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Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Burgos

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
3,282 km²

Province
  
Álava

Metropolitan
  
Burgos

Established
  
8 September 1861

Phone
  
+34 945 14 81 71

Country
  
Spain

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2014) 329,900 298,000 (90.3%)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Vitoria-Gasteiz

Address
  
Vicente Goikoetxea Kalea, 7, 01008 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Araba, Spain

Similar
  
Santa Maria Katedrala, San Miguel Arcángel, Iglesia de San Vicente M, Catedral De María Inmacula, Archivo Histórico Diocesan

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria (Latin: Victorien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.

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History

  • September 8, 1861: Established as Diocese of Vitoria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada and Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela

    • Special churches

  • Former Cathedral:
  • Catedral vieja de Santa María, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco
  • Minor Basilica:
  • BVM, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Vitoria (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal, (2016.01.08 - Present)
  • Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, S.D.B. (1995.09.08 - 2016.01.08)
  • Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)
  • Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)
  • Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)
  • Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)
  • Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu (1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)
  • Archbishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. (1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)
  • Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)
  • Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)
  • Archbishop José Cadena y Eleta (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)
  • Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)
  • Archbishop Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)
  • Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (1876.12.18 – 1880.06)
  • Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez (1861.12.23 – 1876.12.18)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria Wikipedia
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