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Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia

Diocese of Plasencia
Dioecesis Placentinus in Hispania
Diócesis de Plasencia
Catedral de Plasencia-4.JPG
Plasencia Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical province Mérida-Badajoz
Metropolitan Mérida-Badajoz
Statistics
Area 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
272,654
266,724 (97.8%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 1189
Cathedral New Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary in Plasencia
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Amadeo Rodríguez Magro
Metropolitan Archbishop Santiago García Aracil
Map
Diocesisdeplasencia.PNG
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Placentin(us) in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz, in Estremadura, western Spain.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (Gothic new cathedral), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.

As per 2014, it pastorally served 269,000 Catholics (96.8% of 278,000 total) on 10,000 km² in 200 parishes with 178 priests (161 diocesan, 17 religious), 419 lay religious (47 brothers, 372 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

(all Roman Rite)


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