Diocese of Terrassa
Terrassen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Terrassa, Spain
The Diocese of Terrassa is a Latin Church diocese in Catalonia, Spain, erected in 2004 from the Archdiocese of Barcelona, of which it is a suffragan. It traces heritage to the ancient Diocese of Egara.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 June 2004
- Latin
- Terrassen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen de la Salud
- Annuario code
- 001003207
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,222,420
- Population
- 1,238,655
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 137
- Catholics per priest
- 8,923
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,019
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
- Salvador Cristau Coll
- Born
- 15 April 1950
- Birthplace
- Barcelona (Spagna)
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 the Holy Spirit, Terrassa stands in Terrassa, 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 Sant Feliu de LlobregatSant Feliu de Llobregat
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Terrassa, a city in Catalonia, Spain, gives its name to a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, the Diocese of Terrassa (Latin: Dioecesis Terrassensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Barcelona.
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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.