Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil 🇧🇷

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.03.11 – ...):	Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha (65) Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia Member of Council of Cardinals
Auxiliary Bishop (2013.09.25 – ...):	Bishop Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida (66) Titular Bishop of Albulæ
Auxiliary Bishop (2025.07.04 – ...):	Bishop-elect Gabriel dos Santos Filho (58) Titular Bishop of Altiburus
Auxiliary Bishop (2025.07.04 – ...):	Bishop-elect Gilvan Pereira Rodrigues (52) Titular Bishop of Tisili

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of São Salvador da Bahia (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha (65)
(2020.03.11 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia
Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
Member of Council of Cardinals

Omnia in Caritate

Born:	1959.10.21 (Dobrada, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.12.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.11
Created Cardinal:	2016.11.19

Priest of São Carlos (Brazil) (1984.12.14 – 2001.06.13)

Titular Bishop of Alba (2001.06.13 – 2007.01.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (2001.06.13 – 2007.01.31)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (2007.01.31 – 2008.09.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (2008.09.03 – 2011.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2011.06.15 – 2020.03.11)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Via Flaminia (2016.11.19 [2017.04.23] – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2020.03.11 – ...)

Member of Council of Cardinals (2023.03.07 – ...)

Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (81)
(2011.01.12 – 2020.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1943.09.19 (Brusque, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.04.28

Titular Bishop of Lysinia (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1997.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (1997.05.07 – 2002.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2011.01.12 – 2020.03.11)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)

Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo
(1999.01.13 – 2011.01.12)

Caritas cum fide

Born:	1933.10.19 (Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1957.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.06
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2023.08.26 (Londrina, PR, Brazil † 89)

Priest of São Paulo (Brazil) (1957.06.27 – 1978.05.05)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 1982.10.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Londrina (Brazil) (1982.10.04 – 1991.09.16)

Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1991.09.16 – 1999.01.13)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1999 – 2003)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1999.01.13 – 2011.01.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova (2001.02.21 [2001.05.20] – 2023.08.26)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2003.05 – 2007.05)

Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P.
(1987.07.09 – 1998.06.25)

De luce vigilo

Born:	1925.09.16 (São João del Rey, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1950.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.08.26
Created Cardinal:	1988.06.28
Died:	2002.09.08 (Roma, Italy † 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1967.06.09 – 1974.03.07)

Titular Bishop of Feradi maius (1967.06.09 – 1979.10.15)

Secretary of Pontifical Council for the Laity (1974.03.07 – 1979.10.15)

Titular Archbishop of Feradi maius (1979.10.15 – 1987.01.03)

Secretary of Congregation for Bishops (1979.10.15 – 1987.07.09)

Secretary of College of Cardinals (1979.11.15 – 1987.07.09)

Titular Archbishop of Vescovìo (1987.01.03 – 1987.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1987.07.09 – 1998.06.25)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1988.06.28 – 1998.06.25)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1995 – 1998)

Prefect of Congregation for Bishops (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16)

President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (1998.06.25 – 2000.09.16)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto (1998.06.25 [1998.10.24] – 2002.09.08)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio in commendum (1998.06.25 – 2002.09.08)

Cardinal Avelar Brandão Vilela
(1971.03.25 – 1986.12.19)

De plenitudine Christi

Born:	1912.06.13 (Viçosa, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1935.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.27
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1986.12.19 (São Salvador da Bahia, BA, Brazil † 74)

Priest of Aracaju (Brazil) (1935.10.27 – 1946.06.13)

Bishop of Petrolina (Brazil) (1946.06.13 – 1955.11.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil) (1955.11.05 – 1971.03.25)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1964 – 1968)

Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1965 – 1966)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1966 – 1972)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1971 – 1974)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1971.03.25 – 1986.12.19)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1973.03.05 – 1986.12.19)

Cardinal Eugênio de Araújo Sales
(1968.10.29 – 1971.03.13)

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)

Bishop Eugênio de Araújo Sales (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1964.07.06 – 1968.10.29)

Cardinal Augusto Álvaro da Silva
(1924.12.17 – 1968.08.14)

Per crucem ad lucem

Born:	1876.04.08 (Recife, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1899.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1911.10.22
Created Cardinal:	1953.01.12
Died:	1968.08.14 (São Salvador da Bahia, BA, Brazil † 92)

Bishop of Floresta (Brazil) (1911.05.12 – 1915.06.25)

Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1915.06.25 – 1924.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1924.12.17 – 1968.08.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Angelo in Pescheria pro hac vice Title (1953.01.15 – 1968.08.14)

Archbishop Jerônimo Tomé da Silva
(1893.09.12 – 1924.02.15)

Born:	1849.06.12 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1872.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.10.26
Died:	1924.02.15 († 74)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1893.09.12 – 1924.02.15)

Archbishop Antônio de Macedo Costa
(1890.06.26 – 1891.03.20)

Crux signum crux virtus crux et sapientia

Born:	1830.08.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1857.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.04.21
Died:	1891.03.20 († 60)

Bishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1860.12.17 – 1890.06.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1890.06.26 – 1891.03.20)

Archbishop Luís Antônio dos Santos
(1881.03.13 – 1890.06.26)

Born:	1817.03.03 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1841.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1861.04.14
Died:	1891.03.11 († 74)

Bishop of Ceará (Brazil) (1860.09.28 – 1881.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1881.03.13 – 1890.06.26)

Titular Archbishop of Chalcis (1890.06.26 – 1891.03.11)

Archbishop Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo
(1876.12.19 – 1879.11.06)

Born:	1814.02.19 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1837.04.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.07.01
Died:	1879.11.06 († 65)

Bishop of Goiás (Brazil) (1865.09.25 – 1876.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1876.12.19 – 1879.11.06)

Archbishop Manoel Joaquim da Silveira
(1861.01.05 – 1874.06.23)

Born:	1807.04.11 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1830.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1852.01.25
Died:	1874.06.23 († 67)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1851.09.05 – 1861.01.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1861.01.05 – 1874.06.23)

Archbishop Romualdo Antônio de Seixas
(1827.05.21 – 1860.12.29)

Born:	1787.02.07 (Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1809.10.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1827.10.28
Died:	1860.12.29 († 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1827.05.21 – 1860.12.29)

Archbishop Vicente da Soledade Dias de Castro, O.S.B.
(1820.08.28 – 1823.03.31)

Born:	1763.04.01 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1820.11.12
Died:	1823.03.31 († 59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1820.08.28 – 1823.03.31)

Archbishop Francisco de São Dâmaso de Abreu Vieira, O.F.M.
(1815.03.15 – 1816.11.18)

Born:	1767.12.11 (Guimarães, Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1792.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1805.01.27
Died:	1816.11.18 († 48)

Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (1804.10.29 – 1815.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1815.03.15 – 1816.11.18)

Archbishop José de Santa Escolástica Álvares Pereira, O.S.B.
(1804.03.16 – 1814.01.03)

Born:	1742.02.20 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1767.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1804.06.17
Died:	1814.01.03 († 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1804.03.16 – 1814.01.03)

Archbishop Antônio Corrêa, O.E.S.A.
(1779.12.13 – 1802.07.12)

Born:	1721.10.11 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1746.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1780.04.09
Died:	1802.07.12 († 80)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1779.12.13 – 1802.07.12)

Archbishop Antônio de São José Moura Marinho, O.E.S.A.
(1778.07.20 – 1779.08.09)

Born:	1704.02.21 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1728.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1756.09.21
Died:	1779.08.09 († 75)

Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil) (1756.07.19 – 1778.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1778.07.20 – 1779.08.09)

Archbishop Joaquim Borges de Figueroa
(1773.03.08 – 1778.07.13)

Born:	1714 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1770.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1771.10.28
Died:	1788.09.25 († 73)

Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1771.06.17 – 1773.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1773.03.08 – 1778.07.13)

Archbishop Manoel de Santa Inês Ferreira, O.C.D.
(1770.08.06 – 1771.06.22)

Born:	1704 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1728.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1746.03.13
Died:	1771.06.22 († 66)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1745.12.15 – 1770.08.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1770.08.06 – 1771.06.22)

Archbishop José Botelho de Matos
(1741.01.02 – 1760.01.07)

Born:	1678.11.05 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1713.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1741.02.05
Died:	1761.11.22 († 83)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1741.01.02 – 1760.01.07)

Archbishop José Fialho, O. Cist.
(1738.09.03 – 1741.01.02)

Born:	1673.12.13 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1725.05.13
Died:	1741.03.18 († 67)

Bishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1725.02.21 – 1738.09.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1738.09.03 – 1741.01.02)

Archbishop-Bishop of Guarda (Portugal) (1741.01.02 – 1741.03.18)

Archbishop Luis Álvares de Figueiredo
(1725.02.21 – 1735.08.27)

Born:	1670 (Portugal)
Ordained Priest:	1698.12.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1716.11.30
Died:	1735.08.27 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Verinopolis (1716.10.05 – 1725.02.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Braga (Portugal) (1716.10.05 – 1725.02.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1725.02.21 – 1735.08.27)

Archbishop Sebastião Monteiro da Vida, S.J.
(1701.08.08 – 1722.09.07)

Born:	1643.03.19
Ordained Priest:	1671.08.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1701.12.21
Died:	1722.09.07 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1701.08.08 – 1722.09.07)

Archbishop João Franco de Oliveira
(1692.01.09 – 1701.04.18)

In Verbum Tuum

Born:	1642
Consecrated Bishop:	1687.10.05
Died:	1715.08.02 († 72)

Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1687.06.09 – 1692.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1692.01.09 – 1701.04.18)

Archbishop-Bishop of Miranda (Portugal) (1701.04.18 – 1715.08.02)

Archbishop Manoel da Ressurreição, O.F.M.
(1687.05.12 – 1691.01.16)

Consecrated Bishop:	1687.08.31
Died:	1691.01.16

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1687.05.12 – 1691.01.16)

Archbishop João da Madre de Deus Araújo, O.F.M.
(1682.05.04 – 1686.06.13)

Born:	1621 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1682.09.13
Died:	1686.06.13 († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1682.05.04 – 1686.06.13)

Archbishop Gaspar Barata de Mendonça
(1676.11.16 – 1681)

Born:	1630 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1677.06.13
Died:	1686.12.11 († 55)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1676.11.16 – 1681)

Bishops of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Roman Rite)

Fr. Constantino Sampaio
(1672 – 1672)

Died:

1672

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1672 – 1672)

Bishop Estevão dos Santos, C.R.S.J.E.
(1669.06.17 – 1672.06.06)

Born:	1620 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1671.05.24
Died:	1672.06.06 († 51)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1669.06.17 – 1672.06.06)

Bishop Pedro da Silva Sampaio
(1632.09.06 – 1649.04.15)

Born:	1572 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1633.02
Died:	1649.04.15 († 76)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1632.09.06 – 1649.04.15)

Bishop Miguel Pereira
(1627.11.29 – 1630.08.16)

Born:	1562
Ordained Priest:	1590
Consecrated Bishop:	1628.05
Died:	1630.08.16 († 67)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1627.11.29 – 1630.08.16)

Bishop Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça
(1621.10.25 – 1624.10.08)

Born:	1578 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1622
Died:	1624.10.08 († 45)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1621.10.25 – 1624.10.08)

Bishop Constantino Barradas
(1602.09.23 – 1618.06)

Born:	1550 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1603.02.02
Died:	1618.09.01 († 67)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1602.09.23 – 1618.06)

Bishop Antônio Barreiros, O. Cist.
(1575.07.20 – 1600.05.11)

Died:

1600.05.11

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1575.07.20 – 1600.05.11)

Bishop Pedro Leitão
(1558.03.23 – 1573.10)

Born:	1519
Consecrated Bishop:	1559.02
Died:	1573.10 († 53)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1558.03.23 – 1573.10)

Bishop Pedro Fernandes Sardinha
(1551.02.25 – 1556.06.02)

Born:	1496 (Portugal)
Consecrated Bishop:	1552.02.07
Died:	1556.07.16 († 59)

Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos (Brazil) (1551.02.25 – 1556.06.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop João de Souza Lima (1980.04.21 – 1981.10.19)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Mário de Miranda Villas-Boas (1956.10.23 – 1959.06.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dorival Souza Barreto Júnior (61) (2020.11.04 – 2025.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Valter Magno de Carvalho (52) (2020.11.04 – 2025.05.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hélio Pereira dos Santos (57) (2016.04.27 – 2020.10.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho (57) (2014.01.29 – 2020.04.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (66) (2012.03.21 – 2014.07.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilson Andrade da Silva (58) (2011.07.27 – 2018.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gregório Ben Lâmed Paixão Neto, O.S.B. (62) (later Archbishop) (2006.06.07 – 2012.10.10)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop João Carlos Petrini (79) (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Josafá Menezes da Silva (66) (later Archbishop) (2005.01.12 – 2010.12.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Dominique Marie Jean Denis You (70) (2002.12.11 – 2006.02.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo (71) (later Archbishop) (1998.01.21 – 2004.01.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gílio Felício (75) (1998.01.21 – 2002.12.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M. (1991.07.10 – 2000.05.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques (77) (later Archbishop) (1991.07.10 – 1999.01.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M. (1982.05.22 – 1986.08.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap. (1981.03.16 – 1986.05.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tomás Guilherme Murphy, C.SS.R. (1973.12.29 – 1995.07.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M. (1967.02.13 – 1971.01.14)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M. (1962.11.22 – 1966.08.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Walfrido Teixeira Vieira (1961.03.25 – 1965.01.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Terceiro de Sousa (1955.12.09 – 1957.11.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro (1950.01.31 – 1957.03.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Manoel dos Santos Pereira (1890.06.26 – 1893.09.12)