Metropolitan see Natal, Brazil
Archdiocese of Natal
Natalen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1909
- Catholics
- 1,600,000
- Priests
- 192
- Territory
- 25,153 km²
Parishes and churches
107 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nossa Senhora das DoresBrejinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora das GraçasAfonso BezerraView parish
- Nossa Senhora das Graças e Santa TeresinhaNatalView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaParnamirimView parish
- Nossa Senhora de FátimaPassa e FicaView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesCampo RedondoView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesIpanguaçuView parish
- Nossa Senhora de LourdesNatalView parish
- Nossa Senhora de NazaréParazinhoView parish
- Nossa Senhora do AmparoCoronel EzequielView parish
- Nossa Senhora do CarmoParnamirimView parish
- Nossa Senhora do LivramentoTaipuView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroBarcelonaView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroQuintasView parish
- Nossa Senhora do RosárioAlto do RodriguesView parish
- Nossa Senhora do ÓNísia FlorestaView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos ImpossíveisPitimbuView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos NavegantesRedinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos NavegantesRio do FogoView parish
- Nossa Senhora dos PrazeresGoianinhaView parish
- Nossa Senhora Mãe dos HomensJoão CâmaraView parish
- Nossa Senhora Rainha da PazNova ParnamirimView parish
- Nossa Senhora Virgem dos PobresParnamirimView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaNatalView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusMorro BrancoView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusBom JesusView parish
- Sagrado Coração de JesusRiachueloView parish
- Santa ClaraPitimbuView parish
- Santa LuziaBoa EsperançaView parish
- Santa Maria MãeConjunto Santa CatarinaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- João Santos Cardoso
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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.
History
The city of Natal in Brazil is the seat of a metropolitan archdiocese, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis.
This see in the wire
Stories that name this see
The wire's resolver matched this see in the text of each story.
- Dom João Santos Cardoso writes on family
- Dom João Santos Cardoso writes about digital education
- Dom João Santos Cardoso says family is first school of human values
- Archbishop João Santos Cardoso leads retreat
- Archbishop João Santos Cardoso leads retreat
Filed by the see itself
Published on the see's own news feed. A diocese reports on the whole Church, so these are often about somewhere else.
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Diocese of Natal builds cisterns for 642 families
The Diocese of Natal built rainwater harvesting cisterns for 642 families in the Trairi region to provide water for human consumption. Representatives from rural families in the municipalities of Coronel Ezequiel, São Bento do Trairi, Santa Cruz, and Campo Redondo met on Wednesday, September 23, in the Gurjaú community in Coronel Ezequiel to mark the project. The cisterns are intended to improve living conditions by capturing rainwater for household use.
- Dom José Sílvio de Brito attends new bishops' course in Rome
- Dom João Santos Cardoso updates offerings, fees, and emoluments
- Arquidiocese de Natal holds first synodal assembly
- Diocese of Natal ordains Severino Germano da Silva
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