Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo
Archdiocese of São Paulo Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia Arquidiocese de São Paulo | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and St. Paul | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 23°33′04″S 46°38′04″W / 23.55111°S 46.63444°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 655 km2 (253 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 6 December 1745 (279 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Odilo Scherer |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Cicero Alves de França Rogério Augusto das Neves Carlos Lema Garcia Carlos Silva Edilson de Souza Silva |
| Website | |
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The Archdiocese of São Paulo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Pauli in Brasilia; Portuguese: Arquidiocese de São Paulo) 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 Evaristo Arns and Cláudio Hummes, belonged to that Order.
Its cathedral episcopal see, the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Assunção e São Paulo, in the metropolis São Paulo, was dedicated to the Assumption of Mary on September 5, 1964. The city also has three minor basilicas :
- Basílica de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Marian),
- Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Marian) and
- Basílica do Santíssimo Sacramento (dedicated to the Holy Sacrament).