Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Archidioecesis Compostellana
Arquidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area 8,545 km2 (3,299 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
1,301,147
1,192,508 (91.7%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 5 December 1095 (As Diocese of Santiago de Compostela)
27 February 1120 (As Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela)
Cathedral Cathedral basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela
Patron saint St James the Greater
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio
Suffragans Diocese of Lugo
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
Diocese of Ourense
Diocese of Tui-Vigo
Auxiliary Bishops Jesús Fernández González
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana), is the senior of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.[1][2]

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has his "cathedra" – i.e. (archi)episcopal see : from Greek/Latin "seat" – in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle St. James, after whom Santiago is named.

Extent and statistics

The archdiocesan jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia, including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,178,000 Catholics (88.9% of 1,324,741 total) on 8,546 km² in 1,071 parishes and 3 missions with 732 priests (536 diocesan, 196 religious), 4 deacons, 1,052 lay religious (400 brothers, 652 sisters) and 22 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province

Covers all Galicia, with four suffragan sees :

History

See Diocese of Iria Flavia for its precursor and early history when the see was shared.
  • Established formally on 5 December 1095 as Diocese of Santiago de Compostela / Compostellan(us) (Latin adjective), on the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Iria Flavia.
  • Promoted on 1120.02.27 by Pope Calixtus II as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
  • In 1954.10.17 it gained territory from its suffragan Diocese of Mondoñedo.
  • It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in November 1982 and August 1989 and from Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010.

Episcopal ordinaries

See Diocese of Iria Flavia for Bishops shared with its precursor.
Suffragan Bishops of (Santiago de) Compostela

On 5 December 1095 Pope Urban II issued the bull Veterum sinodalia transferring the diocese of Iria to Compostela.

Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela

In 1120 Pope Calixtus II raised Compostela to an archdiocese.

Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio
  • Miguel Payá y Rico (16 Jan 1874 – 7 June 1886), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo *)
  • Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (10 June 1886 – death 20 Jan 1888)
  • José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 – death 8 Dec 1922)
  • Manuel Lago y González (24 July 1923 – death 18 March 1925)
  • Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 – death 16 Jan 1927)
  • Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 – death 6 Sep 1933)
  • Tomás Muniz Pablos (13 August 1935 – death 15 March 1948)
  • Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 – death 31 Jan 1949)
  • Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 June 1949 – death 7 Dec 1971)
  • Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (13 April 1973 – 12 April 1983), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
  • Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 – 28 July 1994), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
  • Julián Barrio Barrio (5 January 1996 – ...), succeeding as former Titular Bishop of Sasabe (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05) and Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05).

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

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