Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brasília is an archdiocese located in the city of Brasília in Brazil.History
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
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
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Formosa
- Diocese of Luziânia
- Diocese of Uruaçu
