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Metropolitan see Aparecida, Brazil

Archdiocese of Aparecida

Apparitiopolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida is a Latin Church metropolitan see in São Paulo state, Brazil, established as an archdiocese on April 19, 1958. Its cathedral is the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, and its suffragans include Caraguatatuba, Lorena, São José dos Campos, and Taubaté.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Basílica Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida, in Aparecida, Brazil.

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Established
1958
Catholics
164,040
Priests
102
Territory
1,300 km²

Parishes and churches

18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Mário Antônio da Silva

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The cathedral

Catedral Basílica Santuário Nacional de Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida stands in Aparecida, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Aparecida, in Brazil, is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, whose Latin title is Archidioecesis Metropolitae Apparitiopolitana.