roman, catholic, archdiocese, tanger, latin, dioecesis, tingitanus, roman, catholic, archdiocese, morocco, headquartered, tangier, immediately, subject, holy, archdiocese, tangerarchidioecesis, tingitanusarchidiocèse, tangerthe, cathedral, tangier, locationcou. 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 Archdiocese of TangerArchidioecesis TingitanusArchidiocese de TangerThe cathedral in Tangier LocationCountryMoroccoTerritoryTanger northern MoroccoStatisticsPopulation Total Catholics as of 2014 4 175 0002 500 1 InformationDenominationRoman Catholic ChurchRiteRomanEstablished14 November 1956Current leadershipPopeFrancisArchbishopEmilio Rocha Grande OFMBishops emeritusSantiago Agrelo Martinez OFMMapP Contents 1 History 2 Ordinaries 2 1 Vicars Apostolic of Morocco 2 2 Archbishops of Tanger 3 See also 4 External linksHistory edit1469 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 TangerOrdinaries editNuno Alvares de Aguiar O S B 1469 15 Jul 1491 Diogo Ortiz de Villegas 1491 3 May 1500 Joao Lobo 4 May 1500 1508 Nicolau Pedro Mendes 4 Mar 1523 1542 Goncalo 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 Geronimo de Gouveia O F M 24 Jan 1601 1602 Agostinho Ribeiro 27 Aug 1603 29 Jul 1613 Antonio de Aguiar 21 Oct 1613 1632 Goncalo da Silva 6 Sep 1632 16 Feb 1649 Vicars Apostolic of Morocco edit Francisco Maria Cervera y Cervera O F M 8 Apr 1908 26 Mar 1926 Jose Maria Betanzos y Hormaechevarria O F M 17 Jul 1926 27 Dec 1948 Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego O F M 27 Dec 1948 14 Nov 1956 see below Archbishops of Tanger edit 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 Jose Antonio Peteiro Freire O F M 2 Jul 1983 23 Mar 2005 Santiago Agrelo Martinez O F M 11 Apr 2007 24 May 2019 See also editList of Roman Catholic dioceses in Morocco Roman Catholic Archdiocese of RabatExternal links editCatholic Hierarchy35 46 00 N 5 48 00 W 35 7667 N 5 8000 W 35 7667 5 8000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger amp oldid 1151634544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
