Juscelino left the Palácio (the President’s office) and turned to the Cathedral, where he would participate in the celebrations of the foundation of the Archdiocese of Brasília and attend the ceremony of the first archbishop’s taking his office. The crowd at the square in front of the cathedral had been growing, and when he arrived, the President received ovations. In fact, whichever event he attended, JK received ovations like a hero or victor. The pope had paid a delicate tribute to Juscelino by appointing D. José Newton de Almeida Baptista from the Archdiocese of Diamantina – Juscelino’s hometown – as archbishop of the new capital. Initially, plans were that the ceremony would take place in the cathedral. However, its completion had been delayed. Instead, the ceremony took place in a large cabin at the cathedral’s construction site. The papal bull “Quandoquidem Nullum” of February 16, 1960 had established the Archdiocese of Brasília (also the Archdiocese of the Holy Mother ‘Aparecida’) as the seat of the 26th Ecclesiastic Province of Brazil. Monsieur Pio Gaspam read this bull in Latin, and D. Armando Lombardi’s secretary – the apostolic nuncio – read out the Portuguese translation. After the archdiocese had been formally established and the archbishop had assumed his new position, D. José Newton gave a speech. In his address, he pointed out that the archdiocese had no priests yet and that the archbishop was like a general without soldiers in the battles for the Kingdom of God. For this reason, his first goal would be the construction of a seminary, which he intended to inaugurate in January 1961. He said he needed everybody’s help. Juscelino replied from his chair, assuring the archbishop: “You will have a hundred percent of our support.” The ceremony lasted exactly one hour. Besides the President and the apostolic nuncio, the vice President João Goulart, all ministers, as well as the cardinals, bishops, archbishops, priests, and nuns, and a large number of guests and Candangos were present Space was scarce at the site of the celebrations. Furthermore, there were no ropes that would usually mark the area reserved for the celebrities. So, the entire area was ultimately taken over by the people. The apostolic nuncio, when changing chair with D. José Newton as the rituals demanded, witnessed how people moved close to the altar, leaving the reserved wing behind. Nobody seemed to care about removing the invaders who blocked the prelate’s view. So, from then on, the apostolic nuncio was unable to observe what was actually going on at the celebration. This was just another sign of the informal atmosphere, and the democratic and intense euphoria that arose during the inauguration ceremonies.