Archdiocese of Sevilla
Hispalen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Sevilla, Spain
The Archdiocese of Seville is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Andalusia, Spain, with origins in the early centuries of Christianity and led historically by Saints Leander and Isidore. Its suffragans include Cádiz and Ceuta, Córdoba, Huelva, the Canaries, Jerez de la Frontera, and San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Hispalen(sis)
- Patron
- * Virgen de los Reyes Coronada * san Fernando
- Annuario code
- 001003035
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,890,000
- Population
- 1,900,224
- Catholic share
- 99.5%
- Priests
- 606
- Catholics per priest
- 3,119
- Extent
- 14,036 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 135
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
- Josep Àngel Saiz Meneses
- Born
- 2 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Sisante
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 of St Mary of the See, Seville stands in Sevilla, 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 Seville
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cádiz y CeutaCádiz y Ceuta
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of HuelvaHuelva
- Diocese of Islas CanariasIslas Canarias
- Diocese of Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Frontera
- Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, TenerifeSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded as the Diocese of Seville in the 3rd century and raised to an archdiocese in the 4th, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seville (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Hispalensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. José Ángel Saiz Meneses currently serves as archbishop. Its suffragan dioceses are Cádiz y Ceuta, Córdoba, Huelva, Canaries, Jerez de la Frontera, and San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife.
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].