Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Barra do Garças, Diamantino, Juína, Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga, Rondonópolis–Guiratinga, São Luiz de Cáceres, Sinop, São Félix

Neighbouring Dioceses: São Luiz de Cáceres (←), Diamantino (↖), Sinop (↗), Primavera do Leste–Paranatinga (↗), Rondonópolis–Guiratinga (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Senhor Bom Jesus (January 1)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1745.12.06: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1826.07.15: Promoted as Diocese of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin)
1892.04.27: Became suffragan of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
1910.03.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá / Cuiaben(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see Corumbá and lost territory to establish Diocese of Corumbá)
1910.04.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of São Luiz de Cáceres and gained suffragan see São Luiz de Cáceres
1914.05.12: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Registro do Araguaia and gained suffragan see Registro do Araguaia
1929.03.22: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Diamantino and gained suffragan see Diamantino
1940.07.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chapada and gained suffragan see Chapada
1957.06.15: Gained suffragan sees Campo Grande and Dourados
1969.05.13: Gained suffragan see São Félix
1978.01.03: Gained suffragan sees Três Lagoas and Coxim
1978.11.27: Lost suffragan sees Campo Grande, Corumbá, Dourados, Três Lagoas and Coxim
1982.02.06: Gained suffragan see Sinop
1982.02.27: Gained suffragan see Barra do Garças
1997.12.23: Gained suffragan sees Juína and Paranatinga
2014.06.25: Lost territory to Diocese of Rondonópolis–Guiratinga and lost suffragan see Guiratinga

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1991.10)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2026.10.14 – ...):

Archbishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (58)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Wellington Tadeu de Queiroz Vieira (58)
(2026.10.14 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Misericors et justus

Born:	1968.07.11 (Tocantinópolis, TO, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1996.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.02.04

Priest of Tocantinópolis (Brazil) (1996.12.08 – 2016.11.16)

Bishop-Prelate of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2016.11.16 – 2019.07.10)

Bishop of Cristalândia (Brazil) (2019.07.10 – 2026.10.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2026.10.14 – ...)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (59)
(2022.02.23 – 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 Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. (80)
(2004.06.09 – 2022.02.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cuiabá (Brazil)

Deus é amor e misericórdia

Born:	1946.09.23 (Campos do Jordão, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.08.20

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (2000.05.31 – 2003.06.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2003.06.04 – 2004.06.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (2004.06.09 – 2022.02.23)

Apostolic Administrator of Juína (Brazil) (2007.08 – 2008.11.12)

Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.
(1981.08.15 – 2004.06.09)

Bonum facere parvulis

Born:	1929.05.13 (Luiz Alves, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.31
Died:	2020.11.28 (Cuiabá, MT, Brazil † 91)

Titular Archbishop of Turres in Byzacena (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1981.08.15 – 2004.06.09)

Archbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B.
(1956.12.18 – 1981.08.15)

Born:	1900.02.17 (Campina Verde, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1927.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.05.27
Died:	1981.08.15 (Cuiabá, MG, Brazil † 81)

Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1948.02.29 – 1956.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1956.12.18 – 1981.08.15)

Archbishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B.
(1921.08.26 – 1956.03.22)

Sanctifica in veritate

Born:	1885.04.02 (Cuiabá, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1909.01.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.01.01
Died:	1956.03.22 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil † 70)

Titular Bishop of Prusias (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1921.08.26 – 1956.03.22)

Archbishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour
(1910.03.10 – 1921.07.09)

Born:	1836.06.03 (São Luís, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1860.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.04.28
Died:	1921.07.09 (Cuiabá, MG, Brazil † 85)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1877.09.21 – 1910.03.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1910.03.10 – 1921.07.09)

Bishops of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Luiz d’Amour (later Archbishop)
(1877.09.21 – 1910.03.10)

(see above)

Bishop José Antônio dos Reis
(1832.07.02 – 1876.10.11)

Born:	1798.06.10 (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1821.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1832.12.08
Died:	1876.10.11 (Cuiabá, MG, Brazil † 78)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1832.07.02 – 1876.10.11)

Fr. José Maria Macerata, O.F.M. Cap.
(1826.07.15 – 1831)

Born:	1779.08.22 (Macerata, Italy)
Died:	1845 (Cuiabá, MG, Brazil † 66)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1823.08.23 – 1826.07.15)

Bishop of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1826.07.15 – 1831)

Prelates of Cuiabá (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Maria Macerata, O.F.M. Cap.
(1823.08.23 – 1826.07.15)

(see above)

Bishop Luiz de Castro Pereira, C.S.I.
(1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01)

Born:	1768.01.18 (Porto, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1793.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.07.14
Died:	1822.08.01 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Ptolemais (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01 not possessed)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1804.10.29 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop of Bragança e Miranda (Portugal) (1821.04.21 – 1822.08.01)

Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil
(1782.01.23 – 1788.03.07)

Born:	1740.03.30? (Lisboa, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1763.10.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1783.12.14
Died:	1807? († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Cuiabá (Brazil) (1782.01.23 – 1788.03.07)

Titular Bishop of Zoora (1783.07.18 – 1807?)

Bishop-Prelate of Goiás (Brazil) (1788.03.07 – 1793?)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B. (80) (2003.06.04 – 2004.06.09)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B. (1975.06.27 – 1981.08.15)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Cyrillo de Paula Freitas (1905.03.27 – 1911.03.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B. (1950.06.15 – 1956.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1914.04.02 – 1921.08.26)