Archdiocese of Granada
Granaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Granada, Spain
The Archdiocese of Granada is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Andalusia, Spain, tracing its roots to the ancient Diocese of Elvira and re-established in 1437. It was elevated to an archdiocese in 1492 and is the metropolitan see for suffragans including Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1437
- Latin
- Granaten(sis)
- Patron
- san Cecilio
- Annuario code
- 001001513
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 743,530
- Population
- 860,898
- Catholic share
- 86.4%
- Priests
- 384
- Catholics per priest
- 1,936
- Extent
- 6,945 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 107
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
- Archbishop
- José María Gil Tamayo
- Born
- 5 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Zalamea de la Serena
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
Granada Cathedral stands in Granada, 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 Granada
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmeríaAlmería
- Diocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Diocese of GuadixGuadix
- Diocese of JaénJaén
- Diocese of MálagaMálaga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: archidioecesis Granatensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain with deep roots: it began as the Diocese of Elvira, which existed from the 3rd century through the 10th, was re-founded as the diocese of Granada in 1437, and was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga serve as its suffragan sees.
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].