Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana
Segobricen(sis)-Castellionen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Latin rite diocese in the province of Castellon, Valencian Community, Spain. The see of Segorbe traces to 1173 and took its present form as Segorbe-Castellon in 1960. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia; its seat is the Cathedral of the Assumption in Segorbe, with a co-cathedral in Castellon de la Plana.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1961
- Latin
- Segobricen(sis)-Castellionen(sis)
- Patron
- * Virgen de la Cueva Santa * san Pascual Baylón
- Annuario code
- 001003022
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 420,301
- Population
- 498,497
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 84.3%
- Priests
- 199
- Catholics per priest
- 2,112
- Extent
- 4,356 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 96
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
- Casimiro Lopez Llorente
- Born
- 10 November 1950
- Birthplace
- Burgo de Osma
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
Segorbe Cathedral stands in Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St Mary, Castellon de la Plana.
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 Valencia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ValenciaValencia
- Diocese of IbizaIbiza
- Diocese of MallorcaMallorca
- Diocese of MenorcaMenorca
- Diocese of Orihuela-AlicanteOrihuela-Alicante
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the province of Castellón, part of the autonomous community of Valencia in north-eastern Spain, lies the Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón (Latin: Dioecesis Segobricensis-Castillionensis; Valencian: Diòcesi de Sogorb-Castelló), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Valencia and is therefore suffragan to the Archdiocese of Valencia.
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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.