Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sant Feliu de Llobregat (català) / San Felipe Llobregat (español) / Sancti Felicis de Llobregat (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Barcelona

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 25

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

2004.06.15: Established as Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (català) / San Felipe Llobregat (español) / Sancti Felicis de Llobregat (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Barcelona and became suffragan of Barcelona)

Contact Info

Address: Carrer d’Armenteres 35, 08980 Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Spain

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1982.11)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.10.08 – ...):

Bishop Xabier Gómez García, O.P. (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Roman Rite)

Bishop Xabier Gómez García, O.P. (55)
(2024.10.08 – ...)

Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Apacienta mis ovejas

Born:	1970.04.11 (Azkoitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1994.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.11.30

Priest of San Sebastián (Spain) (1994.06.12 – 2003)

Priest of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (2003 – 2024.10.08)

Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain) (2024.10.08 – ...)

Bishop Agustín Cortés Soriano (77)
(2004.06.15 – 2024.10.08)

Bishop emeritus of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain)

Benedixit fregit deditque

Born:	1947.10.23 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.04.18

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1971.12.23 – 1998.02.20)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1998.02.20 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Spain) (2004.06.15 – 2024.10.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Sant Llorenç, San Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalunya
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Mare de Déu de Montserrat, Montserrat, Barcelona, Catalunya
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Santa Maria, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, Catalunya
World Heritage Site: Església del Sagrat Cor, Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Barcelona, Catalunya
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (134)

Tarragona (←), Vic (↑), Terrassa (↗), Barcelona (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,611 km²

Population: 926,400 Catholics (88.4% of 1,047,756 total)

Pastoral Centres: 123 parishes, 60 missions

Personnel: 131 priests (83 diocesan, 48 religious), 19 deacons, 293 religious (81 brothers, 212 sisters), 4 seminarians