Diocese of Gibraltar

Diocese of Gibraltar
Basic data
Country	United Kingdom
Ecclesiastical province	Immediate
Diocesan bishop	Carmelo Zammit
surface	6 km²
Parishes	5 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Residents	29,431 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics	23,495 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
proportion of	79.8%
Diocesan priest	5 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest	2 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest	3,356
Friars	2 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters	1 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	English
cathedral	Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned
Website	www.catholicdiocese.gi

St Mary the Crowned Cathedral

The Diocese of Gibraltar ( Latin : Dioecesis Gibraltariensis ) is a Roman Catholic diocese and covers the entire British overseas territory of Gibraltar . It is directly subordinate to the Holy See ( immediate ).

history

The area around Gibraltar was part of the diocese of Cádiz and is thus part of the Catholic Church in Spain from its origins , but legally separated from it by the fact that Gibraltar has been part of the British Empire since 1713. The majority of Gibraltar's population remained Catholic. The Anglican Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe also operates from Gibraltar, but is responsible for all of continental Europe.

The Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar, established in 1816, was elevated to an immediate diocese on November 19, 1910 .

In 2002 the Diocese of Gibraltar had 16 diocesan priests, 1 religious priest and 5 religious sisters in 5 parishes . While the number of women religious in the city is decreasing, the diocese has seen a certain increase in diocesan priests, in the past there were hardly more than ten.

The Marian shrine “Our Lady of Europe” is located in the diocese.

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic Gibraltar

	image	Surname	Titular seat	appointment	Resigned or died
1		John Baptist Nosardy Zino		January 25, 1816	1839
2		Henry Hughes OFM	Heliopolis in Augustamnica	March 15, 1839	1856
3		John Baptist Scandella	Antinoe	April 28, 1857	August 27, 1880
4th		Gonzalo Canilla	Lystra	March 8, 1881	October 18, 1898
5		James Bellord	Milevum	April 5, 1899	July 29, 1901
6th		Guido Remigio Barbieri OSB	Theodoropolis	July 29, 1901	April 15, 1910

Bishops of the Diocese of Gibraltar

	image	Surname	appointment	Resigned or died
7th		Henry Gregory Thompson	November 10, 1910	May 25, 1927
8th		Richard John Fitzgerald	May 25, 1927	February 15, 1956
9		John Farmer Healy	July 18, 1956	17th February 1973
10		Edward Rapallo	5th July 1973	February 6, 1984
11		Bernard Patrick Devlin	20th October 1984	February 14, 1998
12		Charles Caruana	February 14, 1998	July 10, 2010
13		Ralph Heskett	July 10, 2010	May 20, 2014
14th		Carmelo Zammit	June 24, 2016

See also

• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry on John Baptist Zino on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
2. ^ Entry on Henry Hughes at catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
3. ^ Entry on John Baptist Scandella on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
4. ↑ entry to Gonzalo Canilla on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
5. ↑ Entry on James Bellord on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
6. ↑ Entry on Guido Remigio Barbieri on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
7. ^ Entry on Henry Gregory Thompson at catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
8. ↑ Entry on Richard John Fitzgerald on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
9. ↑ Entry on John Farmer Healy on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.
10. ↑ Entry on Edward Rapallo on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved December 9, 2017.

Web links

• Entry for the Diocese of Gibraltar on catholic-hierarchy.org
• Entry on the Diocese of Gibraltar on gcatholic.org (English)
• Homepage of the Diocese of Gibraltar (English)