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Diocese of Astorga

Dioecesis Asturicensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 747
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Oviedo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 11,683 (4,512 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisastorga.es/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle el Carmen 2, 24700 Astorga [Leon], Espana
  • Telephone: 987.61.53.50
  • Fax: 987.61.91.51

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
747ErectedDiocese of Astorga (erected)
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (12 parishes in Zamora) Diocese of Zamora
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (23 parishes in Valladolid) Archdiocese of Valladolid
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (3 parishes Castro Caldelas in Orense, San Pedro de Gudiña in Lugo) Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (10 parishes in Quiroga) Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954Territory AddedDiocese of Orense (12 Parishes in Zamora) Diocese of Astorga
27 October 1954Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Astorga (from Valladolid)
19 September 1956Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (Fasgar, Vegapujín, Posada de Omaña, Torrecillo, Barrio de la Puente, Villar de Omaña, Marzán, Cirujales y Villaverde, Omañuela, Rosales, Folloso, Campo y Santibéñez de la Lomba, Valdesamario y la Carandilla, Utrera, Andarraso, Castro de la Lomba, ...) Diocese of León
21 December 1959Territory LostDiocese of Astorga (Parishes of Cañizo, Navea, Castromil de Castilla, and Carracedo de la Sierra and villages of Ventas de la Capilla and Ventas de Bolaño) Diocese of Orense
21 December 1959Territory AddedDiocese of Orense (Parish of Celeiros) Diocese of Astorga

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950451,611451,652100.0%64532677667162451686ap1951
1959452,509452,592100.0%5962161773345432650ap1960
1970351,352351,422100.0%5102853865343594654ap1971
1980331,300331,50099.9%4462547170346535658ap1981
1990307,500308,51599.7%3813041174853322662ap1991
1999285,000289,20398.5%2743430892558245970ap2000
2000285,000289,20098.5%2653429995359224970ap2001
2001285,000289,20398.5%2603429496959226970ap2002
2002285,000289,10098.6%2523628898960221970ap2003
2003277,710281,81098.5%2473428198872218970ap2004
2004274,540276,81099.2%2394828795672392970ap2005
2006268,151270,42199.2%2254827398280351971ap2007
2012269,600277,80097.0%186282141,25960153970ap2013
2015250,075259,63096.3%174342081,20242245970ap2016
2018250,000259,45096.4%197322291,09144261970ap2019
2020226,000233,73996.7%1933723098248256970ap2021

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 114
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 97, and Page 98
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 121, and Page 122
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 98, and Page 99
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 102, and Page 103
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 104
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 92
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 128
  • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 70
  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 6, to Page 9
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 131, to Page 133
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 52, Page 162, and Page 163

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