Diocese of San Sebastián

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Diocese of San Sebastián
Dioecesis Sancti Sebastiani
Statistics
Country: Spain
Metropolitan: Pamplona y Tudela
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 1,977 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
684,416 (2004)
621,988 (90.9%)
Cathedral: Catedral de El Buen Pastor
(Cathedral of the Good Shepherd)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastián {Latin: Sancti Sebastiani } is a diocese located in the city of San Sebastián in the Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona y Tudela in Spain.

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[edit] History

  • November 2, 1949: Established as Diocese of San Sebastián

[edit] Special Churches

Catedral de El Buen Pastor (Cathedral of the Good Shepherd)
Catedral de El Buen Pastor
(Cathedral of the Good Shepherd)
  • Minor Basillicas:
    • Basílica de San Ignacio de Loyola, Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco
    • Basílica de Santa María del Coro, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of San Sebastián (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya (since 2000.01.13)
    • Bishop José María Setién Alberro (1979.02.16 – 2000.01.13)
    • Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea (1968.11.18 – 1979.02.16)
    • Bishop Lorenzo Bereciartúa y Balerdi (1963.08.06 – 1968.10.23)
    • Bishop Jaime Font y Andreu (1950.05.13 – 1963.02.13)

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

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