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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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of St Mary (Santa Maria), Lugo, in Lugo, Spain.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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