Archdiocese of Zaragoza
Caesaraugustan(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Zaragoza, Spain
The Archdiocese of Zaragoza is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Aragón, Spain. Of Roman-era origin, it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1318 by Pope John XXII, with suffragan dioceses including Barbastro-Monzón, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel y Albarracín.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1318
- Latin
- Caesaraugustan(us)
- Patron
- san Valero
- Annuario code
- 001000234
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 873,040
- Population
- 917,040
- Catholic share
- 95.2%
- Priests
- 459
- Catholics per priest
- 1,902
- Extent
- 13,309 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
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
- Carlos Escribano Subías
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 Saviour (La Seo), Zaragoza stands in Zaragoza, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Zaragoza
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barbastro–MonzónBarbastro–Monzón
- Diocese of HuescaHuesca
- Diocese of TarazonaTarazona
- Diocese of Teruel y AlbarracínTeruel y Albarracín
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Founded in Roman times and raised to an archdiocese by Pope John XXII in 1318, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Cæsaraugustana; Aragonese: Archidiocesi Metropolitano de Zaragoza) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza (older in English: Saragossa), part of the autonomous community of Aragón. As head of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza it holds metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Barbastro-Monzón, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel and Albarracín.
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].