact Info

Address: Rua Cosme Velho 470, 20241-090 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Present Prelates

Ordinary (2010.07.28 – ...):

Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil (Eastern Rite)

Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (70)
(2010.07.28 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil)

Ut mederer contritis corde

Born:	1954.04.26 (Cocos, BA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1977.09.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.05.10

Priest of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1977.09.09 – 1998.01.21)

Titular Bishop of Caliábria (1998.01.21 – 2004.01.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1998.01.21 – 2004.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belo Horizonte (Brazil) (2004.01.28 – ...)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (2010.07.28 – ...)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2019.05.06 – 2023.04.24)

Cardinal Eusébio Oscar Scheid, S.C.I.
(2001.10.03 – 2010.07.28)

Deus é bom

Born:	1932.12.08 (Luzerna, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.05.01
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2021.01.13 (São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil † 88)

Bishop of São José dos Campos (Brazil) (1981.02.11 – 1991.01.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1991.01.23 – 2001.07.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (2001.07.25 – 2009.02.27)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (2001.10.03 – 2010.07.28)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (2003.10.21 [2004.06.14] – 2021.01.13)

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales
(1972.06.22 – 2001.10.03)

Impendam et superimpendar

Born:	1920.11.08 (Acari, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.08.15
Created Cardinal:	1969.04.28
Died:	2012.07.09 (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil † 91)

Priest of Natal (Brazil) (1943.11.21 – 1954.06.01)

Titular Bishop of Thibica (1954.06.01 – 1968.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Natal (Brazil) (1954.06.01 – 1968.10.29)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Natal (Brazil) (1961 – 1965)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1964.07.06 – 1968.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1968.10.29 – 1971.03.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio VII (1969.04.30 – 2012.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1971.03.13 – 2001.07.25)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1972.06.22 – 2001.10.03)

Protopriest of College of Cardinals (2009.02.16 – 2012.07.09)

Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara
(1951.11.14 – 1971.02.18)

Ignem veni mittere

Born:	1894.07.03 (São José, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1920.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.02
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1971.02.18 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 76)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1941.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1941.09.15 – 1943.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1943.07.03 – 1971.02.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1946.02.22 – 1971.02.18)

Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) (1950.11.06 – 1963.11.09)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1951.11.14 – 1971.02.18)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1958 – 1964)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Elias Coueter (1960.11.25 – 1971.11.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Romão Martenetz, O.S.B.M. (1958.05.10 – 1962.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Chedid, O.M.M. (later Archbishop) (1956.05.04 – 1971.11.29)