- Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria
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Diocese of Vitoria
Dioecesis VictoriensisLocation Country Spain Metropolitan Burgos Statistics Area 3,282 km2 (1,267 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
302,164
278,134 (92.0%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Catedral de Santa María
(Cathedral of St. Mary)Current leadership Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria (Latin: Victorien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.
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History
New cathedral of Vitoria
Figure of St. Prudentius, patron saint of Vitoria-Gasteiz- September 8, 1861: Established as Diocese of Vitoria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada and Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela
Special churches
- Former Cathedral:
- Catedral vieja de Santa María, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco
- Minor Basilica:
- BVM, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco
Leadership
- Bishops of Vitoria (Roman rite)
- Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. (since 1995.09.08)
- Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)
- Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)
- Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)
- Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)
- Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu (1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)
- Archbishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. (1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)
- Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)
- Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)
- Archbishop José Cadena y Eleta (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)
- Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)
- Archbishop Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)
- Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (1876.12.18 – 1880.06)
- Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez (1861.12.23 – 1876.12.18)
See also
Source
Province of Barcelona Province of Burgos Archdiocese of Burgos · Diocese of Bilbao · Diocese of Osma-Soria · Diocese of Palencia · Diocese of VitoriaProvince of Granada Province of Madrid Province of Mérida-Badajoz Province of Oviedo Province of Pamplona Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela · Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño · Diocese of Jaca · Diocese of San SebastiánProvince of
Santiago de CompostelaProvince of Seville Archdiocese of Seville · Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez · Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta · Diocese of the Canaries · Diocese of Córdoba · Diocese of Huelva · Diocese of San Cristóbal de La LagunaProvince of Tarragona Province of Toledo Province of Valencia Archdiocese of Valencia · Diocese of Ibiza · Diocese of Majorca · Diocese of Minorca · Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante · Diocese of Segorbe-CastellónProvince of Valladolid Province of Zaragoza Military Ordinariate Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain
- Religious organizations established in 1861
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Álava
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century
- Spain stubs
- European Roman Catholic diocese stubs
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