Diocese of Alcalá de Henares
Compluten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Alcalá de Henares, Spain
The Diocese of Alcalá de Henares is a Latin Church diocese in the Community of Madrid, Spain, erected on 23 July 1991. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Madrid.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1991
- Latin
- Compluten(sis)
- Patron
- Saints Justus and Pastor
- Annuario code
- 001000634
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 686,161
- Population
- 807,248
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 208
- Catholics per priest
- 3,299
- Extent
- 2,586 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 265
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Antonio Prieto Lucena
- Born
- 7 July 1947
- Birthplace
- Cocentaina
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Justus and Pastor stands in Alcalá de Henares, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Madrid
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madrid.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GetafeGetafe
- Archdiocese of MadridMadrid
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
With its episcopal see at Alcalá de Henares, this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain (Latin: Compluten(sis)) serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].