Diocese of Urgell
Urgellen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Urgell, Spain
Latin rite diocese in the Catalan Pyrenees, Spain, with origins in the 4th century; its bishop is ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, the world's only remaining prince-bishop. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Mary in La Seu d'Urgell.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 531
- Latin
- Urgellen(sis)
- Patron
- * Virgen de Nuria * San Ermengol de Urgel * San Odón de Urgel
- Annuario code
- 001000051
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 208,486
- Population
- 216,337
- Catholic share
- 96.4%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 2,936
- Extent
- 7,630 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
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
- Josep-Lluis Serrano Pentinat
- Born
- 24 July 1949
- Birthplace
- Barcelona
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 (Santa Maria), La Seu d'Urgell stands in Urgell, 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 Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Diocese of SolsonaSolsona
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Rooted in the historical Catalan County of Urgell, the Diocese of Urgell (Catalan pronunciation: [uɾˈ(d)ʒeʎ]; Latin: Diœcesis Urgellensis) is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia (Spain) whose territory also embraces the whole of the sovereign Principality of Andorra. Its origins reach back to the 5th century AD, possibly earlier, and while its lands include those of the historical County of Urgell, its present borders differ from that county's.
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].