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Suffragan diocese Santander, Spain

Diocese of Santander

Santanderien(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Santander, in Santander, Spain.

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Established
1754
Catholics
557,409
Priests
331
Territory
5,527 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas
Born
10 June 1964
Birthplace
Vinalesa

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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.

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.

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