Metropolitan see Brasília, Brazil
Archdiocese of Brasília
Brasiliapolitan(us)
Latin Church
Brasília is the metropolitan archdiocese of Brazil's federal capital, erected as a diocese on January 16, 1960 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on October 11, 1966. It is led by Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa, archbishop since December 2020.
On the map
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 1,555,000
- Priests
- 273
- Territory
- 5,814 km²
Parishes and churches
141 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaBrasília · CathedralView parish
- Santa Maria dos Militares Rainha da PazBrasília · CathedralView parish
- Bom JesusBrasíliaView parish
- Bom Jesus dos AflitosTaguatingaView parish
- Bom Jesus dos MigrantesSobradinhoView parish
- Cristo RedentorSão SebastiãoView parish
- Cristo RedentorTaguatingaView parish
- Cristo ReiCeilândiaView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoGuaráView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoNova Colina IIView parish
- Divino Espírito SantoPlanaltinaView parish
- Espirito SantoBrasíliaView parish
- Imaculada ConceiçãoTaguatingaView parish
- Imaculado Coração de MariaÁguas ClarasView parish
- Imaculado Coração de MariaTaguatingaView parish
- Jesus de NazaréSamambaia SulView parish
- Maria AuxiliadoraArniqueiraView parish
- Maria de NazaréSamambaia SulView parish
- Maria ImaculadaGuaráView parish
- Mãe da Divina MisericórdiaBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSão SebastiãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaGamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaPlanaltinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSamambaia NorteView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSobradinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora AparecidaSobradinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora AuxiliadoraTaguatingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora dos CristãosGamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora ConsolataBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da AssunçãoÁguas ClarasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- His Eminence Paulo Cezar Cardinal Costa
- Born
- 20 July 1967
- Birthplace
- Valença
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida stands in Brasília, 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
Brasília, the Brazilian capital city, is the seat of a Latin Church metropolitan see: the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Brasiliapolitanus.