Diocese of Huelva
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Diocese of Huelva
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Seville |
| Diocesan bishop | Santiago Gomez Sierra |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Vilaplana Blasco |
| founding | October 22, 1953 |
| surface | 10,085 km² |
| Parishes | 173 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 518,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 503,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 97.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 116 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,353 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 42 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 274 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced |
| Website | www.diocesisdehuelva.es |
The Diocese of Huelva ( lat. : Dioecesis Onubensis ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Huelva .
history
The diocese of Huelva was founded on October 22, 1953 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Laetamur more vehemently from cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Seville and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Huelva
- Pedro Cantero Cuadrado , 1953–1964, then Archbishop of Saragossa
- José María García Lahiguera , 1964–1969, then Archbishop of Valencia
- Rafael González Moralejo , 1969–1993
- Ignacio Noguer Carmona , 1993-2006
- José Vilaplana Blasco , 2006–2020
- Santiago Gómez Sierra , since 2020
See also
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Web links
Commons : Diocese of Huelva - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Huelva (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Huelva on catholic-hierarchy.org