Archdiocese of Aparecida
Apparitiopolitan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Aparecida, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 April 1958
- Latin
- Apparitiopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Our Lady of Aparecida)
- Annuario code
- 001000710
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 164,040
- Population
- 195,511
- Catholic share
- 83.9%
- Priests
- 102
- Catholics per priest
- 1,608
- Extent
- 1,300 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 126
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Mário Antônio da Silva
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Aparecida
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaraguatatubaCaraguatatuba
- Diocese of LorenaLorena
- Diocese of São José dos CamposSão José dos Campos
- Diocese of TaubatéTaubaté
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Aparecida, in Brazil, is the seat of this metropolitan archdiocese, whose Latin title is Archidioecesis Metropolitae Apparitiopolitana.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].