Archdiocese of Valladolid
Vallisoletan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Valladolid, Spain
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Castile and Leon, Spain, erected as a diocese on 25 December 1595 and elevated to archdiocese on 4 July 1857 by Pope Pius IX. Its suffragans are Avila, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Segovia and Zamora. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Valladolid.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 September 1595
- Latin
- Vallisoletan(us)
- Patron
- san Pedro Regalado
- Annuario code
- 001000067
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 453,527
- Population
- 533,561
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 356
- Catholics per priest
- 1,274
- Extent
- 8,172 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 55
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
- Luis Javier Arguello Garcia
- Born
- 16 May 1953
- Birthplace
- Meneses de Campos
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 Our Lady of the Assumption, Valladolid stands in Valladolid, 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 Valladolid
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Ciudad RodrigoCiudad Rodrigo
- Diocese of SalamancaSalamanca
- Diocese of SegoviaSegovia
- Diocese of ZamoraZamora
- Diocese of ÁvilaÁvila
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Raised from a diocese to its present rank in 1857, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vallisoletanus) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. The archbishop's seat is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, and the city of Valladolid is also home to the National Sanctuary of the Gran Promesa.
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].