Diocese of Madrid
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Archdiocese of Madrid Archidioecesis Matritensis Archidiócesis de Madrid |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Madrid |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,663 km2 (1,414 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2013) 4,178,000 3,615,000 ( 86.5%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 7 March 1885 (As Diocese of Madrid) 25 March 1964 (As Archdiocese of Madrid) 23 July 1991(As Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Almudena in Madrid |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Osoro Sierra |
| Suffragans |
Diocese of Alcalá de Henares Diocese of Getafe |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Juan Antonio Martínez Camino |
| Emeritus Bishops | Antonio Rouco Varela Archbishop Emeritus (1994–2014) |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is one of Spains fourteen Metropolitan Archbishoprics. Incumbent Archbishop of Madrid since 28 August 2014 is Carlos Osoro Sierra, until then Archbishop of Valencia.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, in Spanish national capital Madrid. The metropolitan city area also has several Minor Basilicas: the Basílica Ex-Catedral de San Isidro Basílica (former Cathedral), the Basílica de San Lorenzo (World Heritage Site, in El Escorial), the Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora (dedicated to the Assumption, in Colmenar Viejo), the Basílica de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora the Basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli, the Basílica de San Vicente de Paul (Milagrosa), the Basílica de Santa Cruz (dedicated to the Holy Cross, in El Valle de los Caídos), the Basílica Pontificia de San Miguel, the Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha (royal, a National Shrine), the Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande (also royal).
As per 2014, it pastorally served 3,553,000 Catholics (86.7% of 4,099,700 total) on 3,663 km² in 482 parishes and 108 missions with 3,107 priests (1,417 diocesan, 1,690 religious), 31 deacons, 9,082 lay religious (2,245 brothers, 6,837 sisters) and 204 seminarians.
It only suffragan sees are its daughters :
(all Latin Rite)
Coordinates: 40°24′56″N 3°42′53″W / 40.4156°N 3.7146°W
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