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. (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Roman Rite)

Bishop Xabier Gómez García, O.P. (54)
(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
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (131)

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

Diocese of

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