Archdiocese of Oviedo
Oveten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Oviedo, Spain
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese covering the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Erected as a diocese in 811 and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 27 October 1954, its suffragans are Astorga, Leon and Santander. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of San Salvador (the Holy Saviour) in Oviedo.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 811
- Latin
- Oveten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002499
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 945,818
- Population
- 1,075,381
- Catholic share
- 88.0%
- Extent
- 10,565 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 90
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
- Jesus Sanz Montes, O.F.M.
- Born
- 18 January 1955
- Birthplace
- Madrid
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)
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 San Salvador, Oviedo stands in Oviedo, 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 Oviedo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AstorgaAstorga
- Diocese of LeónLeón
- Diocese of SantanderSantander
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in the 9th century and raised to an archdiocese in 1954, the Archdiocese of Oviedo (Latin: Oveten(sis); Asturleonese: Archidiócesis d'Uviéu) is a Latin Church Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its territory corresponds roughly to the present autonomous community of Asturias, the Principality of Asturias, and its see is in the city of Oviedo, home of the Catedral de San Salvador.
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].