Diocese of Tortosa Dioecesis Dertosensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Tarragona |
Metropolitan | Tarragona |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,450 km2 (2,490 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 292,662 260,449 (89%) |
Information | |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 4th Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrow in Tortosa |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sergi Gordo Rodríguez |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joan Planellas i Barnosell |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Tortosa (Latin : Dioecesis Dertosensis) is a Latin church diocese of the Catholic Church covering the south of Catalonia and the north of the Valencian Community. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. [1] [2] [3]
The Diocese of Tortosa gives a certain foundation to an ancient historical region that, despite having no political representation, shares common historical, cultural and linguistic ties. This territory is known as Ilercavonia in academic and scientific circles. [4]
The territory of the historical Diocese of Tortosa was greatly reduced during General Franco's dictatorship, following the Concordat of 1953 between the Francoist regime and the Vatican. Under the pretext of adapting the dioceses to the civil provincial limits the Consistorial Congregation, bending to the wishes of the dictator, [5] broke up the traditional region of the Diocese of Tortosa:
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