Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia also carries the title Primate of Brazil. The archdiocese is located in the city of Salvador, Bahia.Statistics
Over 70% of the Archiocese is Catholic, while there is over 9,000 Catholics per priest, spread over 109 parishes with the Archdiocese.History
- 25 February 1551: Established as Diocese of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Funchal, Portugal
- 16 November 1676: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia
Properties
- Minor Basilica & World Heritage Church:
- * Cathedral of Salvador
- * Basilica of St. Sebastian, Salvador
- * Church of Nosso Senhor do Bonfim, Salvador
- * Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Salvador
- Churches
- *Church of Our Lady of Penha, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Church of the Blessed Sacrament of Saint Anne, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Church and Convent of Our Lady of the Exile, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Chapel of Our Lady of Help, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Chapel of Our Lady of the Ladder, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Chapel of Our Lady of the Snows on the Ilha de Maré, a national heritage site
- *Church and Monastery of Our Lady of Monserrate, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Church and Hospice of Our Lady of the Good Journey, a national heritage site in Salvador
- *Parish Church of Saint Bartholomew, a national heritage site in Maragogipe
- Residences
- *Archbishop's Palace of Salvador
Former properties
- The archdiocese abandoned the Church of the Third Order of the Holy Trinity in 1990. The church now houses a social project and Catholic residential community.
Bishops
Ordinaries
;Bishops
- Pedro Fernandes Sardinha
- Pedro Leitão
- Antônio Barreiros
- Constantino Barradas
- Marcos Teixeira de Mendonça
- Miguel Pereira
- Pedro da Silva Sampaio
- Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes
- Constantino Sampaio
- Estevão dos Santos Carneiro de Moraes
;Archbishops
- Gaspar Barata de Mendonça
- João da Madre de Deus Araújo
- Manoel da Ressurreição
- João Franco de Oliveira , appointed Archbishop of Miranda, Portugal
- Sebastião Monteiro da Vida
- Ludovico Alvares de Figueiredo
- José de Fialho
- José Botelho de Matos
- Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira
- Joaquim Borges de Figueroa
- Antônio de São José Moura Marinho
- Antônio Corrêa
- José de Santa Escolástica Álvares Pereira
- Francisco de São Damazo Abreu Vieira
- Vicente da Soledade e Castro
- Romualdo Antônio de Seixas Barroso
- Manoel Joaquim da Silveira
- Joaquim Gonçalves de Azevedo
- Luiz Antônio dos Santos
- Antônio de Macedo Costa
- Jerónimo Thomé da Silva
- Augusto Álvaro da Silva, Cardinal in 1953
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Cardinal in 1969; appointed Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro
- Avelar Brandão Vilela, Cardinal in 1973
- Lucas Moreira Neves, Cardinal in 1988; appointed Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
- Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Cardinal in 2001
- Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger
- Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha (11 Mar 2020 -
Coadjutor archbishop
- João de Souza Lima, did not succeed to see
Auxiliary bishops
- Manoel dos Santos Pereira, appointed Bishop of Olinda
- Antônio de Mendonça Monteiro, appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia
- José Terceiro de Sousa, appointed Bishop of Penedo, Alagoas
- Walfrido Teixeira Vieira, appointed Bishop of Sobral, Ceara
- Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, O.F.M., appointed Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro
- Valfredo Bernardo Tepe, O.F.M., appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia
- Ângelo Domingos Salvador, O.F.M. Cap., appointed Prelate of Coxim, Mato Grosso do Sul
- Carlos José Boaventura Kloppenburg, O.F.M., appointed Bishop of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul
- José Carlos Melo, C.M., became Archbishop in 1999; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas
- José Antônio Aparecido Tosi Marques, appointed Archbishop of Fortaleza, Ceara
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, appointed Archbishop of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
- Dominique Marie Jean Denis You, appointed Bishop of Santíssima Conceição do Araguaia
- Josafá Menezes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Barreiras, Bahia
- João Carlos Petrini, appointed Bishop of Camaçari, Bahia
- Gregório Paixão Neto, appointed Bishop of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro
- Gilson Andrade da Silva, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro
- Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C., appointed Bishop of Estância, Sergipe
- Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida
- Estevam dos Santos Silva Filho, appointed Bishop of Ruy Barbosa, Bahia
- Hélio Pereira dos Santos
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Manoel da Silva Gomes, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Fortaleza in 1911
- Miguel de Lima Valverde, appointed Bishop of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul in 1911
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Alagoinhas
- Diocese of Amargosa
- Diocese of Camaçari
- Diocese of Cruz das Almas
- Diocese of Eunápolis
- Diocese of Ilhéus
- Diocese of Itabuna
- Diocese of Teixeira de Freitas-Caravelas
