Diocese of Getafe, Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Getafe / Xetafen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madrid

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 23

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1991.07.23: Established as Diocese of Getafe / Xetafen(sis) (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Madrid and became suffragan of Madrid)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.01.03 – ...):	Bishop Ginés Ramón García Beltrán (63)
Auxiliary Bishop (2022.09.30 – ...):	Bishop José María Avendaño Perea (67) Titular Bishop of Illiberi

Ordinaries

Bishops of Getafe (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ginés Ramón García Beltrán (63)
(2018.01.03 – ...)

Bishop of Getafe (Spain)

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1961.10.03 (Lora, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1985.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.02.27

Priest of Almería (Spain) (1985.09.20 – 2009.12.03)

Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (2009.12.03 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (2018.01.03 – ...)

Bishop Joaquin María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo (82)
(2004.10.29 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop emeritus of Getafe (Spain)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1942.09.13 (Madrid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1968.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.05.06

Priest of Madrid (Spain) (1968.11.30 – 2001.03.19)

Titular Bishop of Arcavica (2001.03.19 – 2004.10.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (2001.03.19 – 2004.10.29)

Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (2004.10.29 – 2018.01.03)

Bishop Francisco José Pérez y Fernández-Golfin
(1991.07.23 – 2004.02.24)

Libentissime impendam et superimpendar ipse pro animabus vestris

Born:	1931.02.12 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1956.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.05.11
Died:	2004.02.24 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Tigillava (1985.03.20 – 1991.07.23)

Auxiliary Bishop of Madrid (Spain) (1985.03.20 – 1991.07.23)

Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 2004.02.24)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Rico Pavés (58) (2012.07.06 – 2021.06.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy (75) (2005.12.13 – 2011.08.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joaquin María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo (82) (2001.03.19 – 2004.10.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Santa María Magdalena, Getafe, Comunidad de Madrid
Minor Basilica: Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Cerro de los Ángeles, Comunidad de Madrid
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Ávila (←), Madrid (↑), Alcalá de Henares (↗), Toledo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,707 km²

Population: 1,238,904 Catholics (75.0% of 1,651,872 total)

Pastoral Centres: 126 parishes

Personnel: 303 priests (239 diocesan, 64 religious), 11 deacons, 547 religious (111 brothers, 436 sisters), 33 seminarians