Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo

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The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1]

Diocese of Tui-Vigo

Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis

Diócesis de Tuy-Vigo (es)
Diocese de Tui-Vigo (gl)
Cathedral of Tui
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area1,721 km2 (664 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
560,000
532,459 (95.1%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established6th century (As Diocese of Tui)
9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Tui-Vigo)
CathedralCathedral of St Anthony in Tui
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St Martin and St Mary in Vigo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopLuis Quinteiro Fiuza
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Map
Website
diocesetuivigo.org

Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.

Statistics edit

As of 2014, it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km2 in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

History edit

  • 570: Established as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the (now Portuguese) Archdiocese of Braga
  • 1024: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Iria Flavia
  • 1069: Restored as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from above Diocese of Iria Flavia
  • 1421: Lost territory to Diocese of Ceuta
  • 1959.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo / Tuden(sis)–Vicen(sis) (Latin)[2]

Episcopal ordinaries edit

Bishops of Tui (first bishopric)
very incomplete : first centuries unavailable
  • ...
  • Saint Viliulfo (952–1003)
  • Pelayo (?–?)
  • Alfonso (?–1022)
  • Suero Bermudez (1022 – see suppressed 1024)
Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)
  • Saint (George =) Jorge (see restored 1069–1072)
  • Auderico (1072?–1098?)
  • Alfonso (1098?–1130)
  • Pelayo Meléndez (1130–1156)
  • Isidoro (1156–1167)
  • Juan (1168–1173)
  • Beltrán (1173–1187)
  • Pedro (1188–1205)
  • ...
Bishops of Tui-Vigo
  • José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. (see above 9 March 1959 – 18 Feb 1969); next Archbishop-bishop of Spain, Military * )
  • José Delicado Baeza (4 August 1969 – 18 April 1975), next Archbishop of Valladolid)
  • José Cerviño Cerviño (8 November 1976 – 7 June 1996 Retired)
  • José Diéguez Reboredo (14 July 1996 – 28 January 2010 Retired)[14]
  • Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (28 January 2010 – ...)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Diocese of Tui-Vigo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
  2. ^ "Diocese of Tui–Vigo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Bishop Rodrigo Ibáñez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
  4. ^ "Archbishop Gómez Manrique" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
  5. ^ "Bishop Diego de Muros (Moiras), O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. ^ "Bishop Pedro Beltrán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
  7. ^ "Bishop Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
  8. ^ "Bishop Miguel Muñoz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 2, 2016
  9. ^ "Bishop Juan de San Millán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 2, 2016
  10. ^ "Bishop Diego Arce Reinoso" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016
  11. ^ "Bishop Diego Rueda Rico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 27, 2016
  12. ^ "Bishop Antonio Guzmán Cornejo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 27, 2016
  13. ^ "Bishop Miguel Ferrer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 1, 2016
  14. ^ "Obispo Emérito". DIOCESE TUI-VIGO (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-09.

Sources and external links edit

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