Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia

Diocese of Plasencia
Dioecesis Placentinus in Hispania
Diócesis de Plasencia

Plasencia Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Mérida-Badajoz
Metropolitan Mérida-Badajoz
Statistics
Area 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
272,654
266,724 (97.8%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 1189
Cathedral New Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary in Plasencia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Amadeo Rodríguez Magro
Metropolitan Archbishop Santiago García Aracil
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Placentin(us) in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (Gothic new cathedral), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.

Statistics

As per 2015, it pastorally served 261,853 Catholics (95.9% of 273,172 total) on 10,354 km² in 200 parishes with 177 priests (160 diocesan, 17 religious), 360 lay religious (31 brothers, 329 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

History

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite) [3]

Suffragan Bishops of Plasencia
Tomb of Bishop Pedro Ponce de León.
BIOs TO ELABORATE

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Plasencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Plasencia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/plas0.htm
  4. "Archbishop Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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