List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Spain
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The diocesan system of Christian church government in Spain: the country is divided into fourteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 70 dioceses and archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
[edit] List of Dioceses:
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona.
- Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat.
- Diocese of Terrassa.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Burgos:
- Archdiocese of Burgos.
- Diocese of Bilbao.
- Diocese of Osma-Soria.
- Diocese of Palencia.
- Diocese of Vitoria.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Granada:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada.
- Diocese of Almería.
- Diocese of Cartagena.
- Diocese of Guadix.
- Diocese of Jaén.
- [Diocese of Málaga].
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Madrid:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid.
- Diocese of Alcalá de Henares.
- Diocese of Getafe.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz:
- Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.
- Diocese of Coria-Cáceres.
- Diocese of Plasencia.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo:
- Archdiocese of Oviedo.
- Diocese of Astorga.
- Diocese of León.
- Diocese of Santander.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona:
- Archdiocese of Pamplona.
- Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño.
- Diocese of Jaca — Created in 1572 out of Huesca.
- Diocese of San Sebastián.
- Diocese of Tudela.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
- Diocese of Lugo.
- Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol.
- Diocese of Ourense.
- Diocese of Tui-Vigo.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Seville:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville.
- Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta.
- Diocese of the Canaries.
- Diocese of Córdoba.
- Diocese of Huelva.
- Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.
- Diocese of Tenerife.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona:
- Archdiocese of Tarragona — created in Roman times, reestablished in 1118.
- Diocese of Girona.
- Diocese of Lleida — Created in the 3rd century, after the Moorish conquest moved to:
- Diocese of Roda — until 1101, then moved to Barbastro:
- Diocese of Barbastro-Roda — 1101-1149, then moved back to Lleida.
- Diocese of Solsona.
- Diocese of Tortosa.
- Diocese of Urgell.
- Diocese of Vic.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Toledo:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo.
- Diocese of Albacete.
- Diocese of Ciudad Real.
- Diocese of Cuenca.
- Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Valencia:
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia.
- Diocese of Ibiza.
- Diocese of Mallorca.
- Diocese of Minorca.
- Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.
- Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón — Created in 1960.
- Diocese of Segorbe — 6th-7th centuries.
- Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in Albarracín.
- Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín — 1259-1571 or 1576.
- Diocese of Segorbe — 1571 or 1577-1960.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid:
- Archdiocese of Valladolid.
- Diocese of Ávila.
- Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo.
- Diocese of Salamanca.
- Diocese of Segovia.
- Diocese of Zamora.
[edit] Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza:
- Archdiocese of Zaragoza — Created in Roman times, became a metropolitan see in 1318.
- Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón — Created in 1995.
- Diocese of Huesca — Created in or before the 6th century, after 713 moved to:
- Bishops of Aragon — until 1063, then the seat moved to Jaca:
- Seat in Jaca — 1063-1096, then moved back to Huesca.
- Diocese of Tarazona — Created in or before the 5th century.
- Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín — Created in 1985.
- Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in Albarracín.
- Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín — 1259-1571 or 1576.
- Diocese of Albarracín — 1577-1852.
- Diocese of Teruel — 1577-1851.
- Diocese of Teruel-Albarracín — 1852-1984.
[edit] Reference
- Spanish Episcopal Conference [1]
- Giga-Catholic Information
