Diocese of Cartagena
Carthaginen(sis) in Hispania
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cartagena, Spain
Latin-rite diocese covering the Region of Murcia, Spain, with Christian roots in the early 4th century and restored on 31 July 1250 by the bull Spiritus exultante. Although titled Cartagena, its see is the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Murcia, and it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Granada. Bishop Jose Manuel Lorca Planes has led the diocese since 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1250
- Latin
- Carthaginen(sis) in Hispania
- Patron
- san Fulgencio
- Annuario code
- 001001065
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,040,770
- Population
- 1,518,486
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 68.5%
- Priests
- 415
- Catholics per priest
- 2,508
- Extent
- 11,320 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 92
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
- Jose Manuel Lorca Planes
- Born
- 18 October 1949
- Birthplace
- Espinardo
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 Santa Maria, Murcia stands in Cartagena, 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 Granada
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Granada.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmeríaAlmería
- Archdiocese of GranadaGranada
- Diocese of GuadixGuadix
- Diocese of JaénJaén
- Diocese of MálagaMálaga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.