The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger ( la, Dioecesis Tingitanus) is a
Roman Catholic
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archdiocese in
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 t ...
. 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 capi ...
, 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
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* 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,
O.S.B.
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, found ...
† ( 1469 – 15 Jul 1491 )
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Diogo Ortiz de Villegas ( 1491 – 3 May 1500)
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João Lobo (4 May 1500 – 1508 )
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Nicolau Pedro Mendes (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 (11 Mar 1598 – 1600 )
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Gerónimo de Gouveia,
O.F.M. (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 )
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Agostinho Ribeiro (27 Aug 1603 – 29 Jul 1613 )
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António de Aguiar (21 Oct 1613 – 1632 )
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Gonçalo da Silva (6 Sep 1632 – 16 Feb 1649 )
Vicars Apostolic of Morocco
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Francisco María Cervera y Cervera,
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,
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
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy
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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 ca ...
Tangier
1469 establishments
15th-century establishments in Morocco