Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Maceió

Brazil Brazil

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Maceió / Maceien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Palmeira dos Índios, Penedo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.04.03 – ...):Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59)Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Maceió (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59)Archbishop Carlos Alberto Breis Pereira, O.F.M. (59)
(2024.04.03 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil)

Natus nobis in via

Born:1965.09.16 (São Francisco do Sul, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1994.08.20
Consecrated Bishop:2016.05.07

Coadjutor Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2016.02.17 – 2016.09.07)

Bishop of Juazeiro (Brazil) (2016.09.07 – 2023.11.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2023.11.08 – 2024.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2024.04.03 – ...)

Archbishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. (72)Archbishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O. Carm. (72)
(2006.11.22 – 2024.04.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maceió (Brazil)

Erit vester servus

Born:1952.08.11 (Princesa Isabel, PB, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1980.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:1998.05.24

Bishop of Guarabira (Brazil) (1998.02.04 – 2006.11.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2006.11.22 – 2024.04.03)

Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M.
(2002.07.03 – 2006.11.22)

Venit ut Ministraret

Born:1930.06.04 (Codó, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:1991.09.28
Died:2017.05.30 (Maceió, AL, Brazil † 86)

Titular Bishop of Ceramus (1991.07.10 – 1999.06.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1991.07.10 – 2000.05.31)

Titular Archbishop of Ceramus (1999.06.02 – 2000.05.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2000.05.31 – 2002.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (2002.07.03 – 2006.11.22)

Archbishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. (97)Archbishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B. (97)
(1985.10.24 – 2002.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maceió (Brazil)

In fide et veritate

Born:1927.05.25 (Recife, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1954.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1975.04.20

Titular Bishop of Zallata (1975.02.15 – 1980.09.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Aracaju (Brazil) (1975.02.15 – 1980.09.02)

Bishop of Parnaíba (Brazil) (1980.09.02 – 1985.10.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1985.10.24 – 2002.07.03)

Archbishop José Lamartine Soares
(1985.04.02 – 1985.08.18)

Born:1927.02.27 (Bezerros, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1950.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:1963.03.03
Died:1985.08.18 († 58)

Titular Bishop of Fussala (1962.11.16 – 1985.04.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Olinda e Recife (Brazil) (1962.11.16 – 1985.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1985.04.02 – 1985.08.18)

Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
(1976.11.24 – 1984.10.07)

Scio cui credidi

Born:1925.04.04 (Quixeramobim, CE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1948.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:1970.03.19
Died:2018.06.28 (Teresina, PI, Brazil † 93)

Titular Bishop of Ath Truim (1970.01.09 – 1974.02.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1970.01.09 – 1974.02.05)

Titular Archbishop of Ath Truim (1974.02.05 – 1976.11.24)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1974.02.05 – 1976.11.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1976.11.24 – 1984.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1984.10.07 – 2001.02.21)

Archbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado
(1963.10.19 – 1976.11.24)

Apostolus Christi

Born:1905.03.05 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1927.12.04
Consecrated Bishop:1948.08.15
Died:1983.11.28 († 78)

Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1948.04.03 – 1955.06.24)

Titular Archbishop of Leotopolis in Pamphylia (1955.06.24 – 1963.10.19)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1955.06.24 – 1963.10.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1963.10.19 – 1976.11.24)

Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias
(1939.08.05 – 1963.10.19)

Born:1887.09.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1910.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:1920.09.12
Died:1963.10.19 († 76)

Bishop of Guaxupé (Brazil) (1920.04.22 – 1939.08.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1939.08.05 – 1963.10.19)

Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho
(1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)

Dominus fortitudo mea

Born:1868.12.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1891.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1907.03.19
Died:1939.01.10 († 70)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)

Archbishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
(1920.02.13 – 1922.07.27)

Born:1861.10.02 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1886.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1908.09.06
Died:1922.07.27 († 60)

Titular Bishop of Tabæ (1908.01.25 – 1910.11.26)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ceará (Brazil) (1908.01.25 – 1910.11.26)

Bishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1910.11.26 – 1920.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1920.02.13 – 1922.07.27)

Bishops of Maceió (Roman Rite)

Bishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes (later Archbishop)
(1910.11.26 – 1920.02.13)

(see above)

Bishops of Alagôas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão
(1901.06.05 – 1910.03.15)

Born:1849.08.14 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:1874.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:1894.11.18
Died:1910.03.15 († 60)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1894.09.07 – 1901.06.05)

Bishop of Alagôas (Brazil) (1901.06.05 – 1910.03.15)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Penedo (↙), Palmeira dos Índios (←), Garanhuns (↖), Palmares (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,545 km²

Population: 1,123,700 Catholics (63.1% of 1,780,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 102 parishes

Personnel: 123 priests (93 diocesan, 30 religious), 19 deacons, 70 religious (40 brothers, 30 sisters), 24 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.11.18

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