Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo

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Diocese of Tui-Vigo

Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis

Diócesis de Tuy-Vigo (es)
Diocese de Tui-Vigo (gl)
Catedral de Tuy.jpg
Cathedral of Tui
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area1,721 km2 (664 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
560,000
532,459 (95.1%)
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established6th century (As Diocese of Tui)
9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Tui-Vigo)
CathedralCathedral of St Anthony in Tui
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St Martin and St Mary in Vigo
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopLuis Quinteiro Fiuza
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Map
Diocesis de Tuy-Vigo.svg
Website
diocesetuivigo.org

The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin : Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. [1]

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Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.

Statistics

As of 2014, it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km2 in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

History

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Tui (first bishopric)
very incomplete : first centuries unavailable
Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)
Bishops of Tui-Vigo

See also

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