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Diocese of Coria–Cáceres

Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum

The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres is a Latin Church diocese in Extremadura, Spain, erected as the Diocese of Coria in 1143 and renamed in 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz, with a cathedral in Coria and a co-cathedral in Cáceres.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1143
Latin
Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum
Patron
* san Pedro de Alcántara * Virgen de Argeme
Annuario code
001001212

The see in figures

Catholics
251,701
Population
263,430
Catholic share
95.5%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
154
Catholics per priest
1,634
Extent
10,052 km²
Catholics per km²
25

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
Jesús Pulido Arriero
Born
21 February 1965
Birthplace
Santa Ana de Pusa

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, Coria stands in Coria–Cáceres, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Mary, Cáceres.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Mérida-Badajoz

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

The cities of Coria and Cáceres together anchor the Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz in Spain.

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.

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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].