The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Natal (Latin: 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
Bishops
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
- Archbishops of Natal (Roman rite), below
- 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