Archdiocese of Burgos
Burgen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Burgos, Spain
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Castile and Leon, Spain, erected as the Diocese of Burgos in 1075 and elevated to archdiocese on 22 October 1574. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Mary in Burgos, a UNESCO World Heritage Gothic cathedral, and its suffragans are Bilbao, Osma-Soria, Palencia and Vitoria. Archbishop Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa has led the archdiocese since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1075
- Latin
- Burgen(sis)
- Patron
- Santa María la Mayor
- Annuario code
- 001000984
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 339,360
- Population
- 375,563
- Catholic share
- 90.4%
- Priests
- 419
- Catholics per priest
- 810
- Extent
- 13,849 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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
- Archbishop
- Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa
- Born
- 21 March 1965
- Birthplace
- Gernika
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 St Mary, Burgos stands in Burgos, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BilbaoBilbao
- Diocese of Osma-SoriaOsma-Soria
- Diocese of PalenciaPalencia
- Diocese of VitoriaVitoria
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Among the Metropolitan sees of the Latin Church in Spain is the Archdiocese of Burgos (Latin: Archidioecesis Burgensis). Four suffragan dioceses make up its ecclesiastical province: Bilbao, Osma-Soria, Palencia, and Vitoria.
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].