| Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii |
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Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro |
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro |
| Metropolitan | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro |
| Population - Catholics |
3,556,095 (60.7%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 19, 1575 |
| Cathedral | Rio de Janeiro Cathedral |
| Patron saint | Saint Sebastian (principal) and Saint Anne (secondary) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Benedict XVI |
| Archbishop | Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. |
| Auxiliary Bishop | Edson de Castro Homem, Antônio Augusto Dias Duarte, Wilson Tadeu Jönck S.C.I., Dimas Lara Barbosa, Assis Lopes |
| Website | |
| arquidiocese.org.br | |
The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Latin: Archidioecesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan see on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro was suppressed and added to the archdiocese. The current Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro is Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. since 2009. Cardinals Eugênio de Araújo Sales and Eusébio Scheid S.C.I. are Archbishops Emeriti.
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Since Pope St. Pius X appointed the third Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church in 1905, all subsequent Archbishops were either elevated to the Cardinalate during their service in the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, or were transferred to that Metropolitan See when already members of the College of Cardinals. Accordingly, current Archbishop Orani João Tempesta is expected to be raised to the Cardinalate in the future.
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