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Metropolitan see Oviedo, Spain

Archdiocese of Oviedo

Oveten(sis)

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.

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Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of San Salvador, Oviedo, in Oviedo, Spain.

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Established
811
Catholics
945,818
Priests
337
Territory
10,565 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jesus Sanz Montes, O.F.M.
Born
18 January 1955
Birthplace
Madrid
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI (O.F.M.)

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of San Salvador, Oviedo stands in Oviedo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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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.

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