Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Compostellan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Galicia, Spain, home of the shrine of the Apostle St James and terminus of the Camino de Santiago. Erected as a diocese on 5 December 1095 (translated from Iria Flavia) and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Callixtus II on 27 February 1120; its suffragans are Lugo, Mondonedo-Ferrol, Ourense and Tui-Vigo. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1095
- Latin
- Compostellan(us)
- Patron
- St James the Greater
- Annuario code
- 001002967
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,192,508
- Population
- 1,301,147
- Catholic share
- 91.7%
- Priests
- 488
- Catholics per priest
- 2,444
- Extent
- 8,545 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 140
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
- Francisco Jose Prieto Fernandez
- Born
- 18 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Orense
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 St James the Apostle, Santiago de Compostela stands in Santiago de Compostela, 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 Santiago de Compostela
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LugoLugo
- Diocese of Mondoñedo-FerrolMondoñedo-Ferrol
- Diocese of OrenseOrense
- Diocese of Tui-VigoTui-Vigo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Galicia is divided by the church into five districts, and the most senior of them is the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana), a Latin Church archdiocese in Spain. Its seat, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, carries a dedication to the Apostle James.
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].