Archdiocese of Toledo
Toletan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Toledo, Spain
The Archdiocese of Toledo is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in central Spain whose archbishop holds the title Primate of Spain. Of ancient origin, it was elevated to a metropolitan see in the 4th century and has suffragan dioceses including Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Sigüenza-Guadalajara.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Latin
- Toletan(us)
- Patron
- * santa Leocadia * santa María del Sagrario * san Ildefonso de Toledo
- Annuario code
- 001003243
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 636,477
- Population
- 719,482
- Catholic share
- 88.5%
- Priests
- 430
- Catholics per priest
- 1,480
- Extent
- 19,333 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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 Cerro Chaves
- Born
- 18 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Malpartida de Cáceres
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 of St Mary, Toledo stands in Toledo, 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 Toledo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlbaceteAlbacete
- Diocese of Ciudad RealCiudad Real
- Diocese of CuencaCuenca
- Diocese of Sigüenza-GuadalajaraSigüenza-Guadalajara
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Toledo holds the primatial see of Spain. Tradition attributes the founding of this Latin Church archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana) to James the Great in the 1st century, and it was raised to an archdiocese in 313, following the Edict of Milan. The Metropolitan Archbishop carries the title Primate of Spain, and since 1937 that of General Vicar of the Armies, although pastoral care of the Spanish armed forces has been entrusted since 1986 to the Military Archbishopric of Spain.
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].