Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Natal

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal (Archidioecesis Metropolitae Natalensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Natal in Brazil.

History

 * December 29, 1909: Established as the Diocese of Natal from the Diocese of Paraíba
 * February 16, 1952: Promoted as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

 * Archbishops of Natal (Roman rite), below
 * Archbishop João Santos Cardoso (since 2023.07.05)
 * Archbishop Jaime Vieira Rocha (2011.12.21 - 2023.07.)
 * Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (2003.11.26 – 2011.12.21)
 * Archbishop Heitor de Araújo Sales (1993.10.27 – 2003.11.26)
 * Archbishop Alair Vilar Fernandes de Melo (1988.04.06 – 1993.10.27)
 * Archbishop Nivaldo Monte (1967.09.06 – 1988.04.06)
 * Archbishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (1952.02.16 – 1967.04.08)
 * Bishops of Natal (Roman Rite), below
 * Bishop Marcolino Esmeraldo de Souza Dantas (later Archbishop) (1929.03.01 – 1952.02.16)
 * Bishop José Pereira Alves (1922.10.27 – 1928.01.27)
 * Bishop Antônio dos Santos Cabral (1917.09.01 – 1921.11.21), appointed Bishop of Belo Horizonte; future Archbishop
 * Bishop Joaquim Antônio d’Almeida (1910.10.23 – 1915.06.14)

Auxiliary bishops

 * Eugênio de Araújo Sales (1954-1964), appointed Apostolic Administrator of São Salvador da Bahia; future Cardinal
 * Antônio Soares Costa, appointed Bishop of Caruaru, Pernambuco in 1993

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

 * José Tomas Gomes da Silva, appointed Bishop of Aracajú in 1911
 * Francisco Canindé Palhano, appointed Bishop of Bonfim, Bahia in 2006
 * Edilson Soares Nobre, appointed Bishop of Oeiras, Piaui in 2017

Suffragan dioceses

 * Diocese of Caicó
 * Diocese of Mossoró