Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VIII, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic vicariates

Natal, Diocese of

NATAL, DIOCESI DI

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NATAL. DIOCESE of - A Franciscan missionary of Mary gives an open-air lesson.

NATAL, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the State of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, suffragan of Paraíba.

It has about 500,000 inhabitants; it has 24 parishes served by 23 diocesan priests; it has a seminary, 4 male religious communities and 5 female ones.

The diocese was created by Pope Pius X with the apostolic constitution Apostolica in singulis of 11 Nov. 1909. The Cathedral is dedicated to the Presentation.

The first bishop was Msgr. G. De Almeida (1911-15); he was followed by Msgr. A. dos Santos Cabral (1918-21), then by Msgr. G. Pereira Alves (1922-28); the current bishop is Msgr. M. De Souza Dantas since 1929.

Pope Pius XII, with the apostolic constitution Pro Ecclesiarum omnium of 28 July 1934, dismembered from the diocese of N. a group of parishes, creating the new diocese of Mossoró (v.).

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BIBL.: AAS, 27 (1935), pp. 325-28; O Brasil católico 1947, Juiz de Fora 1947, pp. 237-39.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 1666.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Natal, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 1666. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/natal-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Natal, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 1666. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/natal-diocesi-di.

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  title     = {Natal, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
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