Archdiocese of Aracaju
Aracaiuen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Aracaju, Brazil
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju is a Latin Church metropolitan see in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil. Established as a diocese on January 3, 1910 and elevated to an archdiocese on April 30, 1960, it has the suffragan dioceses of Estância and Propriá.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 January 1910
- Latin
- Aracaiuen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
- Annuario code
- 001000715
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,004,576
- Population
- 1,435,108
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 164
- Catholics per priest
- 6,125
- Extent
- 7,019 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 143
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
- Josafá Menezes 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 Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceição stands in Aracaju, 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 Aracaju
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of EstânciaEstância
- Diocese of PropriáPropriá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Sergipe, a state in northeastern Brazil, is the territory of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Aracaiuensis), a Latin Church jurisdiction. The archiepiscopal seat is Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao) in the city of Aracaju, dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. In São Cristóvão, Sergipe, the archdiocese owns two World Heritage Sites: the Misericórdia Hospital and Church (Igreja de Santa Casa de Misericórdia) and the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz, which also carries the name Church and Convent of Saint Francis.
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].