Diocese of Islas Canarias
Canarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Islas Canarias, Spain
Latin rite diocese covering the eastern Canary Islands, with its see at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Erected on 7 July 1406, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville. Its cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of St Anne (Santa Ana) in Las Palmas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 July 1406
- Latin
- Canarien(sis)
- Patron
- * Virgen del Pino * san Antonio María Claret * san Marcial de Limoges
- Annuario code
- 001001681
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 860,139
- Population
- 1,011,928
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 181
- Catholics per priest
- 4,752
- Extent
- 4,106 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 209
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
- Jose Mazuelos Perez
- Born
- 9 October 1960
- Birthplace
- Osuna
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 Basilica of St Anne (Santa Ana), Las Palmas stands in Islas Canarias, 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 Seville.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cádiz y CeutaCádiz y Ceuta
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of HuelvaHuelva
- 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
Located in the Canary Islands within the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain, the Diocese of Canarias, also called the Diocese Canariense-Rubicense (Latin: Dioecesis Canariensis), is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church. Its territory covers the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote (Oriental Province), but not the whole archipelago: the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (also known as Tenerife or Nivariense).
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].