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Diocese of Lugo

Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania

Diócesis de Lugo ( es)
Diocese de Lugo ( gl)
Location
Country  Spain
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Compostela
Metropolitan Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
296,961
296,389 (99.8%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established2nd Century
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopAlfonso Carrasco Rouco
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Website
diocesisdelugo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo ( Latin: Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. [1] [2]

The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city.

It also has a World Heritage Site : the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.

Extent and statistics

As per 2012, it pastorally served 288,000 Catholics (99.2% of 290,200 total) on 7,703 km2 in 1,139 parishes with 376 priests (315 diocesan, 61 religious), 318 lay religious (83 brothers, 235 sisters) and 7 seminarians. [2]

Its jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three administrative Spanish provinces :

History

[2]

Episcopal Ordinaries of Lugo

Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (initial period)
First period unavailable
Metropolitan Archbishops of Lugo
always the Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (745–1063)
Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (again) [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Lugo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 self-published
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Diocese of Lugo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 16 February 2017 self-published
  3. ^ "Bishop Arias Medín" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  4. ^ "Bishop Rodrigo Ibáñez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  5. ^ "Bishop Pedro López de Aguiar, OP" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 January 2015 self-published
  6. ^ "Bishop Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  7. ^ "Bishop Pedro Ribera" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 self-published
  8. ^ "Bishop Martín Tristán Calvete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  9. ^ "Bishop Juan Suárez Carvajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  10. ^ "Bishop Francisco Delgado López" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 self-published
  11. ^ "Bishop Fernando Vellosillo Barrio" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 self-published
  12. ^ "Bishop Juan Ruiz de Villarán" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 self-published
  13. ^ "Bishop Juan del Pozo Horta, OP" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 self-published

Sources and external links

  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
  • (in English) GCatholic.org - Diocese of Lugo self-published
  • (in English) Catholic Hierarchy - Diocese of Lugo self-published
  • (in English) Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lugo" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • (in Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense
  • (in Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo