Diocese of Ciudad Real
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Diocese of Ciudad Real
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toledo |
| Diocesan bishop | Gerardo Melgar Viciosa |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando |
| founding | 1875 |
| surface | 19,813 km² |
| Parishes | 164 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 513.713 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 508,487 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 99% |
| Diocesan priest | 186 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,230 |
| Friars | 101 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 471 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Santa María del Prado |
| Website | www.diocesisciudadreal.es |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Real ( Latin Dioecesis Civitatis Regalensis , Spanish diócesis de Ciudad Real ) is one in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Ciudad Real .
history
The diocese Ciudad Real was on November 18, 1875 by Pope Pius IX. established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad Apostolicam as the territorial prelature of Ciudad Real . On February 4, 1980, the territorial prelature Ciudad Real was raised to a diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Constat militarium and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Toledo as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Ciudad Real
- Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez , 1877–1882, then Bishop of Orihuela
- Antonio María Cascajares y Azara , 1882–1884, then Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
- José María Rancés y Villanueva , 1886–1898, then Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta
- Casimiro Piñera y Naredo , 1898-1904
- Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui , 1905–1914, then Bishop of Segovia
- Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz , 1914–1922, then Bishop of Orihuela
- Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría , 1922-1936
- Emeterio Echeverria Barrena , 1942-1954
- Juan Hervás y Benet , 1955-1976
- Rafael Torija de la Fuente , 1976-1980
Bishops of Ciudad Real
- Rafael Torija de la Fuente, 1980-2003
- Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando , 2003–2016
- Gerardo Melgar Viciosa , since 2016
See also
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Ciudad Real - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Ciudad Real (Spanish)
- Entry on the Diocese of Ciudad Real on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Constat militarium , AAS 73 (1981), n.2, pp. 145f.