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Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta

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Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta
Dioecesis Gadicensis o Gaditanus et Septensis
Diócesis de Cádiz y Ceuta
Cádiz Cathedral
Cádiz Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Seville
Metropolitan Seville
Statistics
Area 3,772 km2 (1,456 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2012)
769,800
703,400 (91.4%)
Parishes 118
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5 February 1241 (As Diocese of Cádiz)
5 September 1851 (As Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Cádiz
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Vacant
Metropolitan Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses
Bishops emeritus Rafael Zornoza
Map
Website
www.obispadodecadizyceuta.org

Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta — The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta (Latin: Dioecesis Gadicensis o Gaditanus et Septensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville.[1][2]

Its jurisdiction covers the civil province of Cádiz south to Guadalete river. Includes the comarcas Campo de Gibraltar, La Janda and Bahía de Cádiz except most of Puerto de Santa María which is north to the mentioned Guadalete river and so belongs to diocese of Jerez de la Frontera. Valdelagrana neighbourhood of El Puerto de Santa María, as it south the River also is included in Cádiz diocese. It also covers the Spanish Autónomous City of Ceuta.

Cádiz is the residence of the bishop.

History

Cádiz was raised by Urban IV to episcopal rank in 1263 at the request of king Alfonso X, a year after its Reconquista on the Moors.[3] Its first bishop was Fray Juan Martinez. After the Christians had won from the Moors the Plaza (stronghold) de Algeciras, the ordinaries of Cádiz bore the title of Bishop of Cádiz and Algeciras, granted by Clement VI in 1352.

The see counted amongst its prelates in 1441 Cardinal Juan de Torquemada, an eminent Dominican theologian jurisconsult, who took a leading part in the Council of Basle and Council of Florence, and defended in his "Summe de Ecclesiâ" the direct power of the pope in temporal matters.

On 1816.01.25, the bishopric lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar, which had become a British colony.

By the Concordat of 1851, the diocese of Ceuta, also suffragan of Seville, was joined with that of Cádiz, whose bishop was regularly Apostolic Administrator of Ceuta until the present dual name was adopted at the incorporation of Ceuta in 1933.

Leadership since 1525

Bishops of Cádiz
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Bishops of Cádiz y Ceuta
Auxiliary Bishops of Cádiz

Churches

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cadiz y Ceuta is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[9]

References

  1. Back to citation "Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. Back to citation "Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Back to citation "Diocese of Cadiz". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  4. Back to citation "Archbishop Maximiliano de Austria" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. Back to citation "Bishop Francisco Guerra, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. Back to citation Winfield, Nicole (24 November 2025). "Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Spanish bishop accused of abuse in first known case for pontiff". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
  7. Back to citation Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Pedro Xague, O.P." retrieved January 30, 2016
  8. Back to citation Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Jerónimo Clavijo, O.P." retrieved January 30, 2016
  9. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Cadiz y Ceuta, official website

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