Diocese of Mallorca
Maioricen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mallorca, Spain
The Diocese of Mallorca is a Latin Church diocese covering the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain, with origins in the 5th century and restored in 1237 after the Christian reconquest. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia, with its cathedral in Palma.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1237
- Latin
- Maioricen(sis)
- Patron
- * Virgen de Lluc * san Alonso Rodríguez.
- Annuario code
- 001002125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 594,860
- Population
- 753,584
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 78.9%
- Priests
- 243
- Catholics per priest
- 2,448
- Extent
- 3,604 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 165
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
- Sebastià Taltavull Anglada
- Born
- 28 January 1948
- Birthplace
- Ciutadella de Menorca
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
Palma Cathedral stands in Mallorca, 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 IbizaIbiza
- 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
Palma, on the island of Mallorca, is the seat of the Diocese of Mallorca (Latin: Dioecesis Maioricensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in 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.