Archdiocese of Cuiabá

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá is an archdiocese located in the city of Cuiabá in Brazil.

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History

December 6, 1745: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cuiabá from the Diocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
July 15, 1826: Promoted as Diocese of Cuiabá
March 10, 1910: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuiabá

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

Archbishops of Cuiabá
* Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva
* Archbishop Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.
* Archbishop Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.
* Archbishop Orlando Chaves, S.D.B.
* Archbishop Francisco de Aquino Correia, S.D.B.
* Archbishop Carlos Luiz d'Amour
Bishops of Cuiabá
* Bishop Carlos Luiz d'Amour
* Bishop José Antônio dos Reis
* Bishop José Maria Macerata
Prelates of Cuiabá
* Bishop José Maria Macerata
* Bishop Luiz de Castro Pereira, C.S.J.
* Bishop José Nicolau de Azevedo Coutinho Gentil, appointed Prelate of Goiás

Coadjutor bishops

Cyrillo de Paula Freitas, did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul
Bonifácio Piccinini, S.D.B.
Mílton Antônio dos Santos, S.D.B.

Auxiliary bishops

Francisco de Aquino Correa, S.D.B., appointed Archbishop here
Antônio Campelo de Aragão, S.D.B., appointed Bishop of Petrolina, Pernambuco

Suffragan dioceses

Historic properties

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuiabá has many historic structures, some listed under federal, state, or municipal protection.

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict, built 1730, listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1975
Church of Our Lady of the Good Death, built ca. 1810, listed by Mato Grosso in 1993
Church of Saint Gonçalo
Church of Our Lord of the Steps
Church of Our Lady of Good Delivery