Diocese of Vic
Vicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vic, Spain
Latin rite diocese in central Catalonia, Spain, first established in the 5th century and re-established in 886. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St Peter in Vic.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 561
- Latin
- Vicen(sis)
- Patron
- * Nuestra Señora de Montserrat * san Juan Bautista
- Annuario code
- 001000097
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 412,029
- Population
- 456,827
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.2%
- Priests
- 113
- Catholics per priest
- 3,646
- Extent
- 3,964 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 104
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
- Roma Casanova Casanova
- Born
- 29 August 1956
- Birthplace
- Deltebre
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 St Peter (Sant Pere), Vic stands in Vic, 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 Tarragona.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GironaGirona
- Diocese of LleidaLleida
- Diocese of SolsonaSolsona
- Archdiocese of TarragonaTarragona
- Diocese of TortosaTortosa
- Diocese of UrgellUrgell
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A basilica dedicated to Saint Peter serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Vic (Latin: Dioecesis Vicensis). This Latin diocese has its seat in the city of Vic, within the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain.
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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.