Diocese of Menorca
Minoricen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Menorca, Spain
The Diocese of Menorca is a Latin Church diocese covering the island of Menorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain. It was established in 1795 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1795
- Latin
- Minoricen(sis)
- Patron
- * Nuestra Señora del Monte Toro * san Antonio Abad
- Annuario code
- 001002224
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 76,000
- Population
- 81,288
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 93.5%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 2,621
- Extent
- 701 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 108
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
- Gerard Villalonga
- Born
- 29 April 1958
- Birthplace
- Mahón
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 Basilica of St Mary, Ciutadella de Menorca stands in Menorca, 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 MallorcaMallorca
- 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 island of Menorca forms a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Menorca (Latin: Dioecesis Minoricensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain.
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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.