Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília Archidioecesis Metropolitae Brasiliapolitanus Arquidiocese Metropolitano de Brasília
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Brasilia
Statistics
Area	5,814 km2 (2,245 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2012) 2,267,000 1,555,000 (68.6%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 January 1960 (65 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Archbishop	Paulo Cezar Costa
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paulo Cezar Costa
Auxiliary Bishops	José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida Marcony Vinícius Ferreira
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesedebrasilia.org.br

TheMetropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília (Latin:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Brasiliapolitanus) is ecclesiastical territory orarchdiocese of theLatin Church of theCatholic Church located in the city ofBrasília inBrazil. The archdiocese is ametropolitan see.

• January 16, 1960: Established as Diocese of Brasília from theMetropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia
• October 11, 1966: Promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília

• Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista (1960–1984), was Archbishop (personal title) until the see was raised to archdiocese in 1966
• José Freire Falcão (1984–2004) (Cardinal in 1988)
• João Braz de Aviz (2004–2011), appointed Prefect of theCongregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (Cardinal in 2012)
• Sérgio da Rocha (2011–2020) (Cardinal in 2016), appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
• Paulo Cezar Costa (2020–present) (Cardinal in 2022)

• Aloísio Sinésio Bohn (1977-1980), appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Río Grande do Sul
• Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (1977-1990), appointed Archbishop of Brazil, Military
• Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1986-2004), appointed Archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo (Cardinal in 2010)
• Alberto Taveira Corrêa (1991-1996), appointed Archbishop of Palmas, Tocantins
• Jésus Rocha (1993-2004), appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais
• João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J. (1994-2004)
• Francisco de Paula Victor (1996-2011)
• Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M. (2011-2019), appointed Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
• Valdir Mamede (2013-2019), appointed Bishop of Catanduva, São Paulo
• José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (2013-
• Marcony Vinícius Ferreira (2014-

• José Ronaldo Ribeiro, appointed Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais in 2007
• Waldemar Passini Dalbello, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias in 2009; Apostolic Administrator here in 2011
• Marcos Antônio Tavoni, appointed Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui in 2014
• Jeová Elias Ferreira, appointed Bishop of Goias in 2020
• Giovanni Carlos Caldas Barroca, appointed Bishop of Uruaçu (Uruassu), Goias in 2020

• Diocese of Formosa
• Diocese of Luziânia
• Diocese of Uruaçu

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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