Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria

Diocese of Osma-Soria
Dioecesis Oxomensis-Sorianus
Diócesis de Osma-Soria

Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Burgos
Metropolitan Burgos
Statistics
Area 10,328 km2 (3,988 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
95,700
76,900 (80.4%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma
Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of St Peter in Soria
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Abilio Martínez Varea
Metropolitan Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria (Latin: Oxomen(sis)–Sorian(us)) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Soria Province, in the Castilla y Leon region of northern Spain.[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, in El Burgo de Osma. It also has a co-cathedral, Concatedral de San Pedro, dedicated to St. Peter, in Soria, and a minor basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Miagros Miagros, in Ágreda, Soria, Castile and León, Spain.

History

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Statistics

Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción and city walls

As per 2014, it pastorally served 80,000 Catholics (85.8% of 93,291 total) on 10,287 km² in 542 parishes and 19 missions with 128 priests (103 diocesan, 25 religious), 212 lay religious (38 brothers, 174 sisters) and 1 seminarian.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

very incomplete : lacking first centuries
Suffragan Bishops of Osma
BIOs TO ELABORATE
Suffragan Bishops of Osma-Soria=

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Osma-Soria" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Osma-Soria" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 16 March, 2017
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  4. "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  5. "Bishop Antonio Valdés Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016

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