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Suffragan diocese Barbastro–Monzón, Spain

Diocese of Barbastro–Monzón

Barbastren(sis)-Montisonen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Barbastro, in Barbastro–Monzón, Spain.

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Established
1571
Catholics
96,600
Priests
66
Territory
8,321 km²

Parishes and churches

254 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo
Born
18 August 1956
Birthplace
Ejea de los Caballeros

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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.

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.

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