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Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria

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Diocese of Osma-Soria

Dioecesis Oxomensis-Soriana

Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceBurgos
MetropolitanBurgos
Statistics
Area10,328 km2 (3,988 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
95,700
76,900 (80.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St Peter in Soria
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAbilio Martínez Varea
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Gil Hellín
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Osma-Soria (Latin: Oxomen(sis)–Sorian(a)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos.[1][2] Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, in El Burgo de Osma. It also has a co-cathedral, Concatedral de San Pedro, dedicated to St. Peter, in Soria, and a minor basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Miagros Miagros, in Ágreda, Soria, Castile and León, Spain.

History

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  • Established circa 600 as Diocese of Osma
  • Lost territory in 1077 to the Diocese of Nájera
  • Renamed on 9 March 1959 as Diocese of Osma-Soria, as Soria gets a co-cathedral

Statistics

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Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción and city walls

As per 2014, it pastorally served 80,000 Catholics (85.8% of 93,291 total) on 10,287 km2 in 542 parishes and 19 missions with 128 priests (103 diocesan, 25 religious), 212 lay religious (38 brothers, 174 sisters) and 1 seminarian.

Episcopal ordinaries

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very incomplete : lacking first centuries
Bishops of Osma
Suffragan Bishops of Osma-Soria

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Osma-Soria". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Osma-Soria (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  4. ^ "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 September 2016 [self-published]
  5. ^ "Bishop Antonio Valdés Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 September 2016 [self-published]
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