Diocese of Coria–Cáceres
Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Coria–Cáceres, Spain
The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres is a Latin Church diocese in Extremadura, Spain, erected as the Diocese of Coria in 1143 and renamed in 1957. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz, with a cathedral in Coria and a co-cathedral in Cáceres.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1143
- Latin
- Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum
- Patron
- * san Pedro de Alcántara * Virgen de Argeme
- Annuario code
- 001001212
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 251,701
- Population
- 263,430
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.5%
- Priests
- 154
- Catholics per priest
- 1,634
- Extent
- 10,052 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 25
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 Pulido Arriero
- Born
- 21 February 1965
- Birthplace
- Santa Ana de Pusa
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, Coria stands in Coria–Cáceres, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Mary, Cáceres.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Mérida-Badajoz
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Mérida–BadajozMérida–Badajoz
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The cities of Coria and Cáceres together anchor the Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz in Spain.
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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.