We visited this church on the Sunday after Easter. There was a special service going on on during that time. This building, which is commonly referred to as the "Metropolitan Cathedral", is a bit "ugly" if you ask me, but it is part of a very old archdiocese in Brazil. The Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Archidiocesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii, lit. "Archdiocese of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro") in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of adiocese on November 16, 1676. It was later elevated to a metropolitan see on April 27, 1892. On May 6, 2003, the territorial abbey of Nossa Senhora do Monserrate do Rio de Janeiro was suppressed and added to the archdiocese. The current Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro is Orani João Tempesta O. Cist. since 2009. Eugênio Cardinal de Araújo Sales and Eusébio Cardinal Scheid S.C.I. hold the position of Archbishops Emeriti.
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