Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

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Archdiocese of Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano

Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano
SaoLuis-Cathedral.jpg
Cathedral
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceSão Luís do Maranhão
Statistics
Area11,622 km2 (4,487 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
1,195,000
887,000 (74.2%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established30 August 1677 (344 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishop, O.F.M.
Website
www.arquidiocesedesaoluis.com.br

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Ludovici in Maragnano) is a Latin archdiocese in Brazil.

Its cathedral is a World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Vitória. It is located in the city of São Luís do Maranhão.

History[]

  • Established on 30 August 1677 as Diocese of São Luís do Maranhão, on territory split off from the Diocese of Olinda
  • Lost territory pn 4 March 1720 to establish Diocese of Belém do Pará
  • Lost territory on 10 February 1902 to establish Diocese of Piaui
  • 2 December 1921: Promoted as Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
  • 10 February 1922: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão, having lost territory to establish the then Territorial Prelature of São José do Grajaú (now suffragan diocese of Grajau)
  • Lost territory on 1939.07.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Caxias do Maranhão and Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro (now a suffragan diocese)
  • Lost territory on 1962.10.30 to establish suffragan Diocese of Viana
  • Lost territory on 1968.06.22 to establish suffragan Diocese of Bacabal
  • Lost territory on 1971.09.14 to establish suffragan Diocese of Brejo
  • Lost territory on 1977.08.26 to establish suffragan Diocese of Coroatá
  • It enjoyed a papal visit from Pope John Paul II in October 1991.

Bishops[]

(all Roman Rite)

Episcopal ordinaries[]

Suffragan Bishops of São Luís do Maranhão
  • Fr. (1677 – death 1677 not possessed)
  • , ? (C.S.J.) (1677.08.30 – death 1689.05.11), previously Bishop of Malacca (Malaysia) (? – 1677.08.30 not possessed)
  • , Carmelites O. Carm. (1691.12.19 – 1695.08.22), later Bishop of Olinda (Brazil) (1695.08.22 – death 1704.04.29)
  • , Benedictine Order (O.S.P.) (1696.12.17 – retired 1700), previously Bishop of Tomé (São Tomé and Príncipe) (1693.01.02 – 1696.12.17)
  • , Trinitarians (O.SS.T.) (1716.10.05 – death 1724.12.23)
  • , Cistercians (O. Cist.) (1738.09.03 – 1745.12.15), later Bishop of Mariana (Brazil) (1745.12.15 – 1764.01.03)
  • , Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1745.12.15 – death 1752.12.12)
  • , Augustinians (O.S.A.) (1756.07.19 – 1778.07.20) later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1778.07.20 – death 1779.08.09)
  • (1779.03.01 – retired 1780.04.29)
  • , Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.) (1780.09.18 – 1783.07.18), later Bishop of Viseu (Portugal) (1783.07.18 – death 1791.01.14)
  • , O.F.M. (1783.07.18 – retired 1794.08.28)
  • (1795.06.01 – death 1801.04.26)
  • (1802.05.24 – death 1813.12.10), previously Bishop of São Paulo de Loanda (Angola) (1791.12.17 – 1802.05.24)
  • , O.F.M. (1819.08.23 – 1824.05.03), previously Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Mozambique (Mozambique) (1811.12.17 – 1819.08.23) & Titular Bishop of Leontopolis in Bithynia (1815.09.04 – 1819.08.23); later Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1824.05.03 – death 1851.08.31)
  • (1827.06.25 – death 1842.11.29)
  • , O.C.D. (1844.01.22 – death 1850.04.03)
  • (1851.09.05 – 1861.01.05), later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (1861.01.05 – death 1874.06.23)
  • , O.S.B. (1861.07.22 – death 1876.04.26)
  • (1877.09.21 – 1898.11.28), later Bishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1898.11.28 – 1903.04.01)
  • Apostolic Administrator Fr. (1898 – death 1898)
  • (1901.03.23 – 1905.12.14), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Bethsaida (1905.12.14 – death 1917.02.21)
  • Bishop-elect (1906.09.09 – 1906.12.06), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1906.12.06 – 1923.01.19), Metropolitan Archbishop of Maceió (Brazil) (1923.01.19 – 1939.01.10)
  • , Congregation of the Mission (C.M.) (1907.04.18 – death 1918.06.04)
  • Helvécio Gomes de Oliveira, S.D.B. (1918.06.18 – 1921.12.02 see below), previously Bishop of Corumbá (Brazil) (1918.02.15 – 1918.06.18)
Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
  • , S.D.B. (see above 1921.12.02 – 1922.02.10)
Metropolitan Archbishops of São Luís do Maranhão
  • (1922.10.27 – 1935.12.16), previously Bishop of Piaui (Brazil) (1914.04.02 – 1922.10.27); later Archbishop-Bishop of Campos (Brazil) (1935.12.16 – death 1949.01.03)
  • Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1935.12.19 – 1944.08.13), previously Titular Bishop of Algiza (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19) & Auxiliary Bishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1932.07.29 – 1935.12.19); later Metropolitan Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil) (1944.08.13 – 1964.04.18), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1946.02.22 – 1982.09.18), also President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1952 – 1958), Apostolic Administrator of Aparecida (Brazil) (1958.04.19 – 1964.04.18), succeeded as Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (1964.04.18 – death 1982.09.18), also Apostolic Administrator of Lorena (Brazil) (1970 – 1971.11.03), Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1977.08.02 – 1982.09.18)
  • (1947.01.18 – death 1951.05.24), previously Bishop of Barra (Brazil) (1927.04.22 – 1934.01.13), Bishop of Pesqueira (Brazil) (1934.01.13 – 1947.01.18)
  • (1951.09.04 – 1963.05.10), previously Bishop of Caicó (Brazil) (1941.03.15 – 1951.09.04); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Fortaleza (Brazil) (1963.05.10 – retired 1973.03.26)
  • (1964.04.28 – retired 1984.03.20), previously Bishop of Afogados da Ingazeira (Brazil) (1957.01.04 – 1961.02.28), Bishop of Sobral (Brazil) (1961.02.28 – 1964.04.28)
  • Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte (1984.03.20 – retired 2005.09.21), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1987 – 1991); previously Bishop of Itapipoca (Brazil) (1971.06.25 – 1984.03.20)
  • José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (2005.09.21 – ...), also Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2011.05.10 – 2015.04.20), Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – ...); previously Bishop of Bacabal (Brazil) (1999.12.01 – 2005.09.21)

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • (1954-1956), appointed Bishop of Campina Grande, Paraiba
  • (1957-1964), appointed Bishop of Crateús, Ceara
  • (1966-1974), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
  • (1995-1998), appointed Bishop of Viana, Maranhão
  • Geraldo Dantas de Andrade, S.C.I. (1998-2010)
  • , C.M. (2010-2013), appointed Bishop of Caraguatatuba, Sao Paulo
  • , Ist. del Prado (2015-2020), appointed Bishop of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

  • , appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Guajará-Mirim, Rondonia in 2011

Province[]

Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own archdiocese and the following Suffragan dioceses:

Source and external links[]

Coordinates: 2°31′41″S 44°18′17″W / 2.5280°S 44.3047°W / -2.5280; -44.3047

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