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.
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,
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 (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 {Seville}, 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
External links
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