Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olindensis et Recifensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,305 km2 (1,662 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 3,570,703 3,371,975 (94.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 15 July 1614 (410 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana São Salvador do Mundo, Olinda |
Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral San Pedro dos Clerigos, Recife |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa |
Auxiliary Bishops | Limacêdo Antônio da Silva |
Bishops emeritus | José Cardoso Sobrinho Antônio Fernando Saburido |
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Olindensis et Recifensis) is a Latin metropolitan archdiocese in northeast Brazil's Pernambuco state.