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Diocese of Vic

Vicen(sis)

Latin rite diocese in central Catalonia, Spain, first established in the 5th century and re-established in 886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Vic.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
561
Latin
Vicen(sis)
Patron
* Nuestra Señora de Montserrat * san Juan Bautista
Annuario code
001000097

The see in figures

Catholics
412,029
Population
456,827
Catholic share
90.2%

of the people living within its bounds

Priests
113
Catholics per priest
3,646
Extent
3,964 km²
Catholics per km²
104

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
Roma Casanova Casanova
Born
29 August 1956
Birthplace
Deltebre

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 Basilica of St Peter (Sant Pere), Vic stands in Vic, 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

A basilica dedicated to Saint Peter serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Vic (Latin: Dioecesis Vicensis). This Latin diocese has its seat in the city of Vic, within the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, 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.

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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].