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Brazil holds fourty-four ecclesiastical provinces, divided into 215 dioceses and 45 archdioceses, each of which has many records of genealogical and historical value for its regions.<ref>"List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil," in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Brazil. Visited 9 August 2017.</ref>. Some dioceses of the Catholic Church have gathered copies of local parish church records into the diocese archives. | Brazil holds fourty-four ecclesiastical provinces, divided into 215 dioceses and 45 archdioceses, each of which has many records of genealogical and historical value for its regions.<ref>"List of Catholic dioceses in Brazil," in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_dioceses_in_Brazil. Visited 9 August 2017.</ref>. Some dioceses of the Catholic Church have gathered copies of local parish church records into the diocese archives. | ||