Diocese of Santander
Santanderien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santander, Spain
Latin rite diocese covering Cantabria, Spain, erected on 12 December 1754. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Oviedo. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Santander.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1754
- Latin
- Santanderien(sis)
- Patron
- * san Emeterio * san Celedonio
- Annuario code
- 001002954
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 557,409
- Population
- 592,876
- Catholic share
- 94.0%
- Priests
- 331
- Catholics per priest
- 1,684
- Extent
- 5,527 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 101
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
- Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas
- Born
- 10 June 1964
- Birthplace
- Vinalesa
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 the Assumption, Santander stands in Santander, 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
A suffragan of Oviedo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of OviedoOviedo
- Diocese of AstorgaAstorga
- Diocese of LeónLeón
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
From Santander Cathedral in the city of Santander, the Diocese of Santander (Latin: Dioecesis Santanderiensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, serves its territory within the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.
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].