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.
- Santa María Magdalena (Valdepeñas)ValdepeñasView parish
- Santa Quiteria (Alcázar de San Juan)Alcázar de San JuanView parish
- Santa Quiteria (Fuente el Fresno)Fuente el FresnoView parish
- Santa Quiteria (Santa Quiteria)Santa QuiteriaView parish
- Santa Teresa de Jesús (Malagón)MalagónView parish
- Santiago el Mayor (Membrilla)MembrillaView parish
- Santiago el Mayor (Torrenueva)TorrenuevaView parish
- Santiago, apóstol (Carrión de Calatrava)Carrión de CalatravaView parish
- Santiago, apóstol (Ciudad Real)Ciudad RealMass times recorded
- Santiago, el Mayor (Albaladejo)AlbaladejoView parish
- Santo Cristo de la Misericordia (Valdepeñas)ValdepeñasMass times recorded
- Santo Cristo del Valle (San Carlos del Valle)San Carlos del ValleView parish
- Santo Domingo (Terrinches)TerrinchesView parish
- Santo Tomás de Villanueva (Ciudad Real)Ciudad RealView parish
- Santo Tomás de Villanueva (Fuenllana)FuenllanaView parish
- Santo Tomás de Villanueva (Tomelloso)TomellosoView parish
- Santos Felipe y Santiago (Fontanarejo)FontanarejoView parish
- Santos Felipe y Santiago, apóstol (Bolaños de Calatrava)Bolaños de CalatravaView parish
- Santísima Trinidad (Torralba de Calatrava)Torralba de CalatravaView parish
- Santísimo Cristo del Espíritu Santo (El Cristo del Espíritu Santo)El Cristo del Espíritu SantoView 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.