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Diocese of Plasencia

Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1189
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 10,354 (3,999 Square Miles)
  • Description: Cáceres, Badajoz (with Don Benito, Guareña, Medellín, and Navalvillar de Pela), and Salamanca (with Béjar)
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisplasencia.org
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de la Catedral s/n, 10600 Plasencia [Caceres], Espana
  • Telephone: 927.411.612; 927.412.581
  • Fax: 927.411.612

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1189ErectedDiocese of Plasencia (erected) (Monfragüe, Trujillo, Santa Cruz, and Medellín)
12 June 1958Territory AddedDiocese of Ávila (Santibáñez de Béjar, Puente de Congosto, Navamorales, El Tejado, El Gordo, and Berrocalejo)
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Santa María de Baños de Montemayor)
Diocese of Plasencia
12 June 1958Territory LostDiocese of Plasencia (Avila and N. S. dei Olmo de Aldeanueva del Camino) Diocese of Ávila

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950334,000335,00099.7%200252251,48445450168ap1951
1970325,000325,000100.0%261463071,058111665166ap1971
1976310,000310,000100.0%188402281,35970532204ap1981
1990268,000273,10098.1%170302001,34049466201ap1991
1999271,646273,68799.3%170312011,35144416201ap2000
2000270,915271,72099.7%166442101,29056419201ap2001
2001271,026274,64498.7%158311891,43451406201ap2002
2002270,494274,56198.5%173312041,32548433201ap2003
2003270,463275,79398.1%17281801,50227435201ap2004
2004266,724272,65497.8%17181791,49038408201ap2005
2013270,100279,10096.8%155171721,57044349200ap2014
2016261,853273,17295.9%160171771,47931329200ap2017
2019246,869266,94792.5%150201701,45240300201ap2020
2021248,788264,28294.1%162191811,37433296201ap2022

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 1, Page 402
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 216
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 275
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 282
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 316
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 340
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 64, to Page 65
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 38, to Page 40

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