Diocese of Girona
Gerunden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Girona, Spain
The Diocese of Girona is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia, Spain, with origins documented in the late 4th century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona and has been led by Bishop Octavi Vilà Mayo since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 397
- Latin
- Gerunden(sis)
- Patron
- san Narciso
- Annuario code
- 001001490
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 630,000
- Population
- 740,214
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.1%
- Priests
- 144
- Catholics per priest
- 4,375
- Extent
- 4,705 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 134
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
- Octavi Vilà Mayo
- Born
- 11 December 1961
- Birthplace
- Tarragona
- Institute
- Congregazione Cistercense della Corona di Aragona
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
Girona Cathedral stands in Girona, 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 Tarragona
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Diocese of SolsonaSolsona
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Catalonia, Spain, the city of Girona is the seat of a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Girona (Latin: Dioecesis Gerundensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona.
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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.