Diocese of Gibraltar
Gibraltarien(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Gibraltar, Gibraltar
The Diocese of Gibraltar is a Latin Church diocese covering the British overseas territory of Gibraltar; at just over 6 km2 it is among the smallest dioceses in the world. Its seat is the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned on Main Street. Bishop Charles Azzopardi was installed as Bishop of Gibraltar on 12 September 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1816
- Latin
- Gibraltarien(sis)
- Patron
- Bernard of Clairvaux, Our Lady of Europe
- Annuario code
- 001001486
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 23,495
- Population
- 29,431
- Catholic share
- 79.8%
- Priests
- 8
- Catholics per priest
- 2,937
- Extent
- 6 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3,916
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
- Charles Azzopardi
- Born
- 20 April 1962
- Birthplace
- Gibraltar
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 St Mary the Crowned stands in Gibraltar, 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.
History
In the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, the Diocese of Gibraltar (Latin: Dioecesis Gibraltariensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church served by about twenty priests and nine sisters. Measuring just over 6 square kilometers, it ranks among the smallest of all Catholic dioceses in the world. Charles Azzopardi was installed as bishop on 12 September 2025, and since 2023 the papal representative to Gibraltar has been the Nuncio to Great Britain, Miguel Maury Buendía.
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].