Diocese of Santander
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Diocese of Santander
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Oviedo |
| Diocesan bishop | Manuel Sánchez Monge |
| founding | 1754 |
| surface | 5,527 km² |
| Parishes | 617 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 552,727 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 545,937 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 98.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 287 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 187 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,152 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Friars | 253 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 866 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Santa María y Santos Martires Emeterio y Celedonio |
| Website | www.diocesisdesantander.com |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander ( lat. : Dioecesis Santanderiensis ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Santander .
history
The diocese was established on December 12, 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV with the Apostolic Constitution Romanus Pontifex from ceding territory of the Archdiocese of Burgos and subordinated to this as a suffragan diocese. On December 8, 1861, the Diocese of Santander gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Vitoria . Another assignment of territory took place on November 2, 1949 to establish the Diocese of Bilbao . On October 27, 1954, the diocese of Santander was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Oviedo as a suffragan.
Bishops of Santander
- Francisco Javier Arriaza , 1755-1761
- Francisco Laso Santos de San Pedro , 1762–1783
- Rafael Tomás Menéndez Luarca y Queipo de Llano , 1784-1819
- Juan Nepomuceno Gómez Durán , 1820–1829, then Bishop of Málaga
- Felipe González Abarca OdeM , 1829–1842
- Manuel Ramón Arias Teijeiro de Castro , 1848-1859
- José López Crespo , 1859–1875
- Vicente Calvo y Valero , 1875–1884, then Bishop of Cádiz
- Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro , 1884–1920
- Juan Plaza y García , 1920–1927
- José María Eguino y Trecu , 1928–1961
- Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal , 1962-1965
- Vincente Puchol Montis , 1965-1967
- José María Cirarda Lachiondo , 1968–1971, then Bishop of Córdoba
- Juan Antonio del Val Gallo , 1971-1991
- José Vilaplana Blasco , 1991–2006, then Bishop of Huelva
- Vicente Jiménez Zamora , 2007–2014, then Archbishop of Saragossa
- Manuel Sánchez Monge since May 6, 2015
See also
Web links
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