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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal
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Diocese of Natal from the
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363:, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco in 1993
279:Archbishop João Santos Cardoso (since 2023.07.05)
368:Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
220:Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal
832:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Natal
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228:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis
92:25,153 km (9,712 sq mi)
30:Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis
376:, appointed Bishop of Aracajú in 1911
318:Bishops of Natal (Roman Rite), below
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16:Catholic ecclesiastical territory
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131:29 December 1909 (114 years ago)
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276:of Natal (Roman rite), below
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374:José Tomas Gomes da Silva
342:(1910.10.23 – 1915.06.14)
340:Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida
333:Antônio dos Santos Cabral
328:(1922.10.27 – 1928.01.27)
313:(1952.02.16 – 1967.04.08)
306:(1967.09.06 – 1988.04.06)
299:(1988.04.06 – 1993.10.27)
292:(1993.10.27 – 2003.11.26)
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178:Matias Patrício de Macêdo
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163:Metropolitan Archbishop
140:Catedral Metropolitana
713:Catholicism portal
290:Heitor de Araújo Sales
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176:Heitor de Araújo Sales
108:1,627,542 (84.6%)
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663:São Salvador da Bahia
693:Vitória da Conquista
653:São Luís do Maranhão
386:Edilson Soares Nobre
361:Antônio Soares Costa
206:.arquidiocesedenatal
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167:João Santos Cardoso
742:5.7881°S 35.2038°W
421:Catholic Hierarchy
404:Diocese of Mossoró
393:Suffragan dioceses
326:José Pereira Alves
253:Diocese of Paraíba
148:Current leadership
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628:Porto Velho
613:Passo Fundo
309:Archbishop
302:Archbishop
295:Archbishop
288:Archbishop
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128:Established
113:Information
816:Categories
733:35°12′14″W
528:Diamantina
122:Latin Rite
97:Population
84:Statistics
730:5°47′17″S
658:São Paulo
543:Fortaleza
473:Aparecida
136:Cathedral
106:1,923,667
49:Cathedral
678:Teresina
673:Sorocaba
648:Santarém
558:Londrina
523:Curitiba
513:Cascavel
503:Campinas
498:Brasília
493:Botucatu
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688:Vitória
683:Uberaba
618:Pelotas
608:Paraíba
593:Niterói
578:Maringá
573:Mariana
548:Goiânia
478:Aracaju
410:Sources
338:Bishop
331:Bishop
324:Bishop
274:bishops
262:Bishops
246:History
197:Website
157:Francis
72:Country
603:Palmas
568:Manaus
563:Maceió
518:Cuiabá
240:Brazil
77:Brazil
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236:Natal
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