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)
- Annuario code
- 001002359
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,600,000
- Population
- 1,923,667
- Catholic share
- 83.2%
- Priests
- 192
- Catholics per priest
- 8,333
- Extent
- 25,153 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 64
of the people living within its bounds
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].