Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maceió

History

• July 2, 1900: Established as Diocese of Alagôas from the Diocese of Olinda
• August 25, 1917: Renamed as Diocese of Maceió
• February 13, 1920: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maceió

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Archbishops of Maceió, below
• * Archbishop Antônio Muniz Fernandes, O.C.
• * Archbishop José Carlos Melo, C.M.
• * Archbishop Edvaldo Gonçalves Amaral, S.D.B.
• * Archbishop José Lamartine Soares
• * Archbishop Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho, appointed Archbishop of Teresina, Piaui
• * Archbishop Adelmo Cavalcante Machado
• * Archbishop Ranulfo da Silva Farias
• * Archbishop Santino Maria da Silva Coutinho
• * Archbishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
• Bishops of Maceió, below
• * Bishop Manoel Antônio de Oliveira Lopes
• Bishops of Alagôas, below
• * Bishop Antônio Manoel de Castilho Brandão

  Coadjutor archbishops

• Adelmo Cavalcante Machado
• Miguel Fenelon Câmara Filho
• José Carlos Melo, C.M.

  Auxiliary bishop

• Eliseu Maria Gomes de Oliveira, O. Carm., appointed Bishop of Caetité, Bahia

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• José Maurício da Rocha, appointed Bishop of Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul in 1919
• Henrique Soares da Costa, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe in 2009

  Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Palmeira dos Índios
• Diocese of Penedo