Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
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Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Seville |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | March 3, 1980 |
| surface | 3,677 km² |
| Parishes | 85 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 541,916 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 460,826 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,032 |
| Permanent deacons | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 92 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 355 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Salvador |
| Website | www.diocesisdejerez.org |
The diocese Asidonia-Jerez ( lat. : Dioecesis Assidonensis-Ierezensis ) popularly simply Diocese of Jerez called, is one in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Jerez de la Frontera .
history
In Asidonia (today: Medina-Sidonia ) there has been evidence of a Visigoth bishopric since the 5th century , which also existed under the Moorish rule in Al-Andalus and only went out in 1146 after the conquest by the Almohads .
The diocese Asidonia-Jerez was re-established on March 3, 1980 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Archiepiscopus Hispalensis from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Seville and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese. With the naming, the Vatican consciously ties in with the historical diocese Asidonia, whose territory overlapped with the newly established diocese.
Bishops
Bishops of Asidonia
Bishops of Asidonia-Jerez
- Rafael Bellido Caro , 1980-2000
- Juan del Río Martín , 2000–2008, then Spanish military archbishop
- José Mazuelos Pérez , 2009–2020, then Bishop of the Canary Islands
- Sedis vacancy , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the diocese Asidonia-Jerez (Spanish)
- Entry for the Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera on catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Archiepiscopus Hispalensis , AAS 72 (1980), n.3, p. 260ff.