Diocese of San Sebastián, Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Sebastián (español) / Sancti Sebastiani (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Pamplona y Tudela

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 30

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1949.11.02: Established as Diocese of San Sebastián (español) / Sancti Sebastiani (Latin) (from Diocese of Vitoria and became suffragan of Burgos)
1956.08.11: Became suffragan of Pamplona

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1982.11)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.10.31 – ...):

Bishop Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F. (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Sebastián (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Prado Ayuso, C.M.F. (55)
(2022.10.31 – ...)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain)

In corde matris

Born:	1969.08.28 (Bilbao, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	2000.05.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.12.17

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (2022.10.31 – ...)

Archbishop Francisco Pérez González (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.02.12 – 2022.10.31)

Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (62)
(2009.11.21 – 2021.12.07)

Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain)

In te confido

Born:	1961.11.13 (Zumárraga, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1986.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.09.10

Priest of San Sebastián (Spain) (1986.06.29 – 2006.06.24)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (2006.06.24 – 2009.11.21)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (2009.11.21 – 2021.12.07)

Bishop of Orihuela–Alicante (Spain) (2021.12.07 – ...)

Bishop Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya
(2000.01.13 – 2009.11.21)

Born:	1933.06.07 (Frúniz, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.10.11
Died:	2024.02.17 (Bilboa, Spain † 90)

Priest of Bilbao (Spain) (1957.07.28 – 1976.09.17)

Titular Bishop of Marazanæ (1976.09.17 – 1991.10.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Bilbao (Spain) (1976.09.17 – 1991.10.17)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1991.10.17 – 2000.01.13)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (2000.01.13 – 2009.11.21)

Bishop José María Setién Alberro
(1979.02.16 – 2000.01.13)

Born:	1928.03.19 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.10.28
Died:	2018.07.10 († 90)

Titular Bishop of Zama minor (1972.09.18 – 1979.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1972.09.18 – 1979.02.16)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1979.02.16 – 2000.01.13)

Bishop Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea
(1968.11.18 – 1979.02.16)

Quanto potentior tanto misericordior

Born:	1903.11.28 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.10.26
Died:	1993.03.12 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Geras (1952.08.15 – 1957.09.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1952.08.15 – 1957.09.12)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1957.09.12 – 1959.03.09)

Bishop of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain) (1959.03.09 – 1968.11.18)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1968.11.18 – 1979.02.16)

Bishop Lorenzo Bereciartúa y Balerdi
(1963.08.06 – 1968.10.23)

Salus et caritate

Born:	1895.02.28 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1919.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.08.11
Died:	1968.10.23 († 73)

Titular Bishop of Andeda (1946.02.22 – 1955.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1946.02.22 – 1955.12.19)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1955.12.19 – 1959.03.09)

Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain) (1959.03.09 – 1963.08.06)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1963.08.06 – 1968.10.23)

Bishop Jaime Font y Andreu
(1950.05.13 – 1963.02.13)

Born:	1894.01.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1916.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.09.10
Died:	1963.02.13 († 69)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1944.03.29 – 1950.05.13)

Bishop of San Sebastián (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1963.02.13)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José María Setién Alberro (1972.09.18 – 1979.02.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de El Buen Pastor, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco
Minor Basilica: Basílica de San Ignacio de Loyola, Loiola, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Santa María del Coro, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (217)

Vitoria (↙), Bilbao (←), Bayonne (↗), Pamplona y Tudela (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,977 km²

Population: 611,325 Catholics (84.4% of 724,418 total)

Pastoral Centres: 206 parishes, 18 missions

Personnel: 322 priests (174 diocesan, 148 religious), 3 deacons, 1,147 religious (249 brothers, 898 sisters), 3 seminarians