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Suffragan diocese Coria–Cáceres, Spain

Diocese of Coria–Cáceres

Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady, Coria, in Coria–Cáceres, Spain.

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Established
1143
Catholics
251,701
Priests
154
Territory
10,052 km²

Parishes and churches

163 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

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

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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.

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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.

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