Archdiocese of Aparecida
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida is an archdiocese located in the city of Aparecida in Brazil.
History
- 19 April 1958: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aparecida from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté
Bishops
Archbishops of Aparecida
- Cardinal Carlos Carmelo [de Vasconcelos Motta]
- Geraldo María de Morais Penido
- Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M.
- Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis
- Orlando Brandes
Coadjutor archbishops
- Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R. ; did not succeed to see
- Geraldo María de Morais Penido
Auxiliary bishop
- Darci José Nicioli, C.SS.R., appointed Archbishop of Diamantina, Minas Gerais
Suffragan dioceses
- Roman [Catholic Diocese of Caraguatatuba|Diocese of Caraguatatuba]
- Diocese of Lorena
- Diocese of São José dos Campos
- Diocese of Taubaté