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Metropolitan see Zaragoza, Spain

Archdiocese of Zaragoza

Caesaraugustan(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Saviour (La Seo), Zaragoza, in Zaragoza, Spain.

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Established
1318
Catholics
873,040
Priests
459
Territory
13,309 km²

Parishes and churches

283 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Carlos Escribano Subías

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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.

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.