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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger

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Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Established
  
14 November 1956

Area
  
28,000 km²

Archbishop
  
Santiago Agrelo Martínez

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Morocco

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Territory
  
Tangier, northern Morocco

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)4,175,0002,500 (.1%)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger/Tangier (Latin: Dioecesis Tingitanus) is an archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.

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History

  • 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Diocese of Ceuta in Portugal
  • 1570: Suppressed (combined into the Diocese of Ceuta)
  • 28 November, 1630: Restored as Apostolic Prefecture of Morocco. Possibly suppressed in 1649.
  • 14 April, 1908: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Morocco
  • 14 November, 1956: Promoted as Archdiocese of Tanger

    • Ordinaries

    1. Nuno Álvares de Aguiar, O.S.B. † ( 1469 - 15 Jul 1491 )
    2. Diogo Ortiz de Villegas ( 1491 - 3 May 1500)
    3. João Lobo (4 May 1500 - 1508 )
    4. Nicolau Pedro Mendes (4 Mar 1523 - 1542 )
    5. Gonçalo Pinheiro (23 Nov 1542 - 27 Jun 1552 )
    6. Francisco Quaresma, O.F.M. (15 Dec 1557 - 1585 )
    7. Diogo Correia de Sousa (15 Jul 1585 - 16 Feb 1598 )
    8. Heitor de Valadares (11 Mar 1598 - 1600 )
    9. Gerónimo de Gouveia, O.F.M. (24 Jan 1601 - 1602 )
    10. Agostinho Ribeiro (27 Aug 1603 - 29 Jul 1613 )
    11. António de Aguiar (21 Oct 1613 - 1632 )
    12. Gonçalo da Silva (6 Sep 1632 - 16 Feb 1649 )

    Vicars Apostolic of Morocco

    1. Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M. (8 Apr 1908 - 26 Mar 1926 )
    2. José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M. (17 Jul 1926 - 27 Dec 1948 )

    Archbishops of Tanger

    1. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. (27 Dec 1948 - 17 Dec 1973 )
    2. Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (17 Dec 1973 - 22 May 1982 )
    3. José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 - 23 Mar 2005 )
    4. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 - )

    References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger Wikipedia
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