Arquidiocese de Aracaju

What Arquidiocese de Aracaju does

Arquidiocese de Aracaju is the Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese covering the state of Sergipe, Brazil, currently led by Archbishop Dom Josafá Menezes da Silva. It delivers religious services, sacraments, and pastoral care to the Catholic faithful of Sergipe through a geographically distributed network of parishes organized into seven regional vicariates. Core activities include liturgical celebration, formation, charity work, and community outreach coordinated centrally from the archdiocesan curia, which employs approximately 30 staff. The organization is governed under canon law and sits within the universal governance structure of the Roman Catholic Church and the Holy See.

The archdiocese runs no commercial products and has no proprietary technology platform; its underlying "infrastructure" is canonical and human, comprising parishes, chaplaincies, clergy, and a central Clergy Maintenance Fund. Operational communications are handled through a basic website, mainstream social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), WhatsApp, and a broadcast outlet, Radio Sou Mais Cultura. There is no indication of any software product, data asset, or AI system being built or deployed.

The financial model is contribution-based rather than commercial. Parishes are required to remit 15% of their monthly revenues to the archdiocese — 5% to the Clergy Maintenance Fund and 10% to central administration — and the contribution rate to the Clergy Maintenance Fund was raised from 3% to 5% effective May 1, 2025. Additional funding flows from ordinary Catholic stewardship (tithes, offerings) and donations. There is no equity capital, no investors, and no priced products; consequently there is no standard pricing model, customer segment, or go-to-market motion in the venture-backed sense.

Name

Arquidiocese de Aracaju

Legal name

Arquidiocese de Aracaju

Website

https://arquidiocesedearacaju.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arquidiocese de Aracaju is the Roman Catholic metropolitan archdiocese for the state of Sergipe, Brazil, led by Archbishop Dom Josafá Menezes da Silva. It serves the Catholic faithful across Sergipe through a network of parishes organized into seven regional vicariates, funded primarily by parish contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services / Catholic Archdiocesan Administration

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious Organizations (81311), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (623110)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAJAB

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

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Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

SECONDARYEDAHAKAA

Seminaries (Graduate Theology & Ministry)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Religious & Theological Colleges

SECONDARYMPABACAL

Local Religious/Faith-Based Stations

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Broadcasting (TV & Radio)/Local Broadcast Stations & Affiliates (TV & Radio)

SECONDARYBPAGAJAH

Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions)

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Religious & Faith-Based Organizations

Keywords

• Catholic religious services
• Pastoral care ministries
• Sacraments administration
• Priestly formation seminary
• Archdiocesan communications

Headquarters

HQ city

Aracaju

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Arquidiocese de Aracaju is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that provides Catholic religious services, sacraments (baptism, marriage, confession, confirmation), pastoral care, evangelization, priestly formation, elderly care, and ecclesiastical administrative services to the Catholic faithful in the state of Sergipe, Brazil. It operates through a hierarchical network of parishes grouped into seven regional vicariates, two seminaries, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Metropolitan Curia, an elderly care home (SAME), and the Rádio Sou Mais Cultura broadcast station.

Product overview

The Arquidiocese de Aracaju operates primarily as a religious institution with its digital presence centered on the official website, which functions as a unified platform offering religious services, parish management information, and spiritual content. The core product is the website itself, complemented by the Pascom (Pastoral da Comunicação) communication service that coordinates media and publicity across the parish network. The parish network spans 6 regional vicariates providing religious services including masses, sacraments, and pastoral care. Daily spiritual content including liturgical readings and saint information is distributed through integrated CNBB resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rádio Sou Mais Cultura: Radio station operated by the archdiocese for cultural and religious programming
• Pascom - Pastoral da Comunicação

Products and services

• Official Website and Digital Communication Platform
• Rádio Sou Mais Cultura Broadcast Service
• Parish Network across Seven Regional Vicariates
• Catedral Metropolitana de Aracaju (Metropolitan Cathedral)
• Cúria Metropolitana (Metropolitan Curia) Administrative Services
• Seminário Maior Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Major Seminary)
• Seminário Sagrado Coração de Jesus (Sacred Heart of Jesus Seminary)
• SAME - Lar de Idosos Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Elderly Care Home)
• Tribunal Eclesiástico (Ecclesiastical Tribunal)
• Certidão de Crisma (Confirmation Certificate Service)
• Horários de Missa (Mass Schedule Service)
• Casas de Retiro (Retreat Houses)
• Pascom (Pastoral da Comunicação)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CNBB (Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil)coreOthersThe Arquidiocese de Aracaju is affiliated with CNBB, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, which coordinates Catholic Church activities at the national level. The archdiocese is part of CNBB Regional Nordeste 3.
• CNBB Nordeste 3coreOthersRegional structure of CNBB that coordinates Catholic Church activities in Northeastern Brazil, specifically the Nordeste 3 region which includes Sergipe.
• VaticancoreOthersThe Arquidiocese de Aracaju maintains affiliation with the Vatican and the universal Catholic Church under papal authority.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (CNBB): CNBB is the national conference of Brazilian Catholic bishops, of which the Arquidiocese de Aracaju is an affiliated member through CNBB Nordeste 3. It is an ecclesiastical parent/administrative counterpart rather than a competitor, coordinating national Catholic activity.

Direct peers

• Arquidiocese de Belo Horizonte: The Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte is a direct peer metropolitan archdiocese offering the same canonical governance, parish structure, seminary, ecclesiastical tribunal, and Catholic social/communications programming across a Brazilian state jurisdiction.
• Arquidiocese de Porto Alegre: The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is a direct peer metropolitan see covering Rio Grande do Sul state. It shares metropolitan canonical status, parish network, seminary formation, broadcasting (Rádio Vaticano / Archdiocesan media), and ecclesiastical tribunal functions analogous to those of the Arquidiocese de Aracaju.
• Arquidiocese de São Paulo: The metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo is the closest direct peer — same ecclesiastical governance structure (archdiocese), Catholic rite, parish-based service delivery, seminary operation, and CNBB-affiliated administration, but operating at vastly greater scale in São Paulo state.
• Arquidiocese de Recife: The Archdiocese of Recife is a direct peer as another Northeast Brazilian metropolitan archdiocese within the CNBB Nordeste 3 regional footprint (same regional conference structure as Arquidiocese de Aracaju). Comparability includes vicariate-based governance, parish networks, and Catholic broadcasting.
• Arquidiocese do Rio de Janeiro: The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro is a direct peer with identical metropolitan-archdiocese governance, parish network, seminary, and CNBB integration. It covers a comparable urban Brazilian Catholic population base and runs broadcasting/communications operations similar in nature to Pascom.
• Arquidiocese de Brasília: The Archdiocese of Brasília is a direct peer metropolitan see — same canonical status within the Catholic Church in Brazil, same seminary formation pipeline, and same CNBB-affiliated governance architecture, but operating at greater scale in the Federal District.
• Arquidiocese de Salvador: The Archdiocese of Salvador (Bahia) is a direct peer operating in Brazil's Northeast region — the same macro-region as Sergipe — sharing CNBB Nordeste alignment, parish-based delivery, seminary formation, and Catholic pastoral services. Regional similarity makes for strong operational comparability.
• Arquidiocese de Manaus: The Archdiocese of Manaus is a direct peer metropolitan see covering Amazonas state, offering analogous vicariate/parish structure, seminary, and CNBB-affiliated Catholic services. Comparability is structural rather than geographic given the very different regional contexts.
• Arquidiocese de Fortaleza: The Archdiocese of Fortaleza is a direct peer as another CNBB Nordeste-affiliated metropolitan archdiocese, organized around vicariates, parishes, seminaries, and Catholic social services — providing a near-perfect structural analog for benchmarking pastoral reach and funding models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SOUMAISCULTURATV
• Facebookfacebook.com/arquidioceseaju
• Instagraminstagram.com/arquidiocesedearacaju
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arquidiocese-de-aracaju

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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