Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger

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Archdiocese of Tanger

Archidioecesis Tingitanus

Archidiocèse de Tanger
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Location
Country Morocco
Territory Tanger, northern Morocco
Statistics
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
4,175,000
2,500 (.1%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Rite Roman
Established14 November 1956
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Emilio Rocha Grande, OFM
Bishops emeritus Santiago Agrelo Martínez, OFM
Map
Archidiocesis de Tanger.svg
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger (Latin : Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese in Morocco. Headquartered in Tangier, it is immediately subject to the Holy See.

Contents

History

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 )
  3. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. (27 Dec 1948 – 14 Nov 1956 see below)

Archbishops of Tanger

  1. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. (see above 14 Nov 1956 – 17 Dec 1973 )
  2. Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (17 Dec 1973 – 22 May 1982 ), appointed Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain (Cardinal in 2003)
  3. José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 – 23 Mar 2005 )
  4. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 – 24 May 2019 )

See also

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References

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