Diocese of Vitoria
Victorien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Vitoria, Spain
Latin rite diocese covering Alava in the Basque Country, Spain, erected on 8 September 1861. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Burgos. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (the New Cathedral) in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 8 September 1861
- Latin
- Victorien(sis)
- Patron
- San Prudencio de Armentia
- Annuario code
- 001000124
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 298,000
- Population
- 329,900
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 90.3%
- Priests
- 254
- Catholics per priest
- 1,173
- Extent
- 3,282 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 91
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
- Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal
- Born
- 25 June 1960
- Birthplace
- Mezkiritz
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 the Immaculate Conception (New Cathedral), Vitoria-Gasteiz stands in Vitoria, 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 Burgos
A suffragan of Burgos.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BurgosBurgos
- Diocese of BilbaoBilbao
- Diocese of Osma-SoriaOsma-Soria
- Diocese of PalenciaPalencia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, the Diocese of Vitoria (Latin: Dioecesis Victoriensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church belonging to the ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.
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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.