Diocese of Solsona
Celsonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Solsona, Spain
The Diocese of Solsona is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia, Spain, established in 1593 from territory of the dioceses of Urgell and Vic. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 July 1593
- Latin
- Celsonen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen del Claustro
- Annuario code
- 001003087
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,700
- Population
- 139,900
- Catholic share
- 92.0%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 2,145
- Extent
- 3,536 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer
- Born
- 25 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Elche
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, Solsona stands in Solsona, 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 Tarragona
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Solsona, a city in Catalonia, Spain, is the seat of a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Solsona (Latin: Dioecesis Celsonensis), within the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona.
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].