The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a
Roman Catholic 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 ...
in
Morocco. Headquartered in
Tangier, it is immediately subject to the
Holy See.
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
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Nuno Álvares de Aguiar Nuno can refer to
* Nuno (given name)
:* Nuno Espirito Santo, football manager
:* Nuno Tavares, football player
* Nuño (given name)
* Nuno felting, a fabric felting technique
*'' Nuno'', meaning "ancestor" in Philippine languages, usually in refer ...
,
O.S.B. † ( 1469 – 15 Jul 1491 )
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Diogo Ortiz de Villegas ( 1491 – 3 May 1500)
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João Lobo
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below.
Kings
* Jo ...
(4 May 1500 – 1508 )
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Nicolau Pedro Mendes Nicolau is a Portuguese language, Portuguese and Catalan language, Catalan given name, a variant of Nicholas. People known by this name include:
*Nicolau Coelho, Portuguese explorer
*Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East-Timorese politician and national he ...
(4 Mar 1523 – 1542 )
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Gonçalo Pinheiro (23 Nov 1542 – 27 Jun 1552 )
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Francisco Quaresma,
O.F.M. (15 Dec 1557 – 1585 )
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Diogo Correia de Sousa (15 Jul 1585 – 16 Feb 1598 )
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Heitor de Valadares Heitor is a given name (''Hector'' in the Portuguese language) which may refer to:
* Heitor (footballer, born 1898) (1898–1972), Ettore Marcelino Dominguez, Brazilian football striker
* Heitor (Portuguese footballer) (born 1978), Portuguese foot ...
(11 Mar 1598 – 1600 )
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Gerónimo de Gouveia,
O.F.M. (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 )
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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 )
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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 )
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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
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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 ...
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O.F.M. (8 Apr 1908 – 26 Mar 1926 )
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José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría,
O.F.M. (17 Jul 1926 – 27 Dec 1948 )
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Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego,
O.F.M. (27 Dec 1948 – 14 Nov 1956 ''see below'')
Archbishops of Tanger
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Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego,
O.F.M. (''see above'' 14 Nov 1956 – 17 Dec 1973 )
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Carlos Amigo Vallejo,
O.F.M. (17 Dec 1973 – 22 May 1982 ), appointed Archbishop of Sevilla , Spain (Cardinal in 2003)
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José Antonio Peteiro Freire,
O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 – 23 Mar 2005 )
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Santiago Agrelo Martínez
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, wh ...
,
O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 – 24 May 2019 )
See also
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Morocco
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat ( la, Archidioecesis Rabatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Morocco. It was erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Rabat on July 2, 1923, by Pope Pius XI, and ...
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy
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Tanger
Tangier
1469 establishments
15th-century establishments in Morocco