Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Archidioecesis Compostellana | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,545 km2 (3,299 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,301,147 1,192,508 (91.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5 December 1095 (As Diocese of Santiago de Compostela) 27 February 1120 (As Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela) |
Cathedral | Cathedral basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela |
Patron saint | St James the Greater |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco José Prieto Fernández |
Suffragans | |
Bishops emeritus | Julián Barrio Barrio |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin : Archidioecesis Compostellana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the senior of the five districts in which the church divides Galicia in North-western Spain. [1] [2]
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has his "cathedra" – i.e. (archi)episcopal see : from Greek/Latin "seat" – in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle St. James, after whom Santiago is named.
The archdiocesan jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia, including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,178,000 Catholics (88.9% of 1,324,741 total) on 8,546 km² in 1,071 parishes and 3 missions with 732 priests (536 diocesan, 196 religious), 4 deacons, 1,052 lay religious (400 brothers, 652 sisters) and 22 seminarians.
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