Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
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The Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol (Latin: Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the northernmost of the four suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, which covers Galicia in the northwest of Spain.[1][2] The area had previously been home to Britonia, a settlement founded by expatriate Britons in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Britonia was represented by the diocese referred to as Britonensis ecclesia (Britton church) in sources from the 6th and 7th centuries.
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
Metropolitan | Santiago de Compostela |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,425 km2 (1,709 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 292,200 291,100 (99.6%) |
Parishes | 422 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 572 (As Diocese of Bretoña) 881 (As Diocese of San Martiño) 1136 (As Diocese of Vilamaior) 1199 (As Diocese of Ribadeo) 1219 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo) 9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol) |
Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mondoñedo |
Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of St Martin in El Ferrol |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop elect | Fernando García Cadiñanos |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Julián Barrio Barrio |
Website | |
mondonedoferrol.org |
The bishop has a (main) cathedral (from Latin "cathedra" meaning episcopal seat), a minor basilica and World Heritage Site (Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary) in Mondoñedo, administrative Province of Lugo, and a co-cathedral Concatedral de San Julián in Ferrol, administrative Province of A Coruña, as well as a former cathedral which is a minor basilica, Basilica de San Martín de Mondoñedo in Foz, Lugo province.