Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

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Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis

Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol (
El Ferrol
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop electFernando García Cadiñanos
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Website
mondonedoferrol.org

The Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol (

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.

The bishop has a (main)

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.

History

Some authorities have sought to fix the date of the foundation of this diocese (under its primitive name of Britonia) earlier than the second half of the 6th century, but the later date seems the more probable when we consider that, at the

Saracens, the bishop and priests took refuge in Asturias. In 899, during the reign of Alfonso III of Asturias, Theodesimus, Bishop of Britonia, assisted with other prelates at the consecration of the church of Santiago de Compostela. It may also be noted that, in the repartition of the parishes, the church of San Pedro de Nova was assigned as the residence of the bishops of Britonia and Orense, when they should come to assist at the councils of Oviedo. By that time, however, the See of Britonia had been translated to the town of Mondumetum and the church of St. Martin of Dumio, or Mondoñedo. The diocese has since been most generally known by this name, although the episcopal residence has again changed. After the time of St. Martin it was transferred to Villamayor de Brea, from which it derived the name of Villabriensis, and afterwards to Ribadeo, but it was nevertheless known as Mindoniense, as a document of the year 1199 bears witness. At first, its patron was St. Martin of Tours, but St. Martin of Dumio was afterwards chosen patron.[3]

The diocese of Valabria, corresponding to the diocese that had its seat at Villamayor de Brea, is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[4]

Leadership

Bishops of Britonia (Bretoña)

Bishops of Dumio (Dumium, San Martiño)

Bishops of Vilamaior

  • Pelayo I (1136–1154)
  • Pedro I (1155–1167)
  • Joán Pérez (1170–1173)
  • Rabinato (1177–1199)

Bishop of Ribadeo

Bishops of Mondoñedo

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge (2016).

Bishops of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

  • Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea (12 September 1957 Appointed – 18 November 1968 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
  • Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias (2 July 1970 Appointed – 20 May 1985 Resigned)
  • José Gea Escolano (15 May 1987 Appointed – 6 June 2005 Retired)
  • Manuel Sánchez Monge (6 June 2005 Appointed – 6 May 2015 Appointed, Bishop of Santander)
  • Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal (16 March 2016 Appointed – 21 October 2020 Appointed, Bishop of León)
  • Fernando García Cadiñanos (1 July 2021 Appointed – present)

Statistics and extent

As of 2014, it served 290,000 Catholics (99.7% of 291,000 total population) on 4,425 km2 in 422 parishes, covering the northern part of the

Province of A Coruña and the Province of Lugo
, with 153 priests (143 diocesan, 10 religious), 225 lay religious (14 brothers, 211 sisters) and 3 seminarians.

Parishes by District

See also

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

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Mondoñedo–Ferrol" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mondonedo". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  4. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 1004
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Manuel Carriedo Tejedo, "Cronología de los obispos mindonienses del siglo X", El legado cultural de la iglesia mindoniense : Ferrol, 16, 17, 18 de setembro, 1999 : I Congreso do Patrimonio da Diocesis de Mondoñedo, pp. 235–253
  6. ^ "Bishop Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
  7. ^ "Bishop Fadrique de Guzmán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  8. ^ "Bishop Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 28, 2016
  9. ^ "Bishop Pedro de Munébregan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  10. ^ "Bishop Diego de Muros" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  11. ^ "Bishop Diego Pérez Villamuriel" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  12. ^ "Bishop Diego Soto Valera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  13. ^ "Bishop Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  14. ^ "Bishop Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
  15. ^ "Archbishop Juan de Liermo Hermosa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  16. ^ "Bishop Antonio Valdés Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  17. ^ "Bishop Juan Juániz de Echalar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 14, 2016

Sources and external links

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