Diocese of Solsona
Celsonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Solsona, Spain
The Diocese of Solsona is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia, Spain, established in 1593 from territory of the dioceses of Urgell and Vic. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 July 1593
- Latin
- Celsonen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen del Claustro
- Annuario code
- 001003087
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 128,700
- Population
- 139,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 92.0%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 2,145
- Extent
- 3,536 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 36
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
- Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer
- Born
- 25 August 1961
- Birthplace
- Elche
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 of St Mary, Solsona stands in Solsona, 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 Tarragona
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Solsona, a city in Catalonia, Spain, is the seat of a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Solsona (Latin: Dioecesis Celsonensis), within the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona.
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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.