Archdiocese of Natal
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal is an archdiocese located in the city of Natal in Brazil.
History
- December 29, 1909: Established as the Diocese of Natal from the Diocese of Paraíba
- February 16, 1952: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Archbishops of Natal, below
- * Archbishop João Santos Cardoso
- * Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha
- * Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo
- * Archbishop Heitor de Araújo Sales
- * Archbishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo
- * Archbishop Nivaldo Monte
- * Archbishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas
- Bishops of Natal, below
- * Bishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas
- * Bishop José Pereira Alves
- * Bishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral, appointed Bishop of Belo Horizonte; future Archbishop
- * Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida
Auxiliary bishops
- Eugênio de Araújo Sales, appointed Apostolic Administrator of São Salvador da Bahia; future Cardinal
- Antônio Soares Costa, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco in 1993
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- José Tomas Gomes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Aracajú in 1911
- Francisco Canindé Palhano, appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia in 2006
- Edilson Soares Nobre, appointed Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui in 2017