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Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

Compostellan(us)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Galicia, Spain, home of the shrine of the Apostle St James and terminus of the Camino de Santiago. Erected as a diocese on 5 December 1095 (translated from Iria Flavia) and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Callixtus II on 27 February 1120; its suffragans are Lugo, Mondonedo-Ferrol, Ourense and Tui-Vigo. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1095
Latin
Compostellan(us)
Patron
St James the Greater
Annuario code
001002967

The see in figures

Catholics
1,192,508
Population
1,301,147
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
91.7%
Priests
488
Catholics per priest
2,444
Extent
8,545 km²
Catholics per km²
140

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

Archbishop
Francisco Jose Prieto Fernandez
Born
18 August 1968
Birthplace
Orense

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 James the Apostle, Santiago de Compostela stands in Santiago de Compostela, 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 Santiago de Compostela

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Galicia is divided by the church into five districts, and the most senior of them is the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana), a Latin Church archdiocese in Spain. Its seat, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, carries a dedication to the Apostle James.

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Sources

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.