de Monte Rodrigues de Araújo, later Count of Irajá (23 Dec 1839 Appointed – 11 Jun 1863 Died. Also served ex officio as Major Chaplain of the Imperial Chapel during his tenure as Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, and was accordingly known as The Bishop Major Chaplain.) Created Count of Irajá in the Peerage of the Empire of Brazil in 1845. Pedro Maria de Lacerda, later Count of Santa Fé (24 Sep 1868 Appointed – 12 Nov 1890 Died. Also served as Major Chaplain of the Imperial Chapel from the start of his tenure as Bishop of Rio de Janeiro until the abolition of the Monarchy in 1889, holding during that period the title of Bishop Major Chaplain.) Created Count of Santa Fé in the Peerage of the Empire of Brazil in 1888. José Pereira da Silva Barros, Count of Santo Agostinho (25 Jun 1891 Appointed – 1 Sep 1893 Resigned. During his tenure, in 1892, the Diocese was raised to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese; however he was not promoted to the rank of Metropolitan Archbishop, and continued leading the particular Church as Bishop, until the acceptance of his resignation on 1 September 1893. Days later, on 12 September 1893, the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro was appointed.) Bishop José Pereira da Silva Barros had been created Count of Santo Agostinho in the Peerage of the Empire of Brazil in 1888, before he was named Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, while serving as Bishop of Olinda and Recife. He was appointed Titular Archbishop after his resignation from the See of Rio de Janeiro. Metropolitan Archbishops Since Pope Pius X appointed the second Metropolitan Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti, a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church in 1905, all subsequent Archbishops were either elevated to the Cardinalate during their service in the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, or were transferred to that Metropolitan See when already members of the College of Cardinals. João Fernando Santiago Esberrard (12 Sep 1893 Appointed – 22 Jan 1897 Died) Cardinal Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (24 Aug 1897 Appointed – 18 Apr 1930 Died. Created Cardinal in 1905) Cardinal Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra (18 Apr 1930 Succeeded – 17 Oct 1942 Died. Created Cardinal in 1930) Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara (3 Jul 1943 Appointed – 18 Feb 1971 Died. Created Cardinal in 1946). Cardinal Eugênio