Diocese of Lugo
Lucen(sis) in Hispania
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lugo, Spain
Latin rite diocese in Galicia, Spain, one of the most ancient sees of the peninsula, with origins around the 1st-2nd century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St Mary (Catedral de Santa Maria) in Lugo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Lucen(sis) in Hispania
- Patron
- san Froilán
- Annuario code
- 001002066
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 288,000
- Population
- 296,961
- Catholic share
- 97.0%
- Priests
- 218
- Catholics per priest
- 1,321
- Extent
- 7,780 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Alfonso Carrasco Rouco
- Born
- 12 October 1956
- Birthplace
- Vilalba
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 Mary (Santa Maria), Lugo stands in Lugo, 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 Santiago de Compostela
A suffragan of Santiago de Compostela.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela
- Diocese of Mondoñedo-FerrolMondoñedo-Ferrol
- Diocese of OrenseOrense
- Diocese of Tui-VigoTui-Vigo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
One of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (Latin: Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Galicia, north-western Spain. Its episcopal seat is the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel) in Lugo city, dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel. The diocese also contains a World Heritage Site, the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María at Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.
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].