List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Spain

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The diocesan system of Christian church government in Spain: the country is divided into fourteen ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 70 dioceses and archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.

Contents

1 List of Dioceses:

1.1 Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona:
1.2 Ecclesiastical province of Burgos:
1.3 Ecclesiastical province of Granada:
1.4 Ecclesiastical province of Madrid:
1.5 Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz:
1.6 Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo:
1.7 Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona:
1.8 Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela:
1.9 Ecclesiastical province of Seville:
1.10 Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona:
1.11 Ecclesiastical province of Toledo:
1.12 Ecclesiastical province of Valencia:
1.13 Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid:
1.14 Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza:

2 Reference
3 See also

List of Dioceses:

Ecclesiastical province of Barcelona:

Archdiocese of Barcelona.
Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat.
Diocese of Terrassa.

Ecclesiastical province of Burgos:

Archdiocese of Burgos.
Diocese of Bilbao.
Diocese of Osma-Soria.
Diocese of Palencia.
Diocese of Vitoria.

Ecclesiastical province of Granada:

Archdiocese of Granada.
Diocese of Almería.
Diocese of Cartagena.
Diocese of Guadix.
Diocese of Jaén.
Diocese of Málaga.

Ecclesiastical province of Madrid:

Archdiocese of Madrid.
Diocese of Alcalá de Henares.
Diocese of Getafe.

Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz:

Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz.
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres.
Diocese of Plasencia.

Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo:

Archdiocese of Oviedo.
Diocese of Astorga.
Diocese of León.
Diocese of Santander.

Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona:

Archdiocese of Pamplona.
Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño.
Diocese of Jaca — Created in 1572 out of Huesca.
Diocese of San Sebastián.
Diocese of Tudela.

Ecclesiastical province of Santiago de Compostela:

Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
Diocese of Lugo.
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol.
Diocese of Ourense.
Diocese of Tui-Vigo.

Ecclesiastical province of Seville:

Archdiocese of Seville.
Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta.
Diocese of the Canaries.
Diocese of Córdoba.
Diocese of Huelva.
Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera.
Diocese of Tenerife.

Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona:

Archdiocese of Tarragona — created in Roman times, reestablished in 1118.
Diocese of Girona.
Diocese of Lleida — Created in the 3rd century, after the Moorish conquest moved to:
* Diocese of Roda — until 1101, then moved to Barbastro:
* Diocese of Barbastro-Roda — 1101-1149, then moved back to Lleida.
Diocese of Solsona.
Diocese of Tortosa.
Diocese of Urgell.
Diocese of Vic.

Ecclesiastical province of Toledo:

Archdiocese of Toledo.
Diocese of Albacete.
Diocese of Ciudad Real.
Diocese of Cuenca.
Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara.

Ecclesiastical province of Valencia:

Archdiocese of Valencia.
Diocese of Ibiza.
Diocese of Mallorca.
Diocese of Minorca.
Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante.
Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón — Created in 1960.
* Diocese of Segorbe — 6th-7th centuries.
* Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in Albarracín.
* Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín — 1259-1571 or 1576.
* Diocese of Segorbe — 1571 or 1577-1960.

Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid:

Archdiocese of Valladolid.
Diocese of Ávila.
Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo.
Diocese of Salamanca.
Diocese of Segovia.
Diocese of Zamora.

Ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza:

Archdiocese of Zaragoza — Created in Roman times, became a metropolitan see in 1318.
Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón — Created in 1995.
* Diocese of Roda — until 1101, moved from Lleida, then moved to Barbastro:
* Diocese of Barbastro-Roda — 1101-1149, then moved back to Lleida.
* Diocese of Barbastro — 1571-1995, created out of Huesca.
Diocese of Huesca — Created in or before the 6th century, after 713 moved to:
* Bishops of Aragon — until 1063, then the seat moved to Jaca:
* Seat in Jaca — 1063-1096, then moved back to Huesca.
Diocese of Tarazona — Created in or before the 5th century.
Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín — Created in 1985.
* Diocese of Segorbe — 1173-1259, with the bishop's seat in Albarracín.
* Diocese of Segorbe-Albarracín — 1259-1571 or 1576.
* Diocese of Albarracín — 1577-1852.
* Diocese of Teruel — 1577-1851.
* Diocese of Teruel-Albarracín — 1852-1984.

Reference

Spanish Episcopal Conference [link]