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As of 2004, the archdiocese was home to approximately 4.84 million people, approximately 3.06 million of them being Roman Catholic (63.1%). There are approximately 150 priests serving the over 3 million Catholics.
João Franco de Oliveira (9 June 1687 Appointed - 9 January 1692 Appointed, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia)
José de Oliveira, OSA (19 July 1694 Appointed - 9 September 1700 Resigned)
Luis Simões Brandão (6 February 1702 Appointed - 24 February 1720 Resigned)
Manuel a Santa Catharina, OCarm (20 March 1720 Appointed - 1 November 1731 Died)
Antônio de Nossa Senhora do Desterro Malheiro, OSB (3 September 1738 Appointed - 15 December 1745 Appointed, Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro)
Manoel de Santa Ines Ferreira, OCD (15 December 1745 Appointed - 6 August 1770 Appointed, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia)
Luis da Anunciação Azevedo, OP (17 June 1771 Appointed - 8 November 1784 Resigned)
Alexandre da Sagrada Familia Ferreira da Silva, OFM (14 February 1785 Appointed - 23 November 1787 Resigned)
Luiz de Brito Homem (17 December 1791 Appointed - 24 May 1802 Confirmed, Bishop of São Luís do Maranhão)
Joaquim Maria Mascarenhas Castello Branco (20 December 1802 Confirmed - April 1807 Resigned)
João Damasceno Da Silva Póvoas (19 December 1814 Confirmed - 21 February 1826 Died)
Sebastião da Anunciação Gomes de Lemos, OCD (16 April 1846 Confirmed - 1848 Resigned)
Joaquim Moreira Reis, OSB (28 September 1849 Confirmed - 10 March 1857 Resigned)
Manuel de Santa Rita Barros, TOR (23 March 1860 Confirmed - 3 January 1862 Died)
José Lino de Oliveira (21 December 1863 Appointed - 1 July 1871 Resigned)
Tommaso Gomes de Almeida (4 August 1871 Appointed - 22 September 1879 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Goa)