Archdiocese of Natal
Natalen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Natal, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Natal is a Latin Rite metropolitan see in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1909 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1952. Its suffragan dioceses include Caicó and Mossoró.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 December 1909
- Latin
- Natalen(sis)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Apresentação
- Annuario code
- 001002359
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,600,000
- Population
- 1,923,667
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 83.2%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 8,333
- Extent
- 25,153 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- João Santos Cardoso
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Apresentação stands in Natal, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Natal
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaicóCaicó
- Diocese of MossoróMossoró
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Natal in Brazil is the seat of a metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.