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Suffragan diocese Orense, Spain

Diocese of Orense

Aurien(sis)

Latin Church

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).

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Ourense Cathedral, in Orense, Spain.

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Established
401
Catholics
314,107
Priests
262
Territory
5,281 km²

Parishes and churches

577 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Jose Leonardo Lemos Montanet
Born
31 May 1953
Birthplace
Barallobre

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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.

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.