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Also known as: Spanien (Deutsch), España (español), l’Espagne (français), Spagna (Italiano), Hiszpania (polski), Espanha (Português), 西班牙 (正體中文), スペイン (日本語), Hispania (latine)
Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) (14)
Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (55)
Roman Rite (70): Albacete, Alcalá de Henares, Almería, Arzobispado Castrense de España, Astorga, Ávila, Barbastro–Monzón, Barcelona, Bilbao, Burgos, Cádiz y Ceuta, Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño, Cartagena, Ciudad Real, Ciudad Rodrigo, Córdoba, Coria–Cáceres, Cuenca, Getafe, Girona, Granada, Guadix, Huelva, Huesca, Ibiza, Indias Occidentales, Islas Canarias, Jaca, Jaén, Jerez de la Frontera, León, Lleida, Lugo, Madrid, Málaga, Mallorca, Menorca, Mérida–Badajoz, Mondoñedo–Ferrol, Orihuela–Alicante, Osma–Soria, Ourense, Oviedo, Palencia, Pamplona y Tudela, Plasencia, Salamanca, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, San Sebastián, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana, Segovia, Sevilla, Sigüenza–Guadalajara, Solsona, Tarazona, Tarragona, Terrassa, Teruel y Albarracín, Tortosa, Tui–Vigo, Urgell, Valencia, Valladolid, Vic, Vitoria, Zamora, Zaragoza
Mozarabic Rite (1): Toledo
Eastern Rite without proper Ordinary (1): Ordinariato para los fieles de ritos orientales en España
by Type | by Name | by Ecclesiastical Province
Changes in Dioceses | Vacant Dioceses | Former Dioceses
Apostolic Nunciature: Spain
Holy See Representation: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Conference of Bishops: Conferencia Episcopal Española
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)
International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)
Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, M.C.C.J. (72)
Aquilino Bocos Merino, C.M.F. (86)
Antonio Cañizares Llovera (78)
José Cobo Cano (59)
Ángel Fernández Artime, S.D.B. (64)
Julián Herranz Casado, Opus Dei (94)
Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J. (80)
Carlos Osoro Sierra (79)
Antonio María Rouco Varela (88)
Patron Saints: Immaculate Conception (December 8), Saint James Major, Saint Teresa of Jesus
Saints: 380 Saints, 2274 Blesseds
Continent: West Europe
Capital: Madrid
Area: 498,980 km²
Population: 48,958,159
Neighbouring Countries: ← Portugal , ↗ France , ↗ Andorra , ↘ Algeria , ↓ Morocco , ↓ Gibraltar
Religions: Roman Catholic 67.8%, atheist 9.1%, other 2.2%, non-believer 18.4%, unspecified 2.5%
Languages: Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, <5,000 speakers)
Ethnic Groups: composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types
Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin) (Further beyond)
Area: 505,992 km²
Catholic Population: 44,125,000 Catholics (93.2% of 47,321,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 23,243 parishes, 2 mission stations (with resident priest), 4,529 other centres
Clergy: 122 bishops (63 diocesan, 59 titular), 19,286 priests (13,170 diocesan, 6,116 religious), 544 permanent deacons (517 diocesan, 27 religious)
Non-Clergy: 39,678 religious (2,700 brothers, 36,978 sisters), 1,920 members of secular institutes (86 brothers, 1,834 sisters), 1,428 major seminarians, 94 missionaries, 88,690 catechists
Last updated on 2024.10.14
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