Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis
Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Brazil
Statistics
Area	25,153 km2 (9,712 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 1,923,667 1,627,542 (84.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	29 December 1909 (115 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Metropolitan Archbishop	João Santos Cardoso
Bishops emeritus	Heitor de Araújo Sales Matias Patrício de Macêdo
Map
Website
www.arquidiocesedenatal.org.br

The Roman Catholic MetropolitanArchdiocese of Natal (Latin:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis) is anarchdiocese located in the city ofNatal inBrazil.

• December 29, 1909: Established as the Diocese of Natal from theDiocese of Paraíba
• February 16, 1952: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal

• Archbishops of Natal (Roman rite), below
  • Archbishop João Santos Cardoso (since 2023.07.05)
  • Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (2011.12.21 - 2023.07.)
  • Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2003.11.26 – 2011.12.21)
  • ArchbishopHeitor de Araújo Sales (1993.10.27 – 2003.11.26)
  • ArchbishopAlair Vilar Fernandes de Melo (1988.04.06 – 1993.10.27)
  • ArchbishopNivaldo Monte (1967.09.06 – 1988.04.06)
  • ArchbishopMarcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (1952.02.16 – 1967.04.08)
• Bishops of Natal (Roman Rite), below
  • Bishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (later Archbishop) (1929.03.01 – 1952.02.16)
  • BishopJosé Pereira Alves (1922.10.27 – 1928.01.27)
  • BishopAntônio dos Santos Cabral (1917.09.01 – 1921.11.21), appointed Bishop of Belo Horizonte; future Archbishop
  • BishopJoaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1910.10.23 – 1915.06.14)

• Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1954-1964), appointed Apostolic Administrator of São Salvador da Bahia; future Cardinal
• Antônio Soares Costa, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco in 1993

• 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

• Diocese of Caicó
• Diocese of Mossoró

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website (Portuguese)

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