Diocese of Guadix
Guadicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Guadix, Spain
The Diocese of Guadix is a Latin Church diocese in Andalusia, Spain, descending from the ancient see of Acci and re-erected in 1492. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Granada and maintains a co-cathedral in Baza.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1492
- Latin
- Guadicen(sis)
- Patron
- St. Torquatus
- Annuario code
- 001001532
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 107,000
- Population
- 109,254
- Catholic share
- 97.9%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 2,184
- Extent
- 5,577 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar
- Born
- 23 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Villafranca
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 Our Lady of the Annunciation, Guadix stands in Guadix, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation, Baza.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Granada
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Granada.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmeríaAlmería
- Diocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Archdiocese of GranadaGranada
- Diocese of JaénJaén
- Diocese of MálagaMálaga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Andalusia, southern Spain, the Diocese of Guadix (Latin: Dioecesis Guadicensis) is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Granada, and it also lends its Ancient name of Acci to a Latin titular bishopric. Its cathedral, Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación in the city of Guadix (administrative province of Granada), is dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation; building began in 1710 on the site of the principal mosque and finished in 1796.
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].