Diocese of Vitoria
Victorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vitoria, Spain
Latin rite diocese covering Alava in the Basque Country, Spain, erected on 8 September 1861. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Burgos. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (the New Cathedral) in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 September 1861
- Latin
- Victorien(sis)
- Patron
- San Prudencio de Armentia
- Annuario code
- 001000124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 298,000
- Population
- 329,900
- Catholic share
- 90.3%
- Priests
- 254
- Catholics per priest
- 1,173
- Extent
- 3,282 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
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
- Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal
- Born
- 25 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Mezkiritz
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 the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral), Vitoria-Gasteiz stands in Vitoria, 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 Burgos
A suffragan of Burgos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BurgosBurgos
- Diocese of BilbaoBilbao
- Diocese of Osma-SoriaOsma-Soria
- Diocese of PalenciaPalencia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Diocese of Vitoria (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Burgos in 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].