Suffragan diocese Ciudad Real, Spain
Diocese of Ciudad Real
Civitatis Regalen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, established on 18 November 1875 as the Territorial Prelature of Ciudad Real for the Grand Prior of the Spanish Military Orders and promoted to diocese on 4 February 1980; its bishop remains prior of the Military Orders. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Toledo, seated at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Meadows (Santa Maria del Prado) in Ciudad Real. Bishop Abilio Martinez Varea, previously of Osma-Soria, was appointed by Pope Leo XIV on 9 July 2025 and took possession on 27 September 2025.
On the map
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- Established
- 1875
- Catholics
- 493,060
- Priests
- 192
- Territory
- 19,813 km²
Parishes and churches
140 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa María del Prado (La Merced) (Ciudad Real)Ciudad Real · CathedralView parish
- Anunciación de Ntra. Sra. (Corral de Calatrava)Corral de CalatravaView parish
- Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Manzanares)ManzanaresView parish
- Cristo Rey (El Trincheto)El TrinchetoView parish
- Cózar (Cózar)CózarView parish
- El Salvador (Picón)PicónView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción (Almadenejos)AlmadenejosView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción (Almuradiel)AlmuradielView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción (Cañada de Calatrava)Cañada de CalatravaView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción (Herencia)HerenciaView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción (Valverde)ValverdeView parish
- La Asunción (Abenójar)AbenójarView parish
- La Asunción (Alcolea de Calatrava)Alcolea de CalatravaView parish
- La Asunción (Anchuras)AnchurasView parish
- La Asunción (Arroba de los Montes)Arroba de los MontesView parish
- La Asunción (Calzada de Calatrava)Calzada de CalatravaView parish
- La Asunción (Tomelloso)TomellosoView parish
- La Asunción de Ntra. Sra. (Miguelturra)MiguelturraView parish
- La Asunción de Ntra. Sra. (Puebla del Príncipe)Puebla del PríncipeView parish
- La Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Campo de Criptana)Campo de CriptanaView parish
- La Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Piedrabuena)PiedrabuenaView parish
- La Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Valdepeñas)ValdepeñasView parish
- La Asunción de Nuestra Señora (Villarrubia de los Ojos)Villarrubia de los OjosView parish
- La Inmaculada Concepción (Alamillo)AlamilloView parish
- La Inmaculada Concepción (Huertezuelas)HuertezuelasView parish
- La Inmaculada Concepción (Los Quiles)Los QuilesView parish
- La Visitación de Ntra. Sra. (Villamayor de Calatrava)Villamayor de CalatravaView parish
- La Visitación de nuestra señora (Los Pozuelos de Calatrava)Los Pozuelos de CalatravaView parish
- Madre de Dios (Almagro)AlmagroView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción (Caracuel de Calatrava)Caracuel de CalatravaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Abilio Martinez Varea
- Born
- 24 September 1948
- Birthplace
- Cervatos de la Cueza
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Santa Maria del Prado, Ciudad Real stands in Ciudad Real, 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.
History
Ciudad Real is home to a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Ciudad Real (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Regalensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Toledo in Spain.