Diocese of Tortosa
Dertosen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tortosa, Spain
The Diocese of Tortosa is a Latin Church diocese covering southern Catalonia and the northern Valencian Community in Spain, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tarragona. It is of ancient origin, dating to the 4th century.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 400
- Latin
- Dertosen(sis)
- Patron
- Virgen de la Cinta
- Annuario code
- 001003260
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 260,449
- Population
- 292,662
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 89.0%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 3,668
- Extent
- 6,450 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
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
- Sergi Gordo Rodríguez
- Born
- 23 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Barcelona
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 Our Lady of Sorrows, Tortosa stands in Tortosa, 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
- Diocese of SolsonaSolsona
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
- Diocese of VicVic
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Straddling the south of Catalonia and the north of the Valencian Community, the Diocese of Tortosa (Latin: Dioecesis Dertosensis) is a Latin church diocese of the Catholic Church, suffragan to the Archdiocese 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.