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Archdiocese of Zaragoza

Caesaraugustan(us)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Zaragoza, Spain

The Archdiocese of Zaragoza is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Aragón, Spain. Of Roman-era origin, it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1318 by Pope John XXII, with suffragan dioceses including Barbastro-Monzón, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel y Albarracín.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
1318
Latin
Caesaraugustan(us)
Patron
san Valero
Annuario code
001000234

The see in figures

Catholics
873,040
Population
917,040
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
95.2%
Priests
459
Catholics per priest
1,902
Extent
13,309 km²
Catholics per km²
66

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
Carlos Escribano Subías

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 Our Saviour (La Seo), Zaragoza stands in Zaragoza, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

The province of Zaragoza

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

Founded in Roman times and raised to an archdiocese by Pope John XXII in 1318, the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Cæsaraugustana; Aragonese: Archidiocesi Metropolitano de Zaragoza) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza (older in English: Saragossa), part of the autonomous community of Aragón. As head of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza it holds metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Barbastro-Monzón, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel and Albarracín.

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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.