Diocese of Mondoñedo
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Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol |
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Cathedral of Mondoñedo
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| 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
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
as well as a former Cathedral, also Minor Basilica: Basilica de San Martín de Mondoñedo, in Foz, Lugo province.
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