Diocese of Orense
Aurien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orense, Spain
Latin rite diocese in Galicia, Spain, with origins in the 5th century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. Its seat is Ourense Cathedral, dedicated to St Martin of Tours (San Martino).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 401
- Latin
- Aurien(sis)
- Patron
- san Martín de Tours
- Annuario code
- 001002466
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 314,107
- Population
- 315,407
- Catholic share
- 99.6%
- Priests
- 262
- Catholics per priest
- 1,199
- Extent
- 5,281 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 59
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
- Bishop
- Jose Leonardo Lemos Montanet
- Born
- 31 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Barallobre
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
Ourense Cathedral stands in Orense, 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 Santiago de Compostela
A suffragan of Santiago de Compostela.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela
- Diocese of LugoLugo
- Diocese of Mondoñedo-FerrolMondoñedo-Ferrol
- Diocese of Tui-VigoTui-Vigo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Of the five Latin Church dioceses of the Catholic Church in Galicia, northwestern Spain, one is the Diocese of Ourense (Latin: Dioecesis Auriensis). The Bishop of Ourense keeps his cathedra (Latin, "chair") in the Catedral de la Virgen Madre de los Milagros in Ourense, and his jurisdiction extends over all 28 districts and 735 parishes of the Province of Ourense.
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].