Military Ordinariate of Ordinariado Militar do Brasil, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate

Name: Ordinariado Militar do Brasil / Brazil

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora Rainha da Paz (June 25)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1950.11.06: Established as Military Vicariate of Brazil
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Ordinariado Militar do Brasil / Brazil

Contact Info

Address: Ordinariado Militar, Edifício do EMFA, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bl. «O», Salas 413/415, 70050-906 Brasília, Brazil

Present Prelates

Archbishop Military Ordinary (2022.03.12 – ...):	Archbishop Marcony Vinícius Ferreira (62)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate (2011.02.16 – ...):	Bishop José Francisco Falcão de Barros (61) Titular Bishop of Augurus
Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate (2026.05.20 – ...):	Bishop-elect Fabrício do Prado Nunes (48) Titular Bishop of Tadamata

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Ordinariado Militar do Brasil (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Marcony Vinícius Ferreira (62)
(2022.03.12 – ...)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil)

A Deo omnia

Born:	1964.03.03 (Brasília, DF, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1988.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.04.12

Priest of Brasília (Brazil) (1988.12.03 – 2014.02.19)

Titular Bishop of Vertara (2014.02.19 – 2022.03.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2014.02.19 – 2022.03.12)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (2022.03.12 – ...)

Archbishop Fernando José Monteiro Guimarães, C.SS.R. (79)
(2014.08.06 – 2022.03.12)

Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Brazil (Brazil)

Cor nostrum ardens

Born:	1946.07.19 (Recife, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1971.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2008.03.31

Bureau Chief of Congregation for Clergy (2000.03.11 – 2008.03.12)

Bishop of Garanhuns (Brazil) (2008.03.12 – 2014.08.06)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (2014.08.06 – 2022.03.12)

Archbishop Osvino José Both (88)
(2006.06.07 – 2014.08.06)

Archbishop Military Ordinary emeritus of Brazil (Brazil)

Fiat Voluntas Tua

Born:	1938.04.26 (Três Arroios, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1967.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.02

Priest of Passo Fundo (Brazil) (1967.04.22 – 1990.06.26)

Titular Bishop of Civitanova (1990.06.26 – 1995.11.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) (1990.06.26 – 1995.11.22)

Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (Brazil) (1995.11.22 – 2006.06.07)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (2006.06.07 – 2014.08.06)

Archbishop Geraldo do Espírito Santo Ávila
(1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14)

In Sancto Spiritu

Born:	1929.04.10 (Diamantina, MG, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1953.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.09.03
Died:	2005.11.14 (Brasília, DF, Brazil † 76)

Titular Bishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1977.06.27 – 1990.10.31)

Titular Archbishop of Gemellæ in Numidia (1990.10.31 – 1998.03.07)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (1990.10.31 – 2005.11.14)

Apostolic Administrator of Ipameri (Brazil) (1998.07.29 – 1999.05.19)

Archbishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista
(1986.07.21 – 1990.10.31)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1904.10.16 (Niteroi, RJ, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1928.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.09.03
Died:	2001.11.11 (Brasília, DF, Brazil † 97)

Bishop of Uruguaiana (Brazil) (1944.06.10 – 1954.01.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Diamantina (Brazil) (1954.01.05 – 1960.03.12)

Archbishop-Bishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1960.03.12 – 1966.10.11)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) (1963.11.09 – 1986.07.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (1966.10.11 – 1984.02.15)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Brazil (Brazil) (1986.07.21 – 1990.10.31)

Military Vicars of Brazil (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Newton de Almeida Baptista
(1963.11.09 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara
(1950.11.06 – 1963.11.09)

Ignem veni mittere

Born:	1894.07.03 (São José, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1920.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.02.02
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1971.02.18 (Aparecida, SP, Brazil † 76)

Priest of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1920.01.01 – 1935.12.19)

Bishop of Mossoró (Brazil) (1935.12.19 – 1941.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Belém do Pará (Brazil) (1941.09.15 – 1943.07.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) (1943.07.03 – 1971.02.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1946.02.22 – 1971.02.18)

Military Vicar of Brazil (Brazil) (1950.11.06 – 1963.11.09)

Ordinary of Ordinariato para os Fiéis de Ritos Orientais no Brasil of the Eastern Rite (Brazil) (1951.11.14 – 1971.02.18)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (1958 – 1964)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate: Bishop Augustinho Petry (87) (2000.12.27 – 2007.11.14)
Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Vicariate: Bishop Alberto Trevisan, S.A.C. (1964.02.25 – 1966)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Militar Santa Maria dos Militares Rainha da Paz, Brasília, Distrito Federal

Statistics (2012.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 169 parishes

Personnel: 145 priests (131 diocesan, 14 religious), 47 deacons, 26 religious (14 brothers, 12 sisters), 24 seminarians