Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tanger

History

• 1469: Established as Diocese of Morocco from the Diocese of Ceuta in Portugal
• 1570: Suppressed
• 28 November 1630: Restored as Apostolic Prefecture of Morocco. Possibly suppressed in 1649.
• 14 April 1908: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Morocco
• 14 November 1956: Promoted as Archdiocese of Tanger

  Ordinaries

1. Nuno Álvares de Aguiar, O.S.B. †
2. Diogo Ortiz de Villegas
3. João Lobo
4. Nicolau Pedro Mendes
5. Gonçalo Pinheiro
6. Francisco Quaresma, O.F.M.
7. Diogo Correia de Sousa
8. Heitor de Valadares
9. Gerónimo de Gouveia, O.F.M.
10. Agostinho Ribeiro
11. António de Aguiar
12. Gonçalo da Silva

    Vicars Apostolic of Morocco

13. Francisco María Cervera y Cervera, O.F.M.
14. José María Betanzos y Hormaechevarría, O.F.M.
15. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M.

    Archbishops of Tanger

16. Francisco Aldegunde Dorrego, O.F.M.
17. Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., appointed Archbishop of Sevilla, Spain
18. José Antonio Peteiro Freire, O.F.M.
19. Santiago Agrelo Martínez, O.F.M.