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The Brazilian Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in Brazil, is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome, and the influential National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Portuguese: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil - CNBB), composed of over 400 primary and auxiliary bishops and archbishops.
Candelária Church; Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador; Church of Our Lady of Mercy; Church of Saint Francis of Assisi; Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Ouro Preto) Church of Saints Cosme and Damião ; Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo (São Paulo) Igreja de Santo Antônio (São Paulo) Igreja de São Cristóvão (São Paulo)
The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 45 archdioceses (which head 45 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in ...
This article details the history of the Catholic Church in Brazil from the colonial era until the modern era. The Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America . It is the world's fifth largest country , both by geographical area and by population with over 201 million people.
[2] [3] The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the largest Independent Catholic church in Brazil, with 560,781 members as of 2010, and 26 dioceses as of 2021; [4] internationally, it has an additional 6 dioceses and 6 provinces. [5] It is governed by a president bishop and the Episcopal Council. [6]
Cathedrals of Eastern Orthodox Churches in Brazil: Metropolitan Orthodox Cathedral of St. Paul in São Paulo (Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch) [5] Orthodox Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rio de Janeiro (Polish Orthodox) [6] Catedral Ortodoxa Ucrâniana São Demétrio in Curitiba (Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA)
Roman Catholic churches in Rio de Janeiro (state) (2 C, 1 P) Roman Catholic churches in Rio Grande do Norte (1 C) Roman Catholic churches in Rio Grande do Sul (1 C, 6 P)
The Archdiocese of São Paulo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia) is a Latin Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil.. The Archdiocese has been headed by Odilo Scherer since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 March 2007, an appointment that ended almost four decades of Franciscan leadership in the archdiocese: both predecessors, Cardinals Paulo ...