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Archdiocese of Toledo

Toletan(us)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Toledo, Spain

The Archdiocese of Toledo is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in central Spain whose archbishop holds the title Primate of Spain. Of ancient origin, it was elevated to a metropolitan see in the 4th century and has suffragan dioceses including Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, and Sigüenza-Guadalajara.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1st century
Latin
Toletan(us)
Patron
* santa Leocadia * santa María del Sagrario * san Ildefonso de Toledo
Annuario code
001003243

The see in figures

Catholics
636,477
Population
719,482
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
88.5%
Priests
430
Catholics per priest
1,480
Extent
19,333 km²
Catholics per km²
33

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 Cerro Chaves
Born
18 October 1957
Birthplace
Malpartida de Cáceres

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

Primatial Cathedral of St Mary, Toledo stands in Toledo, 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 Toledo

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

Toledo holds the primatial see of Spain. Tradition attributes the founding of this Latin Church archdiocese (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana) to James the Great in the 1st century, and it was raised to an archdiocese in 313, following the Edict of Milan. The Metropolitan Archbishop carries the title Primate of Spain, and since 1937 that of General Vicar of the Armies, although pastoral care of the Spanish armed forces has been entrusted since 1986 to the Military Archbishopric of Spain.

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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.