Diocese of Getafe
Xetafen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Getafe, Spain
Latin-rite diocese covering the southern belt of the Madrid region, Spain, established on 23 July 1991 from the Archdiocese of Madrid, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Getafe. Bishop Gines Garcia Beltran was appointed on 3 January 2018.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 23 July 1991
- Latin
- Xetafen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Angels"
- Annuario code
- 001001485
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,229,101
- Population
- 1,365,668
- Catholic share
- 90.0%
- Priests
- 303
- Catholics per priest
- 4,056
- Extent
- 2,295 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 536
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Gines Garcia Beltran
- Born
- 3 October 1961
- Birthplace
- Lorca
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 St. Mary Magdalene, Getafe stands in Getafe, 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.
The province of Madrid
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Madrid.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Alcalá de HenaresAlcalá de Henares
- Archdiocese of MadridMadrid
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Carved out of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid on 23 July 1991, the Diocese of Getafe (Latin: Dioecesis Xetafensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Spain belonging to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Madrid. Its seat is Getafe Cathedral in the city of Getafe.
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.
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].