Archdiocese of Brasília
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília is ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church located in the city of Brasília in Brazil. The archdiocese is a metropolitan see.
History
- January 16, 1960: Established as Diocese of Brasília from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Goiânia
- October 11, 1966: Promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brasília
Bishops
Archbishops of Brasília
- Jose Newton de Almeida Baptista, was Archbishop until the see was raised to archdiocese in 1966
- José Freire Falcão
- João Braz de Aviz, appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
- Sérgio da Rocha, appointed Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia
- Paulo Cezar Costa
Auxiliary bishops
- Aloísio Sinésio Bohn, appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Río Grande do Sul
- Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila, appointed Archbishop of Brazil, Military
- Raymundo Damasceno Assis, appointed Archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo
- Alberto Taveira Corrêa, appointed Archbishop of Palmas, Tocantins
- Jésus Rocha, appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais
- João Evangelista Martins Terra, S.J.
- Francisco de Paula Victor
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner, O.F.M., appointed Archbishop of Manaus, Amazonas
- Valdir Mamede, appointed Bishop of Catanduva, São Paulo
- José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (2013-
- Marcony Vinícius Ferreira (2014-
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Ronaldo Ribeiro, appointed Bishop of Janaúba, Minas Gerais in 2007
- Waldemar Passini Dalbello, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Goiânia, Goias in 2009; Apostolic Administrator here in 2011
- Marcos Antônio Tavoni, appointed Bishop of Bom Jesus do Gurguéia, Piaui in 2014
- Jeová Elias Ferreira, appointed Bishop of Goias in 2020
- Giovanni Carlos Caldas Barroca, appointed Bishop of Uruaçu, Goias in 2020