Archdiocese of Tánger
Tingitan(us)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Tánger, Morocco
The Archdiocese of Tanger is a Latin rite see in northern Morocco, raised to an archdiocese in 1956 and immediately subject to the Holy See rather than being part of an ecclesiastical province. It is led by Archbishop Emilio Rocha Grande, O.F.M., appointed in 2023.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 November 1956
- Latin
- Tingitan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001003165
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,500
- Population
- 4,175,000
- Catholic share
- 0.1%
- Priests
- 15
- Catholics per priest
- 167
- Extent
- 28,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.1
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
- Emilio Rocha Grande
- Born
- 8 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Madrid
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Holy Spirit stands in Tánger, 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
Morocco's Archdiocese of Tangier (Latin: Archidioecesis Tingitanus) is a Roman Catholic jurisdiction headquartered in the city of Tangier and immediately subject to the Holy See.
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].