Diocese of Barbastro–Monzón
Barbastren(sis)-Montisonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Barbastro–Monzón, Spain
The Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón is a Latin Church diocese in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Erected in 1571, it was given its current name on 15 June 1995 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1571
- Latin
- Barbastren(sis)-Montisonen(sis)
- Patron
- san Ramón
- Annuario code
- 001000826
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 96,600
- Population
- 104,700
- Catholic share
- 92.3%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 1,464
- Extent
- 8,321 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo
- Born
- 18 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Ejea de los Caballeros
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 the Assumption of Our Lady in Barbastro stands in Barbastro–Monzón, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Santa María del Romeral in Monzón.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Zaragoza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of HuescaHuesca
- Diocese of TarazonaTarazona
- Diocese of Teruel y AlbarracínTeruel y Albarracín
- Archdiocese of ZaragozaZaragoza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In north-eastern Spain, within the province of Huesca in the autonomous community of Aragón, lies the Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón (Latin: Dioecesis Barbastrensis-Montisonensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza and is therefore suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza. Barbastro itself stands where the rivers Cinca and Vero meet.
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].