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Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz

Archidioecesis Emeritensis Augustana-Pacensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Celso Morga Iruzubieta, Archbishop
  • José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M., Coadjutor Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 28 July 1994
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 17,405 (6,722 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.meridabadajoz.net/
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, c/Obispo San Juan de Ribera 2, 06002 Badajoz, Espana
  • Telephone: 924.22.28.47
  • Fax: 924.24.69.92

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Badajoz
1255ErectedDiocese of Badajoz (erected)
30 April 1958Territory AddedDiocese of Córdoba (Castuera in Badajoz) Diocese of Badajoz
30 April 1958Territory LostDiocese of Badajoz (Montânchez in Cáceres) Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
30 April 1958Territory AddedDiocese of Coria-Cáceres (San Vicente de Alcántara and Puebla de Obando in Badajoz) Diocese of Badajoz
Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
28 July 1994ElevatedDiocese of Badajoz Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Badajoz
1950687,000687,000100.0%245753202,146211649151ap1951
1959765,397765,397100.0%305803851,988225710182ap1960
1970650,000650,187100.0%351854361,4901581,013216ap1971
1980594,697597,49599.5%305653701,60795879216ap1981
1990600,239600,54499.9%294683621,65894920210ap1991
Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
1999623,953626,87599.5%283673501,78293907215ap2000
2000584,201587,12399.5%277673441,69893907216ap2001
2001583,411586,34399.5%273673401,71593913216ap2002
2002583,751586,72899.5%276513271,78564906217ap2003
2003575,661578,63899.5%271563271,76079858218ap2004
2004581,414585,29099.3%271563271,77879814218ap2005
2013588,100597,30098.5%271403111,89047590217ap2014
2016543,843604,29290.0%257422991,81849561205ap2017
2019543,900605,75089.8%238422801,94247564202ap2020
2021579,495603,64096.0%2162162,6825535202ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Badajoz
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 383, and Page 384
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 209, and Page 210
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 266
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 269
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 301, and Page 302
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 323
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 294
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 432, and Page 433
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 11, to Page 12
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 707, to Page 709
  • Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 936, and Page 937

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