Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
Calaguritan(us) et Calceaten(sis) - Lucronien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, Spain
Latin-rite diocese covering La Rioja, Spain, originating as the Diocese of Calahorra in the 5th century and reorganized in its present combined form on 9 March 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela, with cathedrals at Calahorra and Santo Domingo de la Calzada and a co-cathedral at Logrono. Bishop Santos Montoya Torres was appointed on 12 January 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1232
- Latin
- Calaguritan(us) et Calceaten(sis) - Lucronien(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de Valvanera
- Annuario code
- 001001015
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 273,101
- Population
- 301,084
- Catholic share
- 90.7%
- Priests
- 220
- Catholics per priest
- 1,241
- Extent
- 5,033 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 54
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
- Santos Montoya Torres
- Born
- 22 February 1966
- Birthplace
- Solana
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, Calahorra stands in Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Saviour and St Mary, Santo Domingo de la Calzada; Co-Cathedral of St Mary de la Redonda, Logrono.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Pamplona y Tudela
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of JacaJaca
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Three cities, Calahorra, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Logroño, anchor the Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño (Latin: Dioecesis Calaguritanus et Calceatensis-Lucroniensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Pamplona y Tudela in Spain. Each of the three cities has its own cathedral.
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].