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Suffragan diocese Islas Canarias, Spain

Diocese of Islas Canarias

Canarien(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
Islas Canarias, Spain, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1406
Catholics
860,139
Priests
181
Territory
4,106 km²

Parishes and churches

299 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
Jose Mazuelos Perez
Born
9 October 1960
Birthplace
Osuna

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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.

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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).