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Bishop of Mondoñedo

Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis
Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol
Catedral de Mondoñedo (fachada).jpg
Cathedral of Mondoñedo
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Santiago de Compostela
Metropolitan Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area 4,425 km2 (1,709 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
292,200
291,100 (99.6%)
Parishes 422
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 572 (As Diocese of Bretoña)
881 (As Diocese of San Martiño)
1136 (As Diocese of Vilamaior)
1199 (As Diocese of Ribadeo)
1219 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo)
9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol)
Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mondoñedo
Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of St Martin in El Ferrol
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Luis Angel de las Heras Berzal
Metropolitan Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio
Emeritus Bishops José Gea Escolano Bishop Emeritus (1987-2005)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol (also known as "Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis") is the northernmost of the four Latin rite suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, which covers Galicia in North-western Spain. The area had previously been home to Britonia, a settlement founded by expatriate Britons in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Britonia was represented by the diocese referred to as Britonensis ecclesia (Britton church) in sources from the 6th and 7th centuries.

The bishop who has his (main) Cathedral (from Latin "cathedra" meaning episcopal seat), a Minor Basilica and World Heritage Site: Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, in Mondoñedo, administrative Province of Lugo, 43°26′00.36″N 7°21′23.48″W / 43.4334333°N 7.3565222°W / 43.4334333; -7.3565222
and a co-cathedral Concatedral de San Julián, in Ferrol, administrative Province of A Coruña, 43°28′N 8°15′W / 43.467°N 8.250°W / 43.467; -8.250
as well as a former Cathedral, also Minor Basilica: Basilica de San Martín de Mondoñedo, in Foz, Lugo province.


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