The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

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 associate ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

. Headquartered in

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

, it is immediately subject to the

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History

* 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the

Diocese of Ceuta The Catholic diocese of Ceuta, first Portuguese and afterwards Spanish, existed from 1417 to 1879. It was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until 1675, with the end of the Iberian Union, when Ceuta chose to remain linked to the king of S ...

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* 1570: Suppressed (combined into the

) * 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

# Nuno Álvares de Aguiar,

O.S.B. , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , found ...

† ( 1469 – 15 Jul 1491 ) #

Diogo Ortiz de Villegas D. Diogo Ortiz de Villegas "Calzadilla" was a Castilian priest, theologian and astronomer at the service of the Portuguese monarchs. He was born in Calzadilla, Castile, ca. 1457 and died in Almeirim (Portugal), in 1519. Ortiz came to Portugal ...

( 1491 – 3 May 1500) # João Lobo (4 May 1500 – 1508 ) # Nicolau Pedro Mendes (4 Mar 1523 – 1542 ) #

Gonçalo Pinheiro Gonçalo is a Portuguese masculine given name and family name. People with the name include: * Gonçalo Brandão, a Portuguese footballer *Gonçalo Coelho, a Portuguese explorer of the South Atlantic and of the South American coast *Gonçalo For ...

(23 Nov 1542 – 27 Jun 1552 ) #

Francisco Quaresma Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, O.F.M. (15 Dec 1557 – 1585 ) # Diogo Correia de Sousa (15 Jul 1585 – 16 Feb 1598 ) # Heitor de Valadares (11 Mar 1598 – 1600 ) # Gerónimo de Gouveia, O.F.M. (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 ) #

Agostinho Ribeiro Agostinho is a Portuguese language noun meaning Augustine. It may be used as a given name or a surname. People with the name include: * Agostinho (footballer) (born 1975), Portuguese footballer, full name Joaquim Agostinho da Silva Ribeiro * Agost ...

(27 Aug 1603 – 29 Jul 1613 ) #

António de Aguiar Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(21 Oct 1613 – 1632 ) #

Gonçalo da Silva Gonçalo is a Portuguese masculine given name and family name. People with the name include: * Gonçalo Brandão, a Portuguese footballer *Gonçalo Coelho, a Portuguese explorer of the South Atlantic and of the South American coast *Gonçalo Foro, ...

(6 Sep 1632 – 16 Feb 1649 )

Vicars Apostolic of Morocco

Francisco María Cervera y Cervera Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, O.F.M. (8 Apr 1908 – 26 Mar 1926 ) #

José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, O.F.M. (17 Jul 1926 – 27 Dec 1948 ) #

Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

, O.F.M. (27 Dec 1948 – 14 Nov 1956 ''see below'')

Archbishops of Tanger

, O.F.M. (''see above'' 14 Nov 1956 – 17 Dec 1973 ) #

Carlos Amigo Vallejo Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (23 August 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Seville from 1982 to 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was archbishop of Tangier in Morocco from 19 ...

, O.F.M. (17 Dec 1973 – 22 May 1982 ), appointed Archbishop of Sevilla , Spain (Cardinal in 2003) #

José Antonio Peteiro Freire José Antonio Peteiro Freire (20 July 1936 – 25 March 2010) was a Spanish-born Moroccan Roman Catholic prelate, who served as the third Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger from 2 July 1983 until his retirement on 23 March 2 ...

, O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 – 23 Mar 2005 ) # Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 – 24 May 2019 )

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Tanger Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

Tangier 1469 establishments 15th-century establishments in Morocco

History

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Morocco

Archbishops of Tanger

See also

External links