Diocese of Canary Islands

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Diocese of Canary Islands

Map of the Bishopric of Canary Islands
Basic data
Country Spain
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Seville
Diocesan bishop José Mazuelos Pérez (appointed)
Emeritus diocesan bishop Francisco Cases Andreu
surface 4,111 km²
Parishes 298 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents 1,098,406 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics 933,645 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of 85%
Diocesan priest 166 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest 39 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest 4,554
Friars 64 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters 385 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral Basílica de Santa Ana
Website www.diocesisdecanarias.org
Ecclesiastical province
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias ( lat. : Dioecesis Canariensis ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria .

history

In 1351 the Diocese of Telde in Gran Canaria was established for the Canary Islands by Pope Clement VI. founded. After this diocese went under in 1393, Pope Benedict XIII founded. on July 7, 1404 the Diocese of Rubicón . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Seville as a suffragan . In 1483 the bishopric was moved to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria .

On February 1, 1819, the diocese of Canary Islands gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna and today only includes the islands of Lanzarote , Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria . For this reason, the use of the name of the archipelago as the name of the bishopric in the Canary Islands is controversial.

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Canary Islands  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Antonio Rumeu de Armas: El obispado de Telde . Misioneros mallorquines y catalanes en el Atlántico. Ed .: Ayuntamiento de Telde Gobierno de Canarias. 2nd Edition. Gobierno de Canarias, Madrid, Telde 1986, ISBN 84-505-3921-8 , pp. 227 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Juan Tous Meliá: El plan de las afortunadas islas del reyno de canarias y la isla de San Borondón . Ed .: Museo Militar Regional de Canarias. Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1996, ISBN 84-920318-7-5 , p. 55 (Spanish, [1] [accessed June 28, 2016]).
  3. ^ José Manuel Clar Fernández: Las cosas por su nombre. El Dia.es, 2015, accessed August 16, 2016 (Spanish).
Santa Ana Cathedral in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria