Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix
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Diocese of Guadix Dioecesis Guadicensis Diócesis de Guadix |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Granada |
| Metropolitan | Granada |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,577 km2 (2,153 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 109,254 107,000 (97.9%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1st Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Guadix |
| Co-cathedral | Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Incarnation in Baza |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Ginés Ramón García Beltrán |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix (Latin: Guadicen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic suffragan bishopric in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Granada in Andalusia, southern Spain. and a Latin titular bishopric under its Ancient name of Acci.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación, dedicated to Our Lady of the Annunciation, in the city of Guadix, administrative province of Granada. It was commenced in 1710, on the site occupied by the principal mosque, and completed in 1796.
The diocese also has an (also Marian) co-cathedral, Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación, dedicated to Our Lady of the Incarnation (of Christ), in Baza, built as cathedral of the absorbed Diocese of Baza (Basti, suppressed circa 700).
The Seminary of St. Torquatus was founded by Bishop Juan José Fonseca in 1595. King Charles IV of Spain founded a hospice in 1803, and the ancient Jesuit college had become a hospital before the early 20th century.
The modern diocese of Guadix comprises the greater part of the Province of Granada and a portion of the Province of Almería. As per 2014, it pastorally served 102,000 Catholics (97.3% of 104,871 total) on 5,677 km² in 74 parishes and 67 missions with 58 priests (55 diocesan, 3 religious), 114 lay religious (8 brothers, 106 sisters) and 4 seminarians.
The first bishopric was established in 47 AD. The legend of the Seven Apostolic Men, preserved in the Mozarabic Missal, places the episcopal see of St. Torquatus (bishop from 47), one of the seven, in Ancient Acci, now called Guadix el Viejo, 6 km northwest of the modern city of Guadix, where the matron Luparia built a baptistery and primitive church. From then until 303, when Felix presided at the Council of Elvira, no record is preserved of the Accitanian bishops. However one names one called Atanasia and one Emiliano (136? – ?)
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