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 da AssunçãoCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoGamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da EsperançaTaguatingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da EsperançaBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da GlóriaCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Medalha MilagrosaRecanto das EmasView parish
- Nossa Senhora da NatividadeCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da PazCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ProvidênciaSanta MariaView parish
- Nossa Senhora da SaúdeBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresCruzeiro VelhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora das DoresSanta MariaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasSobradinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasSamambaia NorteView parish
- Nossa Senhora das Graças da Medalha MilagrosaBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora das VitóriasVicente PiresView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FatimaSamambaia NorteView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaGamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaTaguatingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de GuadalupeBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesTaguatingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréLago SulView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréPlanaltinaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoTaguatingaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoGamaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Encontro com DeusCidade EstruturalView parish
- Nossa Senhora do LagoBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroCeilândiaView 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
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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.