Diocese of Cartagena
| Diocese of Cartagena | |
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Granada |
| Diocesan bishop | José Manuel Lorca Planes |
| Auxiliary bishop | Sebastián Chico Martínez |
| Vicar General | Juan Tudela García |
| founding | 1st century |
| surface | 11,320 km² |
| Parishes | 291 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,466,818 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,248,227 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 434 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 77 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,443 |
| Friars | 132 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 656 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Santa María la Mayor in Cartagena |
| Co-cathedral | Concatedral de Santa María in Murcia |
| Website | www.diocesisdecartagena.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena ( lat. : Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Hispania ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Murcia .
history
The diocese of Cartagena was established in the 1st century. On July 9, 1492, the Diocese of Cartagena was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Valencia as a suffragan . The Diocese of Cartagena gave up on July 14, 1564 parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Orihuela . In 1851 the Diocese of Cartagena was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Granada as a suffragan. On November 2, 1949, the Diocese of Cartagena gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Albacete .
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Cartagena - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Cartagena (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Cartagena on catholic-hierarchy.org
