Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olindensis et Recifensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,305 km2 (1,662 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,570,703 3,371,975 (94.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 15 July 1614 (409 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo, Olinda |
Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral San Pedro dos Clerigos, Recife |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa |
Auxiliary Bishops | Limacêdo Antônio da Silva |
Bishops emeritus | José Cardoso Sobrinho Antônio Fernando Saburido |
Map | |
Website | |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olindensis et Recifensis) is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in northeast Brazil's Pernambuco state.
Its Suffragan sees are :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,804,000 Catholics (94.5% of 4,024,000 total) on 4,058 km² in 114 parishes and 689 missions with 277 priests (122 diocesan, 155 religious), 32 deacons, 1,143 lay religious (251 brothers, 892 sisters) with 63 seminarians.
(all Roman Rite)