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

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 ) # Diogo Ortiz de Villegas ( 1491 – 3 May 1500) #

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 ) #

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 ) #

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, O.F.M. (15 Dec 1557 – 1585 ) # Diogo Correia de Sousa (15 Jul 1585 – 16 Feb 1598 ) #

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 ) # 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 vernac ...

, 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 o ...

, 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 197 ...

, 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 Marc ...

, O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 – 23 Mar 2005 ) #

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, O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 – 24 May 2019 )

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History

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Morocco

Archbishops of Tanger

See also

External links