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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sevilla

Archdiocese of Seville
Archidioecesis Hispalensis
Archidiócesis de Sevilla
Spain Andalusia Seville BW 2015-10-23 13-04-37.jpg
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Seville
Statistics
Area 14,036 km2 (5,419 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,900,224
1,890,000 (99.5%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century (As Diocese of Seville)
4th Century (As Archdiocese of Seville)
Cathedral Cathedral of St Mary in Seville
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Juan Asenjo Pelegrina
Suffragans Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta
Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Diocese of the Canaries
Diocese of Córdoba
Diocese of Huelva
Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
Auxiliary Bishops Santiago Gómez Sierra
Emeritus Bishops Carlos Amigo Vallejo Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (2003-2009)
Map
Diocesis sevilla.PNG
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. The Diocese of Seville was founded in the 3rd century. It was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 4th century. The current Archbishop is Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina. It has the suffragan dioceses of:

During Roman times Seville was the capital of the Province of Baetica, and the origin of the diocese goes back to apostolic times, or at least to the 1st century. Saint Gerontius, Bishop of Italica, preached in Baetica, and without doubt must have left a pastor of its own to Seville. It is certain that in 303, when Saints Justa and Rufina were martyred for refusing to adore the idol Salambo, there was a Bishop of Seville named Sabinus, who assisted at the Council of Illiberis in 287.

Zeno (472-486) was appointed vicar apostolic by Pope Simplicius, and Pope Hormisdas gave the same charge to Bishop Sallustius in the provinces of Baetica and Lusitania. However, the see was rendered illustrious above all by the holy brothers Saints Leander and Isidore. The former of these contributed to the conversion of Saint Hermengild and Recared, and presided at the Third Council of Toledo in 589. While the latter presided at the Fourth Council of Toledo and was the teacher of medieval Spain.


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