Patriarchate of Santos

The Patriarchate of Santos was estabilished in 1780, following a decree of Patriarch Luke V of Constantinople. It is one of the ten Uniate Patriarchates and the Patriarch of Santos rules all dioceses and parishes of the Hesperidian Continent

History

Since the independence of Opará in 1756, the Emperor Manuel I had been asking the Pope to estabilish a Patriarchate at the Archbishopric of Santos. However, when Patriarch Luke V created four new Patriarchates in 1780, the Emperor and King Oscar of Vinland were outraged, as it was clear that Luke V had used their cause to attack Isaac Skleros, the Grand Logothete of the time. Therefore, in 1782, the two monarchs called a council in the Vinlander capital of Jensby. As agreed between the two powers, the Roman Patriarchs were not invited. In the Ecumenical Council of Jensby, the four new patriarchates were officialized in a great ceremony. Moreover, Manuel and Oscar decided that the Dragon Society of Horváth could not be trusted. They created their own spy agencies: the Order of Christ in Opará, the Portuguese Atlantis Society in Western Lusitania and the Vinlander Guard in the Confederacy of the North. Portugal decided to not found its own agency, because they feared what Horváth may do, but they did accept its Patriarchate in Lisbon.

Famous Patriarchs

Alexius II (1780-1804): he was the first Patriarch of Santos. He is numbered as the second Alexius in honor to St. Alexius Kalaphates, the first Bishop of Igarassú.

Celsus I (1818-1823): he was invited by the Papal Curia to become the Patriarch of Rome in 1823 and accepted. He was the first Oparan to rise to the Throne of St. Peter.