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Suffragan diocese Guadix, Spain

Diocese of Guadix

Guadicen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, Guadix, in Guadix, Spain.

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Established
1492
Catholics
107,000
Priests
49
Territory
5,577 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar
Born
23 April 1970
Birthplace
Villafranca

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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.

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.