Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta
Gadicen(sis) seu Gaditan(us) et Septen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain
The Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta is a Latin Church diocese in Andalusia and the autonomous city of Ceuta, Spain, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville. The see became sede vacante on 22 November 2025 when Pope Leo XIV accepted Bishop Rafael Zornoza's resignation and named Ramón Valdivia Giménez apostolic administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1241
- Latin
- Gadicen(sis) seu Gaditan(us) et Septen(sis)
- Patron
- santos Servando y Germán
- Annuario code
- 001001003
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 703,400
- Population
- 769,800
- Catholic share
- 91.4%
- Priests
- 201
- Catholics per priest
- 3,500
- Extent
- 3,772 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 186
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Ramón Darío Valdivia Giménez
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 Cádiz stands in Cádiz y Ceuta, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in Ceuta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Seville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seville.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of HuelvaHuelva
- Diocese of Islas CanariasIslas Canarias
- Diocese of Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Frontera
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife
- Archdiocese of SevillaSevilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville, the Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta (Latin: Dioecesis Gadicensis o Gaditanus et Septensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its territory takes in the civil province of Cádiz south of the Guadalete river, embracing the comarcas of Campo de Gibraltar, La Janda, and Bahía de Cádiz, though most of Puerto de Santa María, lying north of the Guadalete, falls instead to the diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.
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].