Diocese of Ibiza
Ebusitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ibiza, Spain
The Diocese of Ibiza is a Latin Church diocese covering the Pityusic Islands of Ibiza and Formentera in the Balearic Islands, Spain, established in 1782. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia and has been led by Bishop Vicente Ribas Prats since 2021.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1782
- Latin
- Ebusitan(us)
- Patron
- * Virgen de las Nieves * san Ciriaco
- Annuario code
- 001001640
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Population
- 118,013
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.2%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 3,548
- Extent
- 872 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 126
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
- Vicente Ribas Prats
- Born
- 12 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Ibiza
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 St. Mary, Ibiza stands in Ibiza, 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 Valencia
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Valencia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ValenciaValencia
- Diocese of MallorcaMallorca
- Diocese of MenorcaMenorca
- Diocese of Orihuela-AlicanteOrihuela-Alicante
- Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la PlanaSegorbe-Castellón de la Plana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The islands of Ibiza and Formentera, in the Balearics, together form the Diocese of Ibiza (Latin: Dioecesis Ebusitanus), a diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, Spain.
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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.