Military ordinariate Brasile, Brazil
Military Ordinariate of Brasile
Latin Church
Latin-rite military ordinariate providing pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Brazilian Armed Forces and their families. Erected 6 November 1950 as a military vicariate and elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986, it is immediately exempt to the Holy See. Its seat is the Military Cathedral of St. Mary Queen of Peace in Brasilia.
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- Established
- 1950
- Priests
- 169
Parishes and churches
6 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- CATEDRAL MILITAR RAINHA DA PAZBrasília · CathedralView parish
- CAPELA MILITAR DE SÃO PAULO APÓSTOLO – PMDFBrasíliaView parish
- PARÓQUIA MILITAR DE SÃO MIGUEL ARCANJO E SANTO EXPEDITOBrasíliaView parish
- PARÓQUIA MILITAR DO DIVINO ESPÍRITO SANTO – CBMDFBrasíliaView parish
- PARÓQUIA MILITAR DO ORATÓRIO DO SOLDADOBrasíliaView parish
- SANTUÁRIO DA MÃE RAINHA E VENCEDORA TRÊS VEZES ADMIRÁVEL DE SCHOENSTATTBrasíliaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marcony Vinicius Ferreira
- Born
- 3 March 1964
- Birthplace
- Brasília
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The cathedral
Military Cathedral of St. Mary Queen of Peace, Brasilia stands in Brasile, 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
Catholics serving in the Brazilian Armed Forces, together with their families, receive pastoral care from the Military Ordinariate of Brazil (Portuguese: Ordinariado Militar do Brasil), a Latin Church military ordinariate that answers immediately to the Holy See.