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Diocese of Orense

Dioecesis Auriensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5th CenturyErectedDiocese of Orense (erected)
14 April 1953Territory AddedDiocese of Orense (Clarify boundaries)
Diocese of Tuy (Clarify boundaries)
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Astorga (3 parishes Castro Caldelas in Orense, San Pedro de Gudiña in Lugo) Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954Territory AddedArchdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Beariz, Girazga, and Lebozán) Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Tuy (Ribadavia, 12 parishes, Padrenda and Desteriz (in Orense)) Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Orense (Bubal with 5 parishes, Torbeo (Lugo)) Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Orense (12 Parishes in Zamora) Diocese of Astorga
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Lugo (San Pedro de Espiñeira (in Orense)) Diocese of Orense
21 December 1959Territory AddedDiocese of Astorga (Parishes of Cañizo, Navea, Castromil de Castilla, and Carracedo de la Sierra and villages of Ventas de la Capilla and Ventas de Bolaño) Diocese of Orense
21 December 1959Territory LostDiocese of Orense (Parish of Celeiros) Diocese of Astorga

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950408,565410,26099.6%5205257271485263684ap1951
1970380,335381,06199.8%56074634599109504656ap1971
1980385,200386,00099.8%48078558690124351734ap1981
1990316,513317,62899.6%4275548265689315737ap1991
1999311,715312,45099.8%37941420742109358735ap2000
2000311,670312,40099.8%37240412756117354735ap2001
2001310,795311,53099.8%36638404769101349735ap2002
2002311,652312,40099.8%3593739678797346735ap2003
2003314,107315,40799.6%3603639679397357735ap2004
2004314,107315,40799.6%3583539379979352735ap2005
2013285,506294,74696.9%3082533385775318735ap2014
2016278,909284,42998.1%2663930591485328735ap2017
2019272,223278,72397.7%2603629691954337735ap2020
2021261,880275,66395.0%25035285918152345735ap2022

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 119
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 99
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 124
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 103, and Page 104
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 107
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 108, and Page 109
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 53, to Page 55
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 45, Page 559
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 162, and Page 163

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