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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Ntra. Sra. de la Asunción (Villahermosa)VillahermosaView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Candelaria y San Raimundo de Fitero (Alameda y Belvís)Alameda y BelvísView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Consolación (Ballesteros de Calatrava)Ballesteros de CalatravaView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Consolación (Villar del Pozo)Villar del PozoView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Paz (Navacerrada)NavacerradaView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de la Paz (Villanueva de la Fuente)Villanueva de la FuenteView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de los Olmos (Torre de Juan Abad)Torre de Juan AbadView parish
- Ntra. Sra. de Los Ángeles (Ciudad Real)Ciudad RealView parish
- Ntra. Sra. del Buen Suceso (Fontanosas)FontanosasView parish
- Ntra. Sra. del Pilar (Ciudad Real)Ciudad RealView parish
- Ntra. Sra. del Valle (Valdemanco del Esteras)Valdemanco del EsterasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Altagracia (Manzanares)ManzanaresView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Consolación (Alcoba)AlcobaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Gracia (Fernán Caballero)Fernán CaballeroView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (El Torno)El TornoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de La Antigua (Navas de Estena)Navas de EstenaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de La Asunción (Santa Cruz de Mudela)Santa Cruz de MudelaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de La Asunción (Socuéllamos)SocuéllamosView parish
- Nuestra Señora de La Asunción (Viso del Marqués)Viso del MarquésView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Blanca (Ruidera)RuideraView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Consolación (Consolación)ConsolaciónView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Fe (Los Ballesteros)Los BallesterosView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Merced (Los Cortijos de Abajo)Los Cortijos de AbajoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la Paz y San Juan Bautista (Valdepeñas)ValdepeñasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las Angustias (Arenas de San Juan)Arenas de San JuanView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Los Cortijos de Arriba)Los Cortijos de ArribaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los Llanos (Llanos del Caudillo)Llanos del CaudilloView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los Llanos (Valdepeñas)ValdepeñasView parish
- Nuestra señora de Los Ángeles (Tomelloso)TomellosoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo (Puerto Lápice)Puerto LápiceView 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.