Paulo Cezar Costa[a] (born 20 July 1967) is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasilia since December 2020.

He then studied at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome from 1996 to 2001, earning a licentiate and a doctorate in dogmatic theology.

[5] He worked as parish vicar in Paraíba do Sul in 1993; pastor of the Parish of São Sebastião dos Ferreiros in Vassouras from 1994 to 1996; pastor of the Parish of Santa Rosa de Lima in Valença from 2001 to 2006; director and professor of the Department of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) from 2007 to 2010; and rector of the Paulo VI Interdiocesan Seminary and director of the Paulo VI Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Nova Iguaçu from 2006 to 2010.

[citation needed] He was named to the Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference in June of that year.

[11] On 27 August 2022, Pope Francis made him a cardinal priest, assigning him the title of Santi Bonifacio ed Alessio.