Diocese of Vitoria
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Diocese of Vitoria
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Burgos |
| Diocesan bishop | Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal |
| founding | 1861 |
| surface | 3,350 km² |
| Dean's offices | 5 (12/9/2008) |
| Parishes | 432 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 330.116 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 237,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 71.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 207 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 63 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 878 |
| Permanent deacons | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 121 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 590 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish , Basque |
| cathedral | Santa María Imaculada |
| address | Calle Vicente Goicoechea 7 01008 Vitoria España |
| Website | www.diocesisvitoria.org |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria ( lat. : Dioecesis Victoriensis , span. : Diócesis de Vitoria , bask. Gasteizko Elizbarrutia ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Vitoria-Gasteiz .
history
The diocese of Vitoria was on September 8, 1861 by Pope Pius IX. Erected with the papal bull in Celsisima from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Burgos and the dioceses of Calahorra y La Calzada , Pamplona and Santander and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Burgos as a suffragan .
In 1880 the seminary of the diocese of Vitoria was founded.
The Pope Pius XII. Following the Papal Bull Quo Commodius , the diocese of Vitoria gave up parts of its territory on November 2, 1949 to establish the dioceses of Bilbao and San Sebastián .
The territory of the diocese of Vitoria includes the province of Álava .
Bishops of Vitoria
- Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez, 1861–1876, then Bishop of Cartagena
- Sebastián Herrero Espinosa de los Monteros , 1876–1880
- Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández, 1880–1889, then Archbishop of Valladolid
- Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca, 1889–1904
- José Cadena y Eleta, 1904–1913, then Archbishop of Burgos
- Prudencio Melo y Alcalde, 1913–1916, then Bishop of Madrid
- Leopoldo Eijo y Garay , 1917–1922, then Bishop of Madrid
- Zacarías Martínez Núñez OSA , 1922–1927, then Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- Mateo Múgica Urrestarazu , 1928-1937
- Carmelo Ballester y Nieto CM , 1943–1948, then Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
- José María Bueno y Monreal , 1950–1954, then coadjutor archbishop of Seville
- Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga , 1955–1978
- José María Larrauri Lafuente , 1979–1995
- Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia SDS , 1995-2016
- Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal , since 2016