Archdiocese of Fortaleza


The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza is an archdiocese located in the city of Fortaleza in Brazil.
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History

On June 6, 1854, it was established by Pope Pius IX, as the Diocese of Ceará from the Diocese of Olinda. Formerly a part of the Diocese of Pernambuco, the district was erected into a separate diocese, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bahia. João Guerino Gomes was named as first bishop but did not accept the office. Father Gomes, a philosopher and orator who was well-known in his day, died in 1859. The first bishop, Luis Antonio dos Santos, founded the diocesan seminaries at Fortaleza and Crato, and, for the education of girls, the College of the Immaculate Conception, besides building the church of the Sacred Heart at Fortaleza. On November 10, 1915, it was promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fortaleza.

Special churches

Basílica São Francisco das Chagas, Canindé

Bishops

;Bishops of Ceará
; Metropolitan Archbishops of Fortaleza

Coadjutor bishop

  • Manuel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes, did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Alagôas

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Antônio Xisto Albano, appointed Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão in 1901
  • Quintino Rodrigues de Oliveira e Silva, appointed Bishop of Piaui in 1913 ; appointed Bishop of Crato, Ceara in 1915

Suffragan dioceses