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Diocese of Vitoria

Dioecesis Victoriensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 8 September 1861
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Burgos
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 3,350 (1,293 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisvitoria.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Vicente Goicoechea 7, 01008 Vitoria, Espana
  • Telephone: 945.14.81.71
  • Fax: 945.14.58.37

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
8 September 1861ErectedArchdiocese of Burgos
Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada
Diocese of Pamplona (-Tudela)
Diocese of Santander
Diocese of Vitoria (erected)
2 November 1949Territory LostDiocese of Santander (Villaverde de Trucios)
Diocese of Vitoria (Vizcaya)
Diocese of Bilbao (erected)
2 November 1949Territory LostDiocese of Vitoria (Guipúzcoa) Diocese of San Sebastián (erected)
2 November 1949Territory AddedDiocese of Calahorra y La Calzada (Condado de Treviño) Diocese of Vitoria

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
19501,016,5001,017,84399.9%1,9077422,6493836,568736ap1951
1970207,000207,68199.7%386964824292691,124417ap1971
1980254,002267,03695.1%3641074715393101,019503ap1981
1990267,000280,00095.4%327105432618306979419ap1991
1999276,000289,90295.2%2841033877133211852422ap2000
2000279,000291,98395.6%2881083967043227839412ap2001
2001278,000291,16195.5%284923767393193784422ap2002
2002281,000294,32295.5%274983727553195818422ap2003
2003280,000298,34593.9%264933577843185740422ap2004
2004278,134302,16492.0%259903497963177730422ap2005
2010276,745325,57985.0%232823148814144651422ap2011
2014298,000329,90090.3%219722911,0245138600432ap2015
2017237,000330,11671.8%207632708777121590423ap2018
2020226,886337,62967.2%193582519036103549423ap2021
2022226,000335,97567.3%18255237953688361421ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 535, to Page 539

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