Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix
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The Diocese of Guadix (Latin: Dioecesis Guadicensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Granada in Andalusia, southern Spain[1] and a Latin titular bishopric under its Ancient name of Acci.[2] Its cathedral episcopal see is Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación, dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation, in the city of Guadix, administrative province of Granada. It was commenced in 1710, on the site occupied by the principal mosque, and completed in 1796.[3]
Diocese of Guadix Dioecesis Guadicensis Diócesis de Guadix | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Granada |
Metropolitan | Granada |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,577 km2 (2,153 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 109,254 107,000 (97.9%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 1st Century |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Guadix |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation in Baza |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The diocese also has an (also Marian) co-cathedral, Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación, dedicated to Our Lady of the Incarnation (of Christ), in Baza, built as cathedral of the absorbed Diocese of Baza (Basti, suppressed circa 700).
The Seminary of St. Torquatus was founded by Bishop Juan José Fonseca in 1595. King Charles IV of Spain founded a hospice in 1803, and the ancient Jesuit college had become a hospital before the early 20th century.[3]