Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Manaus / Manaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Alto Solimões, Borba, Coari, Parintins, Roraima, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Itacoatiara, Tefé

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1892.04.27: Established as Diocese of Amazonas / Amazonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Belém do Pará and became suffragan of São Salvador da Bahia)
1906.05.01: Became suffragan of Belém do Pará
1907.08.15: Lost territory to establish Abbacy nullius of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro
1910.05.23: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Alto Solimões and Apostolic Prefecture of Tefé
1910.10.19: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Rio Negro
1915.12.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Caratinga
1919.10.04: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Acre e Purus
1925.05.01: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Lábrea and Territorial Prelature of Porto Velho
1952.02.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manaus / Manaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Guajará-Mirim, Juruá, Lábrea, Porto Velho, Rio Branco, Rio Negro, São Peregrino Laziosi no Alto Acre e Alto Purus and Tefé)
1955.07.12: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Parintins and gained suffragan see Parintins
1961.06.26: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Humaitá and gained suffragan see Humaitá
1963.07.13: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Borba, Territorial Prelature of Coari and Territorial Prelature of Itacoatiara and gained suffragan sees Borba, Coari and Itacoatiara
1978.01.03: Gained suffragan see Vila Rondônia
1982.10.04: Lost suffragan sees Guajará-Mirim, Humaitá, Porto Velho, Lábrea and Vila Rondônia
1991.08.14: Gained suffragan see Alto Solimões
2001.08.31: Lost suffragan sees Cruzeiro do Sul and Rio Branco

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.07)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.11.27 – ...):

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio

First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.09.27 – ...):

Bishop Zenildo Lima da Silva (55)

Titular Bishop of Maraguia

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.11.08 – ...):

Bishop Joaquim Hudson de Souza Ribeiro (51)

Titular Bishop of Macri

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Manaus (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (73)
(2019.11.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio
Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil)
First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)

Verbo feito carne

Born:	1950.11.06 (Forquilhinha, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.01.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.16
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Bishop-Prelate of São Félix (Brazil) (2005.02.02 – 2011.09.21)

General Secretary of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2019.05.06)

Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (2011.09.21 – 2019.11.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2011.09.21 – 2019.11.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2019.11.27 – ...)

First Vice-President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) (2022.03.27 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Leonardo da Porto Maurizio (2022.08.27 [2022.12.04] – ...)

Archbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp.
(2012.12.12 – 2019.11.27)

Habitou entre nós

Born:	1954.05.31 (Regente Feijó, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1978.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.08.09
Died:	2021.03.03 (Manaus, AM, Brazil † 66)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (1998.05.27 – 2000.10.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Tefé (Brazil) (2000.10.19 – 2012.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2012.12.12 – 2019.11.27)

Archbishop Luiz Soares Vieira (87)
(1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Manaus (Brazil)

Servir não ser servido

Born:	1937.05.02 (Conchas, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1960.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.07.01

Bishop of Macapá (Brazil) (1984.04.25 – 1991.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1991.11.13 – 2012.12.12)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2007 – 2011.05.10)

Archbishop Clóvis Frainer, O.F.M. Cap.
(1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22)

Evangelizare misit me

Born:	1931.03.23 (Veranópolis, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1955.03.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.04.09
Died:	2017.04.04 (Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil † 86)

Bishop-Prelate of Coxim (Brazil) (1978.01.03 – 1985.01.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1985.01.05 – 1991.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil) (1991.05.22 – 2001.11.28)

Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira
(1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23)

Unitas in veritate

Born:	1919.11.18 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1943.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.30
Died:	1984.05.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Coronea (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1962.08.23 – 1967.08.04)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (1967.08.04 – 1973.04.25)

Titular Archbishop of Equilio (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Manaus (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1981.03.05 – 1984.05.23)

Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira
(Apostolic Administrator 1980.04.21 – 1981.03.05)

Archbishop João de Souza Lima
(1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)

Born:	1913.03.22 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.09.21
Died:	1984.10.01 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Derbe (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1949.05.14 – 1955.02.06)

Bishop of Nazaré (Brazil) (1955.02.06 – 1958.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1958.01.16 – 1980.04.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Itacoatiara (Brazil) (1972 – 1975)

Coadjutor Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.19)

Archbishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos
(1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09)

Semper inhærere mandatis

Born:	1915.03.30 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.01.01
Died:	1991.11.26 († 76)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil) (1952.02.16 – 1957.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1957.05.09 – 1990.07.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Ponta de Pedras (Brazil) (1963 – 1965.04.29)

Bishops of Amazonas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alberto Gaudêncio Ramos (later Archbishop)
(1948.08.30 – 1952.02.16)

(see above)

Bishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral
(1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20)

Pasce agnos meos

Born:	1898.02.08 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1921.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.05.20
Died:	1954.11.07 († 56)

Bishop of Cajazeiras (Brazil) (1934.03.24 – 1941.05.12)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1941.05.12 – 1948.03.20)

Bishop of Niterói (Brazil) (1948.03.20 – 1954.11.07)

Bishop Basilio Manuel Olimpo Pereira, O.F.M.
(1925.05.01 – 1941.03.22)

Born:	1871.04.27 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1895.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.10.25
Died:	1948.09.30 († 77)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1925.05.01 – 1941.03.22)

Titular Bishop of Lipara (1941.03.22 – 1948.09.30)

Bishop-elect José Maria Perreira Lara
(1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18)

Born:	1886.06.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1911.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.02.11
Died:	1936.08.08 († 50)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1924.12.18)

Bishop of Santos (Brazil) (1924.12.18 – 1934.09.28)

Bishop of Caratinga (Brazil) (1934.09.28 – 1936.08.08)

Archbishop João Irineu Joffily
(1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27)

In Domino confido

Born:	1878.05.24 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1901.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1915.06.13
Died:	1950.04.25 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Sufetula (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1914.08.18 – 1916.05.04)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1916.05.04 – 1924.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1924.03.27 – 1931.05.01)

Titular Archbishop of Anasartha (1931.05.01 – 1950.04.25)

Bishop Frederico Benício de Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C.
(1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16)

Born:	1875.10.15 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1899.04.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1907.03.19
Died:	1938.03.26 († 62)

Bishop-Prelate of Santarém (Brazil) (1904.09.22 – 1907.01.08)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1907.01.08 – 1914.04.16)

Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia (1914.04.16 – 1938.03.26)

Bishop José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar
(1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05)

Born:	1847.08.09 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1870.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.03.18
Died:	1905.06.05 († 57)

Bishop of Amazonas (Brazil) (1894.01.16 – 1905.06.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Milton Corrêa Pereira (1973.04.25 – 1981.03.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edmilson Tadeu Canavarros dos Santos, S.D.B. (56) (2016.10.12 – 2024.08.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Albuquerque de Araújo (56) (2016.03.16 – 2022.12.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mário Antônio da Silva (57) (later Archbishop) (2010.06.09 – 2016.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (65) (2004.12.22 – 2010.01.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mário Pasqualotto, P.I.M.E. (86) (1999.06.02 – 2013.07.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jacson Damasceno Rodrigues, C.SS.R. (1996.12.18 – 1998.03.16)