Metropolitan see Mérida–Badajoz, Spain
Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz
Emeriten(sis) Augustan(us)-Pacen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1255
- Catholics
- 581,414
- Priests
- 215
- Territory
- 17,405 km²
Parishes and churches
209 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de la PiedadLa CodoseraView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la PurificaciónAlmendralejoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la PurificaciónVillalba de los BarrosView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la SoledadRetamalView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la SoledadGuadianaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de las NievesBalboaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los MilagrosMéridaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los MilagrosAlangeView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los MilagrosQuintana de la SerenaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los MilagrosZalamea de la SerenaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los RemediosZahínosView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los RemediosAlconchelView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesLos Santos de MaimonaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesBienvenidaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesCabeza la VacaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesFuentes de LeónView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesHinojosa del ValleView parish
- Nuestra Señora de PiedraescritaCampanarioView parish
- Nuestra Señora del AraFuente del ArcoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CaminoMedina de las TorresView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CaminoAtalayaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CaminoLa AlbueraView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenVillafranca de los BarrosView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroMéridaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroBadajozView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioVillar del ReyView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioLa GuardaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del SocorroVillafranco del GuadianaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del ValleBrovalesView parish
- Nuestra Señora del ValleHiguera de LlerenaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- José Rodríguez Carballo
- Born
- 11 August 1953
- Birthplace
- Lodoselo
- Institute
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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.
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.
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