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Diocese of Lugo

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Diocese of Lugo
Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania
Diócesis de Lugo (es)
Diocese de Lugo (gl)
Lugo Cathedral
Lugo Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Compostela
Metropolitan Santiago de Compostela
Coordinates 43°00′33″N 7°33′31″W / 43.009186°N 7.558478°W
Statistics
Area 7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics 		(as of 2004)
296,961
296,389 (99.8%)
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 2nd Century
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Alfonso Carrasco Rouco
Metropolitan Archbishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández
Website
diocesisdelugo.org

Diocese of Lugo — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (Latin: Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1][2]

The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city.

It also has a World Heritage Site: the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.

Extent and statistics

As per 2012, it pastorally served 288,000 Catholics (99.2% of 290,200 total) on 7,703 km2 in 1,139 parishes with 376 priests (315 diocesan, 61 religious), 318 lay religious (83 brothers, 235 sisters) and 7 seminarians.[2]

Its jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three administrative Spanish provinces:

Province of A Coruña; one district with 56 parishes; Province of Pontevedra; three districts with 135 parishes; Province of Lugo; 947 parishes

History

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Episcopal Ordinaries of Lugo

Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (initial period)
First period unavailable
Metropolitan Archbishops of Lugo
always the Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (745–1063)
Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (again)[2]

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[14]

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Diocese of Lugo (LUCENSIS)

Diocese in Galicia, Spain, a suffragan of Santiago, said to have been founded (by Agapitus) in Apostolic times. The see certainly existed in the fifth century, as the authentic catalogue of its bishops begins with Agrescius (A.D. 433), who is ranked as a metropolitan; Lugo, however, became a suffragan of Braga somewhat later. In 561 it was restored to its ancient dignity, Orense, Iria, Astorga, and Britonia being its dependent sees. Councils were held at Lugo in 569, 572, and perhaps 610 (see Baronius, 1597; Hardouin, Conc., II, 373). In 666 it again lost its metropolitan rank. The see is now occupied by Mgr Emmanuel Basulto y Gimenez, elected 4 September, 1909, in succession to Mgr Murua y López; the diocese embraces all the province of Lugo and part of Pontevedra and Coruña. It contains 1102 parishes, (Perujo says 647, infra), 1108 priests, 649 chapels, and 21 oratories. There are 5 religious houses for men, and 8 convents of women. The population is about 366,000, practically all Catholics. The diocese takes its name from the capital of the province (19,000 inhabitants) which is situated on the Rio Miño. The city is surrounded by an immense Roman wall, 36 feet high and 19 feet broad. It possesses a fine cathedral dedicated to St. Froilano, built about 1129, though the actual main facade and towers date only from 1769. Its elegant stalls were carved by Francisco Mouro (1624). This cathedral enjoys the extraordinary privilege of having the Blessed Sacrament perpetually exposed, a privilege which is commemorated in the armorial bearings of the town. The seminary of San Lorenzo, Lugo, with 400 students, was founded in 1591; it is incorporated with the University of Salamanca.

References

  1. Back to citation "Diocese of Lugo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
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  3. Back to citation "Bishop Arias Medín" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  4. Back to citation "Bishop Rodrigo Ibáñez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  5. Back to citation "Bishop Pedro López de Aguiar, OP" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 January 2015 [self-published]
  6. Back to citation "Bishop Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  7. Back to citation "Bishop Pedro Ribera" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
  8. Back to citation "Bishop Martín Tristán Calvete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  9. Back to citation "Bishop Juan Suárez Carvajal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  10. Back to citation "Bishop Francisco Delgado López" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 June 2016 [self-published]
  11. Back to citation "Bishop Fernando Vellosillo Barrio" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
  12. Back to citation "Bishop Juan Ruiz de Villarán" Catholic.hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
  13. Back to citation "Bishop Juan del Pozo Horta, OP" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016 [self-published]
  14. Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo, official website
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