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Diocese of Salamanca

Dioecesis Salmantina



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Restored: 10th Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 7,876 (3,042 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdesalamanca.com/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Rosario 18-28, 37001 Salamanca, Espana
  • Telephone: 923.12.89.00
  • Fax: 923.12.89.01

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10th CenturyRestoredDiocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954Territory AddedArchdiocese of Valladolid (Tarazona de Guareña) Diocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Zamora (5 parishes in Salamanca) Diocese of Salamanca
12 June 1958Territory AddedDiocese of Ávila (Guijo de Avila, Cespedosa, Bercimulle, Gallegos del Solmirón, Armenteros, Rágama, Oantaracillo, Bóveda del Bio Almar, Mancera de Abajo, Salmoral, Iñigos-Blasco, and Novaombela)
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Salamanca)
Diocese of Salamanca
12 June 1958Territory LostDiocese of Salamanca (Aldeanueva de la Sierra, Anaya de Huebra, Gallegos de Huebra, Avililla de la Sierm, Mieza, Muñoz, San Muñoz, Sanchón de la Sagrada, la Sagrada, Tamames, Villares of Yeltes, Pedro Alvaro, and Vilvestre) Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950250,000250,000100.0%3901755654426351,472287ap1951
1969267,623267,79199.9%4083757833415811,881199ap1971
1980301,000303,00099.3%3332265595384611,175324ap1981
1990288,000290,00099.3%3242405645105101,080323ap1991
1999280,800289,80096.9%198862849883309712405ap2000
2000280,000288,80097.0%199662651,0563166590405ap2001
2001280,000287,00097.6%199962959493413558405ap2002
2002280,000286,00097.9%1991473468092495523405ap2003
2003275,000280,00098.2%1992304296412555500405ap2004
2004275,000280,00098.2%1922003927012525480405ap2005
2010296,000302,20097.9%2002454456654361983411ap2011
2014297,000302,90098.1%18727546264244031,017411ap2015
2017263,533281,35393.7%17524141663343761,060411ap2018
2020255,525277,94391.9%1612013627055276852411ap2021
2022254,897276,75592.1%1511853367585275806411ap2023

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 428, and Page 429
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 227
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 289
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 300
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 339
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 362
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 66, to Page 68
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 38, to Page 40

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