Archdiocese of Tarragona
Tarraconen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Tarragona, Spain
The Archdiocese of Tarragona is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Catalonia, Spain, dating to Roman times and reestablished in 1118 after the Muslim occupation. Its archbishop holds the title Primate of Spain, with suffragans Girona, Lleida, Solsona, Tortosa, Urgell, and Vic.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Tarraconen(sis)
- Patron
- santa Tecla
- Annuario code
- 001003179
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 517,800
- Population
- 549,500
- Catholic share
- 94.2%
- Priests
- 128
- Catholics per priest
- 4,045
- Extent
- 3,146 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 165
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
- Joan Planellas Barnosell
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
Primatial Cathedral Basilica of St Mary (St Thecla), Tarragona stands in Tarragona, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Diocese of SolsonaSolsona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Created in Roman times and reestablished in 1118 after the Muslim occupation, the Archdiocese of Tarragona (Latin: Archidioecesis Tarraconensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory in the province of Tarragona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain. Its Metropolitan Archbishop, who also bears the title Primate of Spain, heads the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, exercising Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Girona, Lleida, Solsona, Tortosa, Urgell, and Vic.
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].