Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Niterói / Nictheroy / Nictheroyen(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Campos, Nova Friburgo, Petrópolis
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.11.30 – ...): | ![]() |
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.10.19 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Tinista |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Niterói (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Niterói (Brazil)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Niterói (Brazil)
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Archbishop Carlos Alberto Etchandy Gimeno Navarro
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Archbishop José Gonçalves da Costa, C.SS.R.
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Archbishop Antônio de Almeida Moraes Junior
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Bishops of Niterói (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Carlos Gouvêa Coelho (later Archbishop)
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Bishop José da Matha de Andrade y Amaral
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Bishop José Pereira Alves
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Bishop Agostinho Francisco Benassi
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Bishop João Francisco Braga (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Francisco do Rego Maia (later Archbishop)
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Area: 4,728 km²
Population: 1,353,270 Catholics (53.8% of 2,515,800 total) (2020)
Statistics: 78 parishes, 8 missions, 141 priests (103 diocesan, 38 religious), 89 deacons, 226 lay religious (43 brothers, 183 sisters), 56 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint John the Baptist (June 24), Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora dos Cristãos (May 24)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 3 (1942)
Last updated on 2023.04.13
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