Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat
Sancti Felicis de Llobregat
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain
The Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia, Spain, erected in 2004 from territory of the Archdiocese of Barcelona, of which it is a suffragan. It includes the Sanctuary of Montserrat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 June 2004
- Latin
- Sancti Felicis de Llobregat
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de Montserrat
- Annuario code
- 001002964
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 600,000
- Population
- 661,393
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.7%
- Priests
- 131
- Catholics per priest
- 4,580
- Extent
- 1,400 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 429
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
- Xabier Gómez García
- Born
- 11 April 1970
- Birthplace
- Azkoitia
- Institute
- FRATI PREDICATORI (DOMENICANI) (O.P.)
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
St Lawrence's Cathedral, Sant Feliu de Llobregat stands in Sant Feliu de Llobregat, 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 Barcelona
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Barcelona.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BarcelonaBarcelona
- Diocese of TerrassaTerrassa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Barcelona in Spain, the city of Sant Feliu de Llobregat is the seat of a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church: the Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Felicis de Llobregat).
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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.