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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aracaju

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Aracaiuensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the State of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao), dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, in the city of Aracaju. Two World Heritage Sites are owned by the Archdiocese in São Cristóvão, Sergipe: the Misericórdia Hospital and Church (Igreja de Santa Casa de Misericórdia) and the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz, also known as the Church and Convent of Saint Francis.

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Aracaiuensis

Arquidiocese Metropolitano de Aracaju
Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceAracaju
Statistics
Area7,019 km2 (2,710 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
1,272,000
1,069,000 (84%)
Parishes88
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3 January 1910 (114 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Aracaju
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopDom. Josafá Menezes da Silva
Bishops emeritusLuciano José Cabral Duarte
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesedearacaju.org

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,086,000 Catholics (84.1% of 1,292,000 total) on 7,019 km2 in 99 parishes with 159 priests (129 diocesan, 30 religious), 21 deacons, 321 lay religious (119 brothers, 202 sisters) and 34 seminarians.

History

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It was established on January 3, 1910, as Diocese of Aracaju, on territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia. On April 30, 1960, it was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju, losing territory to establish its two suffragans: Diocese of Estância and Diocese of Propriá.

Ecclesiastical province

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Its Suffragan dioceses are both daughter sees :

Episcopal ordinaries

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(All Brazilians of the Latin liturgical rite )

Suffragan Bishops of Aracaju

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Metropolitan Archbishops of Aracaju

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Other affiliated bishops

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Coadjutor archbishops

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Auxiliary bishops

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco in 1946; future Cardinal

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10°54′48″S 37°03′06″W / 10.9133°S 37.0517°W / -10.9133; -37.0517

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