Diocese of Tui-Vigo
Tuden(sis)-Vicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tui-Vigo, Spain
Latin rite diocese in southern Galicia, Spain, tracing to the 6th-century see of Tui (c. 570) and bearing the name Tui-Vigo since 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. Its seat is the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Tui, with a co-cathedral in Vigo.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1959
- Latin
- Tuden(sis)-Vicen(sis)
- Patron
- san Telmo
- Annuario code
- 001000011
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 532,459
- Population
- 560,000
- Catholic share
- 95.1%
- Priests
- 225
- Catholics per priest
- 2,366
- Extent
- 1,721 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 309
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
- Antonio Jose Valin Valdes
- Born
- 24 February 1968
- Birthplace
- Ribadeo
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
Tui Cathedral stands in Tui-Vigo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria, Vigo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Santiago de Compostela
A suffragan of Santiago de Compostela.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela
- Diocese of LugoLugo
- Diocese of Mondoñedo-FerrolMondoñedo-Ferrol
- Diocese of OrenseOrense
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) serves Northwestern Spain as a Latin Church diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral, Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, stands in the episcopal see of Tui; in Vigo the diocese keeps a second seat, the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary.
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].