Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo
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Diocese of Lugo Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania Diócesis de Lugo |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Compostela |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 296,961 296,389 (99.8%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alfonso Carrasco Rouco |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Julián Barrio Barrio |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Catholic Diocese of Lugo is one of the five Roman Catholic sees within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela .
The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city.
It also has a World Heritage Site : the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.
As per 2012, it pastorally served 288,000 Catholics (99.2% of 290,200 total) on 7,703 km² in 1,139 parishes with 376 priests (315 diocesan, 61 religious), 318 lay religious (83 brothers, 235 sisters) and 7 seminarians.
Its jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three administrative Spanish provinces :
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