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 do Perpétuo SocorroLago SulView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Rosario de FatimaSobradinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioLago SulView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Rosário de PompéiaBrasíliaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Imaculada ConceiçãoSobradinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora Mãe da Divina ProvidênciaCeilândiaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Mãe dos MigrantesSobradinhoView parish
- Pai NossoBrasíliaView parish
- RessurreiçãoCeilândiaView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaTaguatingaView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaNúcleo BandeiranteView parish
- Sagrada Família de NazaréSanta MariaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus e Nossa Senhora das MercêsBrasíliaView parish
- Sagrado Coração de Jesus e São JoséCeilândiaView parish
- Sagrados Corações de Jesus e de MariaJardim BotânicoView parish
- Santa Clara e São Francisco de AssisJardim BotânicoView parish
- Santa CruzBrasíliaView parish
- Santa Cruz e Santa EdwigesBrasíliaView parish
- Santa LuziaSamambaia SulView parish
- Santa LuziaPlanaltinaView parish
- Santa Maria dos PobresParanoáView parish
- Santa Mãe de DeusSanta MariaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaBrasíliaView parish
- Santa Rita de CássiaPlanaltinaView parish
- Santa TeresinhaTaguatingaView parish
- Santa TeresinhaCruzeiro NovoView parish
- Santo AfonsoSão SebastiãoView parish
- Santo AntônioTaguatingaView parish
- Santo Cura d’ArsBrasíliaView parish
- Santo Inácio de LoyolaSamambaia SulView 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.