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[2] [3] The Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church is the largest Independent Catholic church in Brazil, with 560,781 members as of 2010, and 26 dioceses as of 2021; [4] internationally, it has an additional 6 dioceses and 6 provinces. [5] It is governed by a president bishop and the Episcopal Council. [6]
These figures made Brazil the single country with the largest Catholic community in the world. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In a 2022 report from the US Department of State , Catholics made up 50% of the population; [ 11 ] in a separate 2020 report from the Association of Religion Data Archives , Catholics made up 70.57% of the population.
Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil; Our Lady of Navigators church (Porto Alegre) Paróquia Nossa Senhora Achiropita; Paróquia Nossa Senhora Aparecida dos Ferroviários; Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Lourdes (São Paulo) Paróquia Nossa Senhora de Montevirgem e São Luiz Gonzaga; Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho; Paróquia Santa Rita de Cássia
The Catholic Church in Brazil has a total of 275 particular churches — consisting of 45 archdioceses (which head 45 ecclesiastical provinces), 218 dioceses (2 of which are Eastern eparchies under Latin jurisdiction), 7 territorial prelatures, the Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba and the Eparchy of Imaculada Conceição in ...
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes (Portuguese: Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora de Lourdes), is a Catholic church located in the Brazilian city of Canela, Rio Grande do Sul. ...
This article details the history of the Catholic Church in Brazil from the colonial era until the modern era. The Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America . It is the world's fifth largest country , both by geographical area and by population with over 201 million people.
Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila (1977-1990), appointed Archbishop of Brazil, Military; Raymundo Damasceno Assis (1986-2004), appointed Archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo (Cardinal in 2010) Alberto Taveira Corrêa (1991-1996), appointed Archbishop of Palmas, Tocantins; Jésus Rocha (1993-2004), appointed Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais
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