The
diocesan system of
Christian church government in
Spain: the country is divided into fourteen
ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an
archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 70
dioceses and
archdioceses each headed by a
bishop or an archbishop.
List of Dioceses:
Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona.
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Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat.
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Diocese of Terrassa.
Ecclesiastical province of Burgos:
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Archdiocese of Burgos.
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Diocese of Bilbao.
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Diocese of Osma-Soria.
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Diocese of Palencia.
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Diocese of Vitoria.
Ecclesiastical province of Granada:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada.
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Diocese of AlmerÃa.
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Diocese of Cartagena.
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Diocese of Guadix.
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Diocese of Jaén.
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Diocese of Malaga
Ecclesiastical province of Madrid:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid.
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Diocese of Alcalá de Henares.
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Diocese of Getafe.
Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.
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Diocese of Coria-Cáceres.
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Diocese of Plasencia.
Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo.
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Diocese of Astorga.
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Diocese of León.
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Diocese of Santander.
Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona.
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Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño.
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Diocese of Jaca — Created in 1572 out of
Huesca.
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Diocese of San Sebastián.
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Diocese of Tudela.
Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela:
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
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Diocese of Lugo.
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Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol.
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Diocese of Ourense.
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Diocese of Tui-Vigo.
Ecclesiastical province of Seville:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville.
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Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta.
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Diocese of the Canaries.
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Diocese of Córdoba.
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Diocese of Huelva.
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Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.
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Diocese of Tenerife.
Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona:
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Archdiocese of Tarragona — created in Roman times, reestablished in 1118.
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Diocese of Girona.
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Diocese of Lleida — Created in the 3rd century, after the
Moorish conquest moved to:
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★ Diocese of Roda — until 1101, then moved to Barbastro:
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★ Diocese of Barbastro-Roda — 1101-1149, then moved back to
Lleida.
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Diocese of Solsona.
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Diocese of Tortosa.
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Diocese of Urgell.
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Diocese of Vic.
Ecclesiastical province of Toledo:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo.
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Diocese of Albacete.
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Diocese of Ciudad Real.
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Diocese of Cuenca.
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Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara.
Ecclesiastical province of Valencia:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia.
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Diocese of Ibiza.
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Diocese of Mallorca.
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Diocese of Minorca.
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Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.
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Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón — Created in 1960.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe — 6th-7th centuries.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in
AlbarracÃn.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe-AlbarracÃn — 1259-1571 or 1576.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe — 1571 or 1577-1960.
Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid.
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Diocese of Ãvila.
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Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo.
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Diocese of Salamanca.
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Diocese of Segovia.
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Diocese of Zamora.
Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza:
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza — Created in Roman times, became a metropolitan see in 1318.
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Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón — Created in 1995.
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★ Diocese of Roda — until 1101, moved from
Lleida, then moved to Barbastro:
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★ Diocese of Barbastro-Roda — 1101-1149, then moved back to
Lleida.
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★ Diocese of Barbastro — 1571-1995, created out of
Huesca.
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Diocese of Huesca — Created in or before the 6th century, after 713 moved to:
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★ Bishops of Aragon — until 1063, then the seat moved to Jaca:
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★ Seat in Jaca — 1063-1096, then moved back to Huesca.
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Diocese of Tarazona — Created in or before the 5th century.
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Diocese of Teruel and AlbarracÃn — Created in 1985.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in
AlbarracÃn.
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★ Diocese of Segorbe-AlbarracÃn — 1259-1571 or 1576.
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Diocese of AlbarracÃn — 1577-1852.
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★ Diocese of Teruel — 1577-1851.
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★ Diocese of Teruel-AlbarracÃn — 1852-1984.
Reference
★ Spanish Episcopal Conference
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Giga-Catholic Information
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Spain.