Diocese of Guadix
| Diocese of Guadix | |
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Granada |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar |
| surface | 5,677 km² |
| Parishes | 74 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 102,263 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 98,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 95.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 54 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,750 |
| Friars | 9 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 99 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación in Guadix |
| Co-cathedral | Concatedral de Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación in Baza |
| Website | www.diocesisdeguadix.es |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix ( Latin Dioecesis Guadicensis ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Guadix .
history
The diocese of Guadix was established in the 1st century. According to a legend, which is attested in the martyrology of Lyon from 806, it was founded by Saint Torquatus of Acci , one of the "Seven Apostles of Spain". Together with Torquatus as Bishop of Acci (today: Guadix) these were: Caecilius of Illiberis (today: Granada ), Ctesiphon of Vergium (today: Berja ), Secundus of Abula (today: Abla ), Indaletius of Urci (today: Almería ) , Hesychius of Carteia (today: Cazorla ) and Euphrasius of Illiturgum (today: Andújar ). The boundaries of the diocese early Guadix were older historians like García de Loaysa and Ambrosio de Morales describes the sources from the time of the Visigoth King Wamba lead (7th century), and with those in the general history of Spain of Alfonso X circumscribed Boundaries roughly coincide.
At the time of the Muslim conquest, Frodoario (711–714) was Bishop of Guadix. For the period of Arab rule from 741 to 1400, due to a lack of data, it is not known whether the diocese existed and whether there were bishops there. The basilica from Visigothic times was converted into a mosque by the Muslims. A large Mozarabic community developed under the Umayyad rule , with difficulties in strengthening the Muslim position. According to Eulogius of Córdoba , the blood testimony of the martyrs of Córdoba falls during this period . From the tenth century, Mozárabes gradually settled on the outskirts of Guadix.
On December 4, 1492, the diocese of Guadix was united with the bishopric of Baza, which had already been vacant in the 9th century, and subordinated to the archbishopric of Granada as a suffragan . Hieronymus Münzer , who visited Guadix on his trip through Spain and Portugal between 1494 and 1495, gives an impression of the city and its religious buildings at that time .
See also
Web links
- Entry for Diocese of Guadix on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Historia de la diócesis de Guadix. Odisur, accessed December 9, 2017 (Spanish).