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Diocese of Córdoba

Corduben(sis)

The Diocese of Córdoba is a Latin Church diocese in Andalusia, Spain, with origins dating to the early centuries of Christianity. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville and led by Bishop Jesús Fernández González since 27 March 2025.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
3rd century
Latin
Corduben(sis)
Patron
* san Acisclo * santa Victoria
Annuario code
001001209

The see in figures

Catholics
801,317
Population
777,622
Priests
328
Catholics per priest
2,443
Extent
13,717 km²
Catholics per km²
58

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
Jesús Fernández González
Born
15 September 1955
Birthplace
Selga de Ordás

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 stands in Córdoba, 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 Seville

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Seville.

The sees of this province:

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

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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.