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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju Archidioecesis Metropolitae Aracaiuensis Arquidiocese Metropolitano de Aracaju | |
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 Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception | |
| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | Aracaju |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,019 km2 (2,710 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 1,272,000 1,069,000 (84%) |
| Parishes | 88 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3 January 1910 (114 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Aracaju |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Dom. Josafá Menezes da Silva |
| Bishops emeritus | Luciano José Cabral Duarte |
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracaju (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Aracaiuensis) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in the State of Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao), dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, in the city of Aracaju. Two World Heritage Sites are owned by the Archdiocese in São Cristóvão, Sergipe: the Misericórdia Hospital and Church (Igreja de Santa Casa de Misericórdia) and the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz, also known as the Church and Convent of Saint Francis.