Suffragan diocese Lugo, Spain
Diocese of Lugo
Lucen(sis) in Hispania
Latin Church
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.
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- Catholics
- 288,000
- Priests
- 218
- Territory
- 7,780 km²
Parishes and churches
1,122 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral Basílica de la Asunción de Santa MaríaPza. de Santa María, S/N · CathedralMass times recorded
- (De Puebla) Santa MaríaSaaView parish
- A MilagrosaLugoView parish
- Muxa San Pedro FizLugoView parish
- Nuestra Señora RosarioSarriaView parish
- O Bo PastorLugoView parish
- O SalvadorVilanuñeView parish
- O SalvadorAbeancosView parish
- O SalvadorBúbalView parish
- O SalvadorCambaView parish
- O SalvadorCellán de CalvosView parish
- O SalvadorCortesView parish
- O SalvadorFerreirosView parish
- O SalvadorHospital QuirogaView parish
- O SalvadorInsuaView parish
- O SalvadorMaoView parish
- O SalvadorMosteiroView parish
- O SalvadorNegueiraView parish
- O SalvadorO (A)View parish
- O SalvadorOuteiroView parish
- O SalvadorPiñeiraView parish
- O SalvadorSabadelleView parish
- O SalvadorToldaosView parish
- O Salvador de AsmaAsmaView parish
- O Salvador de BrigosBrigosView parish
- O Salvador de CasteloCasteloView parish
- O Salvador de CervañaCervañaView parish
- O Salvador de CésarCésarView parish
- O Salvador de EscuadroEscuadroView parish
- O Salvador de FigueroáFigueroáView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alfonso Carrasco Rouco
- Born
- 12 October 1956
- Birthplace
- Vilalba
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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.
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.
This see in the wire
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- Diocese of Lugo publishes profile of José Luis Vázquez Coego
- Diocese of Lugo publishes profile of Jesús Río Ramilo
- Diocese of Lugo publishes profile of Jesús López Pérez
- Diocese of Lugo publishes profile of José García Pájaro
- Diocese of Lugo publishes profile of priest Jorge Vázquez Freire
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