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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger
Catholic archdiocese in Morocco
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.
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Country | Morocco |
Territory | Tanger, northern Morocco |
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Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 4,175,000 2,500 (.1%) |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman |
Established | 14 November 1956 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Emilio Rocha Grande, OFM |
Bishops emeritus | Santiago Agrelo Martínez, OFM |
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- 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
- Nuno Álvares de Aguiar, O.S.B. † ( 1469 – 15 Jul 1491 )
- Diogo Ortiz de Villegas ( 1491 – 3 May 1500)
- João Lobo (4 May 1500 – 1508 )
- Nicolau Pedro Mendes (4 Mar 1523 – 1542 )
- Gonçalo Pinheiro (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 (11 Mar 1598 – 1600 )
- Gerónimo de Gouveia, O.F.M. (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 )
- Agostinho Ribeiro (27 Aug 1603 – 29 Jul 1613 )
- António de Aguiar (21 Oct 1613 – 1632 )
- Gonçalo da Silva (6 Sep 1632 – 16 Feb 1649 )
Vicars Apostolic of Morocco
Archbishops of Tanger
- Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M. (see above 14 Nov 1956 – 17 Dec 1973 )
- Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (17 Dec 1973 – 22 May 1982 ), appointed Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville}, Spain (Cardinal in 2003)
- José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M. (2 Jul 1983 – 23 Mar 2005 )
- Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M. (11 Apr 2007 – 24 May 2019 )