Archdiocese of Saragossa
Archdiocese of Saragossa | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Spain |
Diocesan bishop | Vicente Jiménez Zamora |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Manuel Ureña pastor |
surface | 13,309 km² |
Parishes | 272 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 794,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 770,000 (December 31, 2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 97% |
Diocesan priest | 414 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 289 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,095 |
Friars | 507 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 1,844 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral de El Salvador de la Seo |
Co-cathedral | Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar |
Website | www.arzobispadodezaragoza.org |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón Diocese of Huesca Diocese of Tarazona Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza ( lat. : Archidioecesis Caesaraugustana ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Zaragoza .
history
The Archdiocese of Saragossa was established in the 5th century as the Diocese of Saragossa and was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tarragona as a suffragan . The diocese of Saragossa was on July 14, 1318 by Pope John XXII. with the Apostolic Constitution Romanus Pontifex raised to the archbishopric. On July 31, 1577, the Archdiocese of Saragossa gave up parts of its territory to establish the Diocese of Teruel .