Diocese of Bilbao
Flaviobrigen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bilbao, Spain
The Diocese of Bilbao is a Latin Church diocese covering the province of Biscay in the Basque Country, Spain. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Burgos.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 November 1949
- Latin
- Flaviobrigen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Begoña
- Annuario code
- 001000903
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,146,400
- Population
- 1,172,900
- Catholic share
- 97.7%
- Priests
- 401
- Catholics per priest
- 2,859
- Extent
- 2,193 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 523
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
- Joseba Segura Etxezarraga
- Born
- 10 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Bilbao
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 Santiago stands in Bilbao, 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 Burgos
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Burgos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BurgosBurgos
- Diocese of Osma-SoriaOsma-Soria
- Diocese of PalenciaPalencia
- Diocese of VitoriaVitoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Bilbao in the Province of Biscay, in Northern Spain, the Diocese of Bilbao (Latin: Dioecesis Flaviobrigensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Burgos.
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].