Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife
Sancti Christophori de Laguna seu Nivarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Latin rite diocese covering the western Canary Islands (Tenerife and its province), erected on 1 February 1819 by Pope Pius VII. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville. Its seat is the Cathedral of San Cristobal de La Laguna (La Laguna Cathedral, Our Lady of Los Remedios).
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 February 1819
- Latin
- Sancti Christophori de Laguna seu Nivarien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Los Remedios
- Annuario code
- 001002882
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 884,000
- Population
- 1,020,490
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 86.6%
- Priests
- 217
- Catholics per priest
- 4,074
- Extent
- 3,381 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 261
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
- Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago
- Born
- 8 September 1973
- Birthplace
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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
La Laguna Cathedral stands in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, 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 Seville
A suffragan of Seville.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Cádiz y CeutaCádiz y Ceuta
- Diocese of CórdobaCórdoba
- Diocese of HuelvaHuelva
- Diocese of Islas CanariasIslas Canarias
- Diocese of Jerez de la FronteraJerez de la Frontera
- Archdiocese of SevillaSevilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Known also as the Diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense, the Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Latin: Sancti Christophori de Laguna) has its seat in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Islands and serves as a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Sevilla in Spain. Its territory covers the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, and El Hierro, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
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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.