Denomination Roman Catholic Country Spain | Area 10,565 km² | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,075,3811,016,235 (94.5%) Established 811 (As Diocese of Oviedo)27 October 1954 (As Archdiocese of Oviedo) Metropolitan Archbishop Jesús Sanz Montes O.F.M. |
The Archdiocese of Oviedo (Latin: Oveten(sis)) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain. The archdiocese encompasses roughly the current autonomous community of Asturias or Principality of Asturias. Erected in the 9th century, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1954. The diocesan see is in the city of Oviedo, where the Catedral de San Salvador is located.
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