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.
- Santíssima TrindadeCeilândiaView parish
- Santíssima TrindadeGamaView parish
- Santíssima TrindadeGuaráView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusCeilândiaView parish
- São Camilo de LellisBrasíliaView parish
- São Domingos SávioRiacho Fundo IView parish
- São Francisco de AssisSão SebastiãoView parish
- São Francisco de AssisBrasíliaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisCeilândiaView parish
- São Francisco de AssisCeilândiaView parish
- São Gabriel ArcanjoRecanto das EmasView parish
- São Jorge e Santo ExpeditoTaguatingaView parish
- São JoséTaguatingaView parish
- São JoséBrazlândiaView parish
- São JoséSanta MariaView parish
- São José AllamanoSamambaia SulView parish
- São José Esposo de MariaSobradinhoView parish
- São José OperárioTaguatingaView parish
- São José OperárioBrasíliaView parish
- São José OperárioCandangolândiaView parish
- São José OperárioCeilândiaView parish
- São José OperárioGuaráView parish
- São José OperárioRecanto das EmasView parish
- São José OperárioSamambaia NorteView parish
- São João BatistaTaguatingaView parish
- São João BatistaGamaView parish
- São João BoscoNúcleo BandeiranteView parish
- São João EvangelistaSamambaia SulView parish
- São João Paulo IIÁguas ClarasView parish
- São Judas TadeuTaguatinga NorteView 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.