Archdiocese of São Paulo
Sancti Pauli in Brasilia
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · São Paulo, Brazil
Latin Catholic metropolitan see covering the city of São Paulo, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1745 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1908. It is one of the largest archdioceses in the world by population and is led by Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 December 1745
- Latin
- Sancti Pauli in Brasilia
- Patron
- Saint Paul
- Annuario code
- 001003000
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 4,984,484
- Population
- 7,669,976
- Catholic share
- 65.0%
- Priests
- 1,035
- Catholics per priest
- 4,816
- Extent
- 655 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7,610
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Odilo Scherer
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo stands in São Paulo, 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.
The province of São Paulo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Campo LimpoCampo Limpo
- Diocese of GuarulhosGuarulhos
- Diocese of OsascoOsasco
- Diocese of São Miguel PaulistaSão Miguel Paulista
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Brazil, São Paulo is known in Latin as Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia and in Portuguese as Arquidiocese de São Paulo. Odilo Scherer has led it since Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on 21 March 2007. That appointment closed almost four decades of Franciscan leadership, since both of his predecessors, Cardinals Paulo Evaristo Arns and Cláudio Hummes, were members of that Order.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].