Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- There is also a Diocese of Rio de Janeiro (and a Bishop of Rio de Janeiro) in the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil.
Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii | |
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Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Sebastian | |
Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
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| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 19, 1575 |
| Cathedral | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Sebastian (principal) and Saint Anne (secondary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Orani João Tempesta OCist |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Roque Costa Souza Paulo Alves Romão Zdzisław Stanisław Błaszczyk Célio da Silveira Calixto Filho Antônio Luiz Catelan Ferreira Joselito Ramalho Nogueira Hiansen Vieira Franco José Maria Pereira |
| Bishops emeritus | Assis Lopes |
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The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro lost its territorial rank and was added to the archdiocese. Cardinal Orani João Tempesta OCist has been its Archbishop since 2009. Cardinal Eusébio Scheid SCI, who died on January 13, 2021, was Archbishop Emeritus.