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Diocese of Guadix

Dioecesis Guadicensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1st Century
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Granada
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 5,671 (2,190 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdeguadixbaza.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, c/Santa Maria del Buen Aire 4, 18500 Guadix [Granada], Espana
  • Telephone: 958.66.08.00/4
  • Fax: 958.66.29.19

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1st CenturyErectedDiocese of Guadix (erected)
23 April 1954Territory AddedArchdiocese of Toledo (Cazorla) Diocese of Guadix
10 July 1957Territory LostDiocese of Cartagena (en España) (Euercal-Overa)
Archdiocese of Granada (Berja and Laujar)
Diocese of Guadix (Piñara, Alba, Abrucena, Doña María, Escullar, and Ocaña)
Diocese of Almería

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950180,000180,000100.0%694732,465413274ap1951
1970164,985164,985100.0%961971,7004192107ap1971
1980140,000145,00096.6%757821,70710187107ap1981
1990132,500136,50097.1%743771,7206178107ap1991
1999112,789114,78998.3%705751,50313160108ap2000
2000110,489112,48998.2%683711,5561115274ap2001
2001110,489112,48998.2%693721,5341417174ap2002
2002110,489112,48998.2%694731,5131416774ap2003
2003107,254109,25498.2%674711,5101214374ap2004
2004107,254109,25498.2%714751,4301214274ap2005
2006107,000109,25497.9%656711,5071313573ap2007
2013109,000111,20098.0%554591,8471011574ap2014
201698,000102,26395.8%542561,75099974ap2017
201995,88099,08296.8%512531,809168874ap2020
202195,43997,93997.4%492511,871168374ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 162
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 206
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 198
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 214
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 230
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 3, to Page 4
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 46, Page 506, and Page 507

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