Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal
{{Short description|Catholic ecclesiastical territory}}
{{Infobox diocese
|jurisdiction = Metropolitan Archdiocese
|name = Natal
|latin = Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis
|image = Catedral Metropolitana de Nossa Senhora da Apresentação, Natal (RN).jpg
|image_size = 280px
|caption = Cathedral
|coat = Brasão da Arquidiocese de Natal.jpg
|country = Brazil
|rite = Latin Rite
|established = 29 December 1909 ({{age|1909|12|29}} years ago)
|cathedral = Catedral Metropolitana
Nossa Senhora da Apresentação
|cocathedral =
|area_km2 = 25,153
|population = 1,923,667
|population_as_of = 2004
|catholics = 1,627,542
|catholics_percent= 84.6
|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}
|metro_archbishop = João Santos Cardoso
|bishop_title = Archbishop
|coadjutor =
|auxiliary_bishops=
|emeritus_bishops = Heitor de Araújo Sales
Matias Patrício de Macêdo
|map = Área da Arquidiocese de Natal, RN.svg
|map_size = 280px
|website = {{URL|www.arquidiocesedenatal.org.br}}
}}
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal ({{langx|la|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
- [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nata0.htm GCatholic.org]
- [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnata.html Catholic Hierarchy]
- [http://www.arquidiocesedenatal.org.br/ Archdiocese website (Portuguese)]
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Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Category:Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Category:Christian organizations established in 1909
Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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