About this Collection
Throughout the 1940’s to 2015, the Archive of the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu (ACDNI) has accumulated a rich collection of the documents that record the activism of the Brazilian progressive Catholic Church. In addition to covering ecclesiastical matters, these materials also represent the Church’s support for social movements, labor unions, and political resistance groups. Specifically, the collection depicts the struggles of the working class in Rio de Janeiro known as the Baixada Fluminense, a population of several million people suffering from extreme inequality and unstable living conditions.
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Archive of the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu
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The Archive of the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu (ACDNI) is the historic center of the progressive Catholic Church in Brazil throughout the military dictatorship. Throughout its lifetime, the archive has collected resources vital to the study of human rights, social movements, resistance to authoritarianism, and liberation theology. The collection is comprised of 475 linear feet (145 linear meters) of printed materials dating from 1948 to 2015. Most notably, the collection includes the institutional documentation of the Diocese as well as materials produced and received by Dom Adriano Mandarino Hypólito, the third bishop of Nova Iguaçu and one of the Church’s leaders in the struggle against the military dictatorship.
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This project works to digitize selected collections from the Archive of the Diocesan Curia of Nova Iguaçu (ACDNI), including documents related not only to ecclesiastical matters, but also the social struggles of the working-class suburbs of Rio de Janeiro known as the Baixada Fluminense, social movements in the region, resistance to authoritarianism, and liberation theology.
This selection includes the personal archive of Dom Hypólito, a legendary figure in the history of human rights and opposition to military rule in Brazil. Materials include newspaper clippings (collected by his assistants for supporting their socio-political activities), leaflets/documents produced by church-sponsored social groups, and pieces from the following periodicals: A Folha (weekly, 1972-1993), Boletim Diocesano (monthly, 1969-1992), and Informativo (monthly, 1977-1984).
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