Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz
Emeriten(sis) Augustan(us)-Pacen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Mérida–Badajoz, Spain
The Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Extremadura, Spain. Founded as the Diocese of Badajoz in 1255, it was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1994 with suffragans Coria-Cáceres and Plasencia.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1255
- Latin
- Emeriten(sis) Augustan(us)-Pacen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002229
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 581,414
- Population
- 585,290
- Catholic share
- 99.3%
- Extent
- 17,405 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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
- Archbishop
- José Rodríguez Carballo
- Born
- 11 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Lodoselo
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
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 of St John the Baptist, Badajoz stands in Mérida–Badajoz, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Saint Mary Major, Mérida.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mérida-Badajoz
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Coria–CáceresCoria–Cáceres
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in 1255, the see now called the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz (Latin: Archidioecesis Emeritensis Augustanus-Pacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in Spain. It bore the name Diocese of Badajoz until 1994.
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].