Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Aparecida / Apparitiopolitan(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Caraguatatuba, Lorena, São José dos Campos, Taubaté
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.11.16 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Aparecida (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)
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Cardinal-Priest of Immacolata al Tiburtino
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Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M.
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Archbishop Geraldo María de Morais Penido
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Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta
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Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta |
Area: 1,300 km²
Population: 159,995 Catholics (80.2% of 199,510 total) (2020)
Statistics: 18 parishes, 113 priests (28 diocesan, 85 religious), 2 deacons, 294 lay religious (115 brothers, 179 sisters), 14 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida (October 12)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 4 (1980)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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