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Bishop(s)

Leonardo UlrichSteiner, O.F.M., Cardinal, Archbishop
Zenildo Limada Silva, Auxiliary Bishop
SamuelFerreira de Lima, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop
Joaquim Hudsonde Souza Ribeiro, Auxiliary Bishop
LuizSoares Vieira, Archbishop Emeritus
MárioPasqualotto, P.I.M.E., Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

Alto Solimões
Borba
Coari
Itacoatiara (Territorial Prelature)
Parintins
Roraima
São Gabriel da Cachoeira
Tefé (Territorial Prelature)

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated:16 February 1952
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery forBishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Amazonas
Country:Brazil
Square Kilometers: 91,631 (35,392 Square Miles)
Conference Region:Norte 1
Official Web Site:https://arquidiocesedemanaus.org.br/
Mailing Address: Curia Metropolitana, Av. Joaquim Nabuco 1023, 69020-030 Manaus, AM, Brazil
Telephone: (092)3212-9010/1

Past and Present Ordinaries

José Lourençoda Costa Aguiar † (16 Jan1894 Appointed - 5 Jun1905 Died)
Frederico Beníciode Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. † (8 Jan1907 Appointed - 16 Apr1914 Resigned)
João IrineuJoffily (Joffly) † (4 May1916 Appointed - 27 Mar1924 Appointed, Archbishop ofBelém do Pará)
José MariaParreira Lara † (27 Mar1924 Appointed - 18 Dec1924 Appointed, Bishop ofSantos, Sao Paulo)
Basilio Manuel OlimpioPereira, O.F.M. † (1 May1925 Appointed - 22 Mar1941 Resigned)
João da Mathade Andrade e Amaral † (12 May1941 Appointed - 20 Mar1948 Appointed, Bishop ofNiterói (Nictheroy))
Alberto GaudêncioRamos † (30 Aug1948 Appointed - 9 May1957 Appointed, Archbishop ofBelém do Pará)
Joãode Souza Lima, O. Cist. † (16 Jan1958 Appointed - 21 Apr1980 Resigned)
MiltonCorrêa Pereira † (5 Mar1981 Appointed - 23 May1984 Died)
ClóvisFrainer, O.F.M. Cap. † (5 Jan1985 Appointed - 22 May1991 Appointed, Archbishop ofJuiz de Fora, Minas Gerais)
LuizSoares Vieira (13 Nov 1991 Appointed -12 Dec 2012 Retired)
Sérgio EduardoCastriani, C.S.Sp. † (12 Dec2012 Appointed - 27 Nov2019 Resigned)
Leonardo UlrichSteiner, O.F.M. (27 Nov 2019 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Amazonas
27 April 1892	Erected	Diocese ofBelém do Pará	Diocese of Amazonas (erected)
15 August 1907	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas Archdiocese ofSão Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro	Territorial Abbey ofNossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro (erected)
23 May 1910	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas	Prefecture Apostolic ofAlto Solimões (Upper Solimões) (erected)
23 May 1910	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas	Prefecture Apostolic ofTefé (erected)
19 October 1910	Territory Lost	Prefecture Apostolic ofAlto Solimões (Upper Solimões) Diocese of Amazonas Prefecture Apostolic ofTefé	Prefecture Apostolic ofRio Negro (erected)
15 December 1915	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Caratinga, Manhuaçu, Carangola, José Pedro (Ipanema), Mutum, and Aimorés)	Diocese ofCaratinga (erected)
4 October 1919	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Alto Acre and Alto Purus)	Territorial Prelature ofAcre e Purus (erected)
3 March 1922	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (S. Rita de Moura)	Territorial Prelature ofRio Negro
1 May 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Eumaytà and Porto Velho) Diocese ofSão Luíz de Cáceres (San Antonio de Madeira)	Territorial Prelature ofPorto Velho (erected)
1 May 1925	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Labrea, Canutama, and Florian Peixoto)	Territorial Prelature ofLábrea (erected)
22 May 1931	Territory Lost	Diocese of Amazonas (Juruà and Tarauacà)	Territorial Prelature ofJuruá (erected)
Archdiocese of Manaus
16 February 1952	Elevated	Diocese of Amazonas	Archdiocese of Manaus (and name change)
12 July 1955	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Manaus (Parintins, Maués, and Barreirinha)	Territorial Prelature ofParintins (erected)
26 June 1961	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Manaus (City of Manicoré) Territorial Prelature ofPorto Velho (City of Humaitá)	Territorial Prelature ofHumaitá (erected)
13 July 1963	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Manaus (Autazes, Axini, Borba, Canûma, Miriti, Nova Olinda do Norte, Novo Aripuana, and Prainha) Territorial Prelature ofParintins (Parintine, Mundurucús, and Paraconi)	Territorial Prelature ofBorba (erected)
13 July 1963	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Manaus (Aiapuá, Anania, Anori, Beruri, Cámara, Coarí, Codajás, Manacapuru, and Piorini)	Territorial Prelature ofCoari (erected)
13 July 1963	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Manaus (Eva, Itacoatiara, Itapeassu, Itapiranga, São Sebastiào, Silves, Urucará, and Urucurituba)	Territorial Prelature ofItacoatiara (erected)
26 January 2009	Territory Added	Territorial Prelature ofItacoatiara (Rio Preto da Eva and Presidente Figueiredo)	Archdiocese of Manaus

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Amazonas
1950	281,000	310,000	90.6%	13	53	66	4,257		55	126	21	ap1951
Archdiocese of Manaus
1964	219,555	243,950	90.0%	18	36	54	4,065		41	155	12	ap1967
1968	295,085	316,466	93.2%	11	42	53	5,567		54	231	12	ap1971
1976	456,950	571,250	80.0%	13	64	77	5,934		99	175	22	ap1977
1977	602,440	753,050	80.0%	21	51	72	8,367		77	164	29	ap1981
1990	936,000	1,178,000	79.5%	16	83	99	9,454	1	166	143	51	ap1991
1999	1,137,685	1,300,000	87.5%	35	75	110	10,342		85	133	52	ap2000
2000	1,483,250	1,900,000	78.1%	52	40	92	16,122		97	152	52	ap2001
2001	1,300,000	1,600,000	81.3%	42	83	125	10,400		95	171	52	ap2002
2002	1,200,000	1,405,835	85.4%	40	83	123	9,756		95	171	52	ap2003
2003	1,200,000	1,405,835	85.4%	39	83	122	9,836		95	171	53	ap2004
2004	1,200,000	1,405,835	85.4%	42	83	125	9,600	3	95	171	53	ap2005
2011	1,331,000	1,551,000	85.8%	48	115	163	8,165	16	127	171	82	ap2012
2013	1,426,762	2,033,121	70.2%	56	86	142	10,047	34	98	171	84	ap2014
2016	1,667,378	2,235,199	74.6%	63	110	173	9,638	46	122	171	86	ap2017
2019	1,680,100	2,252,300	74.6%	72	120	192	8,750	49	132	171	92	ap2020
2021	1,667,378	2,235,199	74.6%	72	120	192	8,684		132	171	92	ap2022
2023	1,523,700	2,054,731	74.2%	70	183	253	6,022	51	195	171	95	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

João da Mathade Andrade e Amaral † (Bishop: 12 May1941 to 20 Mar1948)
Sérgio EduardoCastriani, C.S.Sp. † (Archbishop: 12 Dec2012 to 27 Nov2019)
MiltonCorrêa Pereira † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 25 Apr1973;Apostolic Administrator: 21 Apr1980;Archbishop: 5 Mar1981 to 23 May1984)
José Lourençoda Costa Aguiar † (Bishop: 16 Jan1894 to 5 Jun1905)
ClóvisFrainer, O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 5 Jan1985 to 22 May1991)
João IrineuJoffily (Joffly) † (Bishop: 4 May1916 to 27 Mar1924)
José MariaParreira Lara † (Bishop: 27 Mar1924 to 18 Dec1924)
Basilio Manuel OlimpioPereira, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 1 May1925 to 22 Mar1941)
Alberto GaudêncioRamos † (Bishop: 30 Aug1948;Archbishop: 16 Feb1952 to 9 May1957)
Jacson DamascenoRodrigues, C.Ss.R. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Dec1996 to 16 Mar1998)
Frederico Beníciode Souza e Costa, E.C.M.C. † (Bishop: 8 Jan1907 to 16 Apr1914)
Joãode Souza Lima, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 16 Jan1958 to 21 Apr1980)

Source(s)

Diocese of Amazonas
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 94
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 50
Archdiocese of Manaus
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 44, Page 606, to Page 608
- Acta Apostolicæ Sedis, Volume 101, Page 824, and Page 825