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Diocese of Jaén

Dioecesis Giennensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Granada
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 13,498 (5,213 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdejaen.es/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de Santa Maria 2, 23002 Jaen, Espana
  • Telephone: 953.230.036
  • Fax: 953.230.039

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7th CenturyErectedDiocese of Jaén (erected)
23 April 1954Territory AddedArchdiocese of Toledo (Huesear) Diocese of Jaén

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950780,000780,000100.0%210502603,00050340158ap1951
1969702,284702,88699.9%2891093981,7641741,305135ap1971
1980676,000677,75699.7%245913362,0111441,104206ap1981
1990650,000659,93998.5%356684241,5331118922212ap1991
1999630,000648,55197.1%247713181,981104740199ap2000
2000630,000648,55197.1%232723042,07288440199ap2001
2001631,000649,66297.1%246773231,953112692199ap2002
2002631,000649,66297.1%243573002,10378603198ap2003
2003631,000649,66297.1%246663122,02283686199ap2004
2004630,000651,56596.7%246623082,04586631199ap2005
2006655,000660,28499.2%251523032,16176567199ap2007
2013670,800674,90099.4%247362832,370147338200ap2014
2016665,000670,00099.3%232342662,500241373201ap2017
2019643,200648,25099.2%223302532,542233323201ap2020
2021626,335631,18199.2%208292372,642432278201ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 262, and Page 263
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 159
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 203
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 194
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 209, and Page 210
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 225, and Page 226
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 38, to Page 39
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 506, and Page 507

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