Archdiocese of Granada
Granaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Granada, Spain
The Archdiocese of Granada is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Andalusia, Spain, tracing its roots to the ancient Diocese of Elvira and re-established in 1437. It was elevated to an archdiocese in 1492 and is the metropolitan see for suffragans including Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1437
- Latin
- Granaten(sis)
- Patron
- san Cecilio
- Annuario code
- 001001513
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 743,530
- Population
- 860,898
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.4%
- Priests
- 384
- Catholics per priest
- 1,936
- Extent
- 6,945 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 107
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
- Archbishop
- José María Gil Tamayo
- Born
- 5 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Zalamea de la Serena
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
Granada Cathedral stands in Granada, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AlmeríaAlmería
- Diocese of CartagenaCartagena
- Diocese of GuadixGuadix
- Diocese of JaénJaén
- Diocese of MálagaMálaga
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: archidioecesis Granatensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain with deep roots: it began as the Diocese of Elvira, which existed from the 3rd century through the 10th, was re-founded as the diocese of Granada in 1437, and was raised to a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga serve as its suffragan sees.
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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.