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Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño

Calaguritan(us) et Calceaten(sis) - Lucronien(sis)

Latin-rite diocese covering La Rioja, Spain, originating as the Diocese of Calahorra in the 5th century and reorganized in its present combined form on 9 March 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela, with cathedrals at Calahorra and Santo Domingo de la Calzada and a co-cathedral at Logrono. Bishop Santos Montoya Torres was appointed on 12 January 2022.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1232
Latin
Calaguritan(us) et Calceaten(sis) - Lucronien(sis)
Patron
Nuestra Señora de Valvanera
Annuario code
001001015

The see in figures

Catholics
273,101
Population
301,084
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
90.7%
Priests
220
Catholics per priest
1,241
Extent
5,033 km²
Catholics per km²
54

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
Santos Montoya Torres
Born
22 February 1966
Birthplace
Solana

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 Assumption of Our Lady, Calahorra stands in Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of the Saviour and St Mary, Santo Domingo de la Calzada; Co-Cathedral of St Mary de la Redonda, Logrono.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Pamplona y Tudela

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela.

The sees of this province:

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

History

Three cities, Calahorra, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Logroño, anchor the Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño (Latin: Dioecesis Calaguritanus et Calceatensis-Lucroniensis), a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Pamplona y Tudela in Spain. Each of the three cities has its own cathedral.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.