Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada

The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: Archidioecesis Granatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain.[1][2] It was erected as the Diocese of Granada in the 3rd century, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on December 10, 1492, with the suffragan sees of Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga.

Archdiocese of Granada

Archidioecesis Granatensis

Archidiócesis de Granada
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceGranada
Statistics
Area6,945 km2 (2,681 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2006)
860,898
743,530 (86.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Granada)
10 December 1492 (As Archdiocese of Granada)
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation in Granada
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Javier Martínez Fernández
SuffragansDiocese of Almería
Diocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Guadix
Diocese of Jaén
Diocese of Málaga
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation; Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The current archbishop of Granada is Francisco Martínez Fernández, appointed by Pope John Paul II on March 15, 2003.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Granada

  • Gonzalo de Vallebuena, O.F.M. (13 Sep 1437 – 1442 Died)
. . .
  • Fernando de Castilla, O.S.B. (10 Dec 1473 – 1479 Died)
. . .

Archdiocese of Granada

See also

  • Roman Catholicism in Spain

References

  1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  2. "Archdiocese of Granada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  3. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H." retrieved January 17, 2017
  4. Catholic Hierarchy: "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique" retrieved January 25, 2016
  5. "Archbishop Pedro Portocarrero" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  6. "Archbishop Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  7. "Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  8. "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  9. "Father Antonio Calderón " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  10. "Archbishop Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 20, 2016

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