Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,153 km2 (9,712 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,923,667 1,627,542 (84.6%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 29 December 1909 (114 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | João Santos Cardoso |
Bishops emeritus | Heitor de Araújo Sales Matias Patrício de Macêdo |
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The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Natal in Brazil.
History
- December 29, 1909: Established as the Diocese of Natal from the Diocese of Paraíba
- February 16, 1952: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Archbishops of Natal (Roman rite), below
- Archbishop João Santos Cardoso (since 2023.07.05)
- Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (2011.12.21 - 2023.07.)
- Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2003.11.26 – 2011.12.21)
- Archbishop Heitor de Araújo Sales (1993.10.27 – 2003.11.26)
- Archbishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo (1988.04.06 – 1993.10.27)
- Archbishop Nivaldo Monte (1967.09.06 – 1988.04.06)
- Archbishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (1952.02.16 – 1967.04.08)
- Bishops of Natal (Roman Rite), below
- Bishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (later Archbishop) (1929.03.01 – 1952.02.16)
- Bishop José Pereira Alves (1922.10.27 – 1928.01.27)
- Bishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral (1917.09.01 – 1921.11.21), appointed Bishop of Belo Horizonte; future Archbishop
- Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1910.10.23 – 1915.06.14)
Auxiliary bishops
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1954-1964), appointed Apostolic Administrator of São Salvador da Bahia; future Cardinal
- Antônio Soares Costa, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco in 1993
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Tomas Gomes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Aracajú in 1911
- Francisco Canindé Palhano, appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia in 2006
- Edilson Soares Nobre, appointed Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui in 2017
Suffragan dioceses
Sources
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