Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
Civitaten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
The Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo is a Latin Church diocese in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valladolid.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1168
- Latin
- Civitaten(sis)
- Patron
- san Isidoro de Sevilla
- Annuario code
- 001001170
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 37,047
- Population
- 33,016
- Priests
- 46
- Catholics per priest
- 805
- Extent
- 4,264 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 8.7
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
- José Luis Retana Gozalo
- Born
- 12 March 1953
- Birthplace
- Pedro Bernardo
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 Saint Mary stands in Ciudad Rodrigo, 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 Valladolid
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Valladolid.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ValladolidValladolid
- Diocese of SalamancaSalamanca
- Diocese of SegoviaSegovia
- Diocese of ZamoraZamora
- Diocese of ÁvilaÁvila
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid, the city of Ciudad Rodrigo gives its name to a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatensis).
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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.