Diocese of Huelva
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huelva, Spain
Latin-rite diocese in western Andalusia, Spain, erected on 22 October 1953 from territory of the Archdiocese of Seville, of which it is a suffragan. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy (La Merced) in Huelva. Bishop Santiago Gomez Sierra was appointed on 15 June 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 October 1953
- Patron
- * Inmaculada Concepción * san Leandro
- Annuario code
- 001001626
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 464,440
- Population
- 483,792
- Catholic share
- 96.0%
- Priests
- 134
- Catholics per priest
- 3,466
- Extent
- 10,085 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 46
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
- Santiago Gomez Sierra
- Born
- 24 November 1957
- Birthplace
- Madridejos
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 Mercy, Huelva stands in Huelva, 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 Seville
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seville.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cádiz y CeutaCádiz y Ceuta
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of Islas CanariasIslas Canarias
- Diocese of Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Frontera
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife
- Archdiocese of SevillaSevilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The borders of the Diocese of Huelva (Latin: Dioecesis Onubensis) match those of the civil province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in south-western Spain. This Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Seville and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Seville.
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].