Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

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Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

Archidioecesis Compostellana

Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela (
St James the Greater
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco José Prieto Fernández
Suffragans
Bishops emeritusJulián Barrio Barrio
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (

Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the senior of the five districts in which the church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.[1][2]

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has his "cathedra" – i.e. (archi)episcopal see : from Greek/Latin "seat" – in the

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
, dedicated to the Apostle St. James, after whom Santiago is named.

Extent and statistics

The archdiocesan jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia, including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,178,000 Catholics (88.9% of 1,324,741 total) on 8,546 km² in 1,071 parishes and 3 missions with 732 priests (536 diocesan, 196 religious), 4 deacons, 1,052 lay religious (400 brothers, 652 sisters) and 22 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

Covers all Galicia, with four

suffragan
sees :

History

See
Diocese of Iria Flavia
for its precursor and early history when the see was shared.
  • Established formally on 5 December 1095 as Diocese of Santiago de Compostela / Compostellan(us) (Latin adjective), on the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Iria Flavia.
  • Promoted on 1120.02.27 by
    Pope Calixtus II
    as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
  • In 1954.10.17 it gained territory from its suffragan
    Diocese of Mondoñedo
    .
  • It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in November 1982 and August 1989 and from Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010.

Episcopal ordinaries

See
Diocese of Iria Flavia
for Bishops shared with its precursor.
Suffragan Bishops of (Santiago de) Compostela

On 5 December 1095 Pope Urban II issued the bull Veterum sinodalia transferring the diocese of Iria to Compostela.

Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela

In 1120

Pope Calixtus II
raised Compostela to an archdiocese.

Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio

References

  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ a b "Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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