Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo

Archdiocese of Oviedo
Archidioecesis Ovetensis
Location
Country Spain
Statistics
Area 10,565 km2 (4,079 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
1,075,381
1,016,235 (94.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Catedral Metropolitana Basílica de San Salvador
(Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour)
Current leadership
Bishop Jesús Sanz Montes O.F.M.

The Archdiocese of Oviedo (Latin: Oveten(sis)) is an Archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Spain. The archdiocese encompasses roughly the current autonomous community of Asturias or Principality of Asturias. Erected in the 9th century, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1954. The diocesan see is in the city of Oviedo, where the Catedral de San Salvador is located.

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History

Suffragan dioceses

Special churches

Leadership

See also

Source

Province of Barcelona
Province of Burgos
Province of Granada
Province of Madrid
Province of Mérida-Badajoz
Province of Oviedo
Archdiocese of Oviedo · Diocese of Astorga · Diocese of León · Diocese of Santander
Province of Pamplona
Province of
Santiago de Compostela
Province of Seville
Province of Tarragona
Province of Toledo
Province of Valencia
Province of Valladolid
Province of Zaragoza
Military Ordinariate