Diocese of Olinda e Recife

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The Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife is a Latin Church metropolitan see in the state of Pernambuco, originating as a prelature in 1614 and raised to an archdiocese in 1910. Archbishop Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa, who took office in 2023, leads the province as metropolitan over nine suffragan dioceses.

Archbishop
Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa
Latin name
Olinden(sis) et Recifen(sis)
Erected
16 November 1676 (origins 1614)
Cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana de São Salvador do Mundo
Co-cathedral
Co-Catedral de São Pedro dos Clérigos
Rank
Metropolitan See
Rite
Latin
Province
Olinda e Recife
Catholics
3,800,000
Chancery
Av. Rui Barbosa 409, Graças, 52011-040 Recife, PE, Brasil
Telephone
Tel. [081]3271-4270
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002451 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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