The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal () is an
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
located in the city of
Natal
NATAL or Natal may refer to:
Places
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...
in
Brazil
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.
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
* Arch
bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
s 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 Eugênio, sometimes Eugénio, is a Portuguese masculine given name equivalent to Spanish Eugenio.
People
*Eugênio Sales (1920–2012), Brazilian cardinal
*Eugênio Izecksohn (1932–2013), Brazilian herpetologist
* Eugénio Fernando Bila ( ...
(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
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In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
, 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
*
Diocese of Caicó
*
Diocese of Mossoró
Sources
GCatholic.org Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1909
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
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