Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo

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Diocese of Lugo

Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania

Diócesis de Lugo (es)
Diocese de Lugo (gl)
Lugo Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Compostela
MetropolitanSantiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2004)
296,961
296,389 (99.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2nd Century
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAlfonso Carrasco Rouco
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Website
diocesisdelugo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1][2]

The

Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo
city.

It also has a World Heritage Site : the

Sobrado dos Monxes
, A Coruña, Galicia.

Extent and statistics

As per 2012, it pastorally served 288,000 Catholics (99.2% of 290,200 total) on 7,703 km2 in 1,139 parishes with 376 priests (315 diocesan, 61 religious), 318 lay religious (83 brothers, 235 sisters) and 7 seminarians.[2]

Its jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three administrative Spanish provinces :

  • Province of A Coruña
    ; one district with 56 parishes
  • Province of Pontevedra
    ; three districts with 135 parishes
  • Province of Lugo; 947 parishes

History

[2]

  • Established circa 100 AD as Diocese of Lugo in Hispania (Latin)
  • Promoted in 569 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lugo in Hispania (Latin)
  • Lost territory circa 572 to establish the
    Diocese of Bretoña
  • Suppressed in 713.
  • Restored in 745 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lugo in Hispania (Latin), but held in personal union with the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga (Portugal) from 745 until its 1071 demotion, i.e. without a single proper incumbent
  • Lost territory in 811 to establish
    Diocese of Orense
    .
  • Lost territories in 866 to establish
    Diocese of Orense
  • Demoted in 1071 as Suffragan Diocese of Lugo in Hispania (Latin), having gained territory from
    Diocese of Oviedo
  • Gained territory on 1954.10.17 from
    Diocese of Orense
    .

Episcopal Ordinaries of Lugo

Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (initial period)
First period unavailable
Metropolitan Archbishops of Lugo
always the Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (745–1063)
Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (again)[2]

See also

  • List of Catholic dioceses in Spain, Andorra, Ceuta and Gibraltar

References

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Sources and external links

  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
  • (in English) GCatholic.org - Diocese of Lugo
    [self-published]
  • (in English) Catholic Hierarchy - Diocese of Lugo
    [self-published]
  • (in English) Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lugo" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • (in Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
  • (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense
  • (in Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo

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