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Metropolitan see São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil

Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano

Latin Catholic metropolitan see in Maranhão, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1677 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1921. Its cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of Victory, is part of the São Luís historic center UNESCO World Heritage Site.

On the map

Esri
São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1677
Catholics
887,000
Priests
81
Territory
11,622 km²

Parishes and churches

51 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Gilberto Pastana de Oliveira

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The cathedral

Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória stands in São Luís do Maranhão, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin archdiocese in Brazil, São Luís do Maranhão carries the Latin title Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano. Its cathedral, the Catedral de São Luís do Maranhão in the city of São Luís do Maranhão, is a World Heritage Site (Minor). The see was raised to an archdiocese on 2 December 1921 by decree of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation, and then to a metropolitan see on 10 February 1922 through the bull Rationi congruit of Pope Pius XI.

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