Diocese of Lleida
Ilerden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lleida, Spain
Latin rite diocese in Catalonia, Spain, with origins in the 5th century as the see of Lerida. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Lleida.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1992
- Latin
- Ilerden(sis)
- Patron
- san Anastasio
- Annuario code
- 001002030
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 203,520
- Population
- 236,953
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.9%
- Priests
- 93
- Catholics per priest
- 2,188
- Extent
- 2,977 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
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
- Daniel Palau Valero
- Born
- 7 December 1972
- Birthplace
- Barcelona
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, Lleida stands in Lleida, 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 Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- 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
Dating to the 3rd century, the Diocese of Lleida, also known as the Diocese of Lerida (Latin: Dioecesis Ilerdensis), is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida within the autonomous community of Catalonia. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona and is therefore suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tarragona.
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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.