Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro

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ARCHDIOCESE OF SÃO SEBASTIÃO DO RIO DE JANEIRO (Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii)

Country : Brazil
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1575 as Territorial Prelature of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
Elevated to Diocese in 1676
Elevated to Archdiocese in 1892

Origin/meaning

The arrows symbolises Saint Sebastian.

Arms of Archbishops

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  José Pereira da Silva Barros (1892-1893)

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  João Fernando Santiago Esberard (1893-1897)

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  Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1897-1930)

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  Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (1930-1942)

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  Jaime de Barros Câmara (1943-1971)

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  Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1971-2001)

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  Eusébio Oscar Scheid (2001-2009)

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  Orani João Tempesta (2009-present)

Arms of Auxiliary bishops

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  Karl Josef Romer (1975-2002)

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  Assis Lopes (2003-2011)

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  Edney Gouvêa Mattoso (2005-2010)

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  Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte (2005-present)

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  Roque Costa Souza (2012-present)

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  Paulo Alves Romão (2016-present)

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  Joel Portella Amado (2016-present)

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  Juarez Delorto Secco (2017-present)

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  Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (2017-present)

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  Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk (2019-present)

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  Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho (2020-present)

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  Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira (2021-present)

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