Diocese of Vitoria

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Diocese of Vitoria
Dioecesis Victoriensis

Statistics
Country:	Spain
Metropolitan:	Burgos
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	3,282 km²
Population:   Total:   Catholics:	302,164 (2004) 278,134 (92.0%)
Cathedral:	Catedral de Santa María (Cathedral of St. Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria {Latin: Victorien(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 See also 5 Source

[edit] History

• September 8, 1861: Established as Diocese of Vitoria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada and Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela

[edit] Special Churches

• Former Cathedral:
  • Catedral vieja de Santa María, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco
• Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica Nuestra Señora de Aránzazu, Oñate, Álava, País Vasco (Basque Country)
  • BVM, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco

[edit] Leadership

• Bishops of Vitoria (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendia, S.D.B. (since 1995.09.08)
  • Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)
  • Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)
  • Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)
  • Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)
  • Bishop Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu (1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)
  • Archbishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. (1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)
  • Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)
  • Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)
  • Archbishop José Cadena y Eleta (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)
  • Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)
  • Archbishop Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)
  • Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (1876.12.18 – 1880.06)
  • Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez (1861.12.23 – 1876.12.18)

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website