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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona

Archdiocese of Tarragona
Archidioecesis Tarraconensis
Arxidiòcesi de Tarragona (ca)
Archidiócesis de Tarragona (es)
Tarragona Cathedral 01.jpg
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Tarragona
Statistics
Area 3,146 km2 (1,215 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
549,500
517,800 (94.2%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st Century (As Diocese of Tarragona)
5th Century (As Archdiocese of Tarragona)
Cathedral Primatial Cathedral Basilica of St Mary in Tarragona
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Jaume Pujol Balcells
Suffragans Diocese of Girona
Diocese of Lleida
Diocese of Solsona
Diocese of Tortosa
Diocese of Urgell
Diocese of Vic
Map
The Archdiocese of Tarragona in dark green.
The Archdiocese of Tarragona in dark green.
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Tarragona (Latin, Tarraconensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Tarragona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, having Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Girona, Lleida, Solsona, Tortosa, Urgell and Vic.

The archdiocese, created in Roman times, was reestablished in 1118.

Tarragona is one of the most ancient cities of Spain, probably of Iberian origin, as its coins and Cyclopean walls indicate.

The Romans selected Tarragona as the centre of their government in Spain. In the division of the peninsula it was the capital first of Hispania Citerior (Hither Spain) and then of the Province of Hispania Tarraconensis.

The Church of Tarragona is undoubtedly one of the most ancient in Spain, holding as it does the tradition of the coming of St. James and St. Paul. The visit of St. Paul to Tarragona is not altogether beyond the range of possibilities, supposing that he came from Rome to Spain, as he promised to do, in the Epistle to the Romans (Romans 15:24), and as St. Jerome affirms that he did.


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