Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Metropolitan archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1575 as a prelature and raised to an archdiocese in 1892. Its principal patron is Saint Sebastian. The current archbishop is Cardinal Orani João Tempesta, OCist, in office since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 November 1676
- Latin
- Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii
- Patron
- Saint Sebastian
- Annuario code
- 001003003
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 3,320,334
- Population
- 6,498,837
- Catholic share
- 51.1%
- Priests
- 640
- Catholics per priest
- 5,188
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2,767
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
- Orani Tempesta
- Born
- 23 June 1950
- Birthplace
- São José do Rio Pardo
- Institute
- Congregazione Cistercense Brasiliana (O. Cist.)
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian stands in São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, 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 Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barra do Piraí–Volta RedondaBarra do Piraí–Volta Redonda
- Diocese of Duque de CaxiasDuque de Caxias
- Diocese of Nova IguaçuNova Iguaçu
- Diocese of ValençaValença
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575, the Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, literally "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil became a diocese on November 16, 1676 and a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. A separate Diocese of Rio de Janeiro, with its own Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, also exists in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.
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].