Diocese of Málaga
Malacitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Málaga, Spain
Latin rite diocese in Andalusia, Spain, erected in its modern form on 4 August 1486 after the Reconquista. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Granada. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of the Incarnation in Malaga.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1486
- Latin
- Malacitan(us)
- Patron
- Santa María de la Victoria; santos Ciriaco y Paula
- Annuario code
- 001002115
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,221,729
- Priests
- 303
- Catholics per priest
- 4,032
- Extent
- 7,283 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 168
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 Antonio Satue Huerto
- Born
- 6 February 1968
- Birthplace
- Sesa
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 the Incarnation, Malaga stands in Málaga, 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 Granada
A suffragan of Granada.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmeríaAlmería
- Diocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Archdiocese of GranadaGranada
- Diocese of GuadixGuadix
- Diocese of JaénJaén
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Málaga, in Andalucía, is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Málaga (Latin: Malacitan(sis)), a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada.
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].