List of Catholic dioceses in Spain explained

The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 69 territorial (arch-)dioceses:

• fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite), have a total of 55 suffragan dioceses.

Exempt, i.e., directly subject to the Holy See, are:

• the (vacant) Latin Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies
• the Spanish military ordinariate, which is a Latin army bishopric (personal diocese for the military) headed by an archbishop
• the joint Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all Eastern Catholics in Spain.

All are members of the national episcopal conference of Spain.

There is also an Apostolic Nunciature to Spain (in the national capital Madrid), into which is also vested the nunciature to Andorra.

Exempt current jurisdictions

Latin

• Military Archbishopric of Spain, personal archbishopric for the Spanish armed forces

Eastern Rite ordinariate

• Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite in Spain

Current Latin provinces

Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Barcelona
  • Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat
  • Diocese of Terrassa

Ecclesiastical province of Burgos

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos
  • Diocese of Bilbao
  • Diocese of Osma-Soria
  • Diocese of Palencia
  • Diocese of Vitoria

Ecclesiastical province of Granada

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada
  • Diocese of Almería
  • Diocese of Cartagena
  • Diocese of Guadix
  • Diocese of Jaén
  • Diocese of Málaga

Ecclesiastical province of Madrid

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid
  • Diocese of Alcalá de Henares
  • Diocese of Getafe

Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
  • Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
  • Diocese of Plasencia

Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo
  • Diocese of Astorga
  • Diocese of León
  • Diocese of Santander

Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela
  • Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño
  • Diocese of Jaca
  • Diocese of San Sebastián

Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
  • Diocese of Lugo
  • Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
  • Diocese of Ourense
  • Diocese of Tui-Vigo

Ecclesiastical province of Seville

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Seville
  • Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta, which includes the Spanish exclaves in Morocco
  • Diocese of Córdoba
  • Diocese of Huelva
  • Diocese of Canarias
  • Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
  • Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona
  • Diocese of Girona
  • Diocese of Lleida
  • Diocese of Solsona
  • Diocese of Tortosa
  • Diocese of Urgell, which includes Andorra, where he is prince-bishop as joint head of state (with the French president)
  • Diocese of Vic

Ecclesiastical province of Toledo

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo, which uses the Mozarabic Rite
  • Diocese of Albacete
  • Diocese of Ciudad Real
  • Diocese of Cuenca
  • Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara

Ecclesiastical province of Valencia

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia
  • Diocese of Ibiza
  • Diocese of Majorca
  • Diocese of Menorca
  • Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante
  • Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón

Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid
  • Diocese of Ávila
  • Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
  • Diocese of Salamanca
  • Diocese of Segovia
  • Diocese of Zamora

Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza

• Metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza
  • Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón
  • Diocese of Huesca
  • Diocese of Tarazona
  • Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín

Titular sees

(Excluding the current but vacant Latin titular patriarchate, above)

• Forty-eight Titular bishoprics (all Episcopal): Diocese of Abula, Diocese of Acci, Diocese of Álava, Diocese of Algeciras, Diocese of Amaia, Diocese of Arcavica, Diocese of Assidona ? Asidonia, Diocese of Auca, Diocese of Baeza, Diocese of Basti (Baza), Diocese of Besalú, Diocese of Bigastro, Diocese of Britonia, Diocese of Castulo, Diocese of Celene, Diocese of Denia, Diocese of Écija, Diocese of Egabro, Diocese of Egara, Diocese of Elepla, Diocese of Elicroca, Diocese of Elo, Diocese of Emerita Augusta (now Mérida(-Badajoz), again suppressed as titular see), Diocese of Fuerteventura, Diocese of Iliturgi, Illiberi (Elvira / Eliberi / Granada / Ilurir), Diocese of Illici, Diocese of Ipagro, Diocese of Iria Flavia, Diocese of Italica, Diocese of Mentesa, Diocese of Naiera (Najéra), Diocese of Oreto, Diocese of Rota, Diocese of Rotdon, Diocese of Rubicon, Diocese of Saetabis, Diocese of Sasabe, Diocese of Segia, Diocese of Segisama, Diocese of Telde, Diocese of Tucci, Diocese of Urci, Diocese of Ursona, Diocese of Valabria, Diocese of Valeria, Diocese of Valliposita, Diocese of Vergi

Other

(Excluding mere predecessors of current sees)

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Albarracin
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceuta
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Tudela

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - Spain.
• GCatholic.org - Andorra.
• Catholic-Hierarchy entry.