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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid

Coordinates: 41°39′09″N 4°43′24″W / 41.6526°N 4.7234°W / 41.6526; -4.7234
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid

Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vallisoletanus

Archidiócesis Metropolitano de Valladolid
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceValladolid
Statistics
Area8,172 km2 (3,155 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
533,561
453,527 (85%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 September 1595 (As Diocese of Valladolid)
4 July 1857 (As Archdiocese of Valladolid)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption and St Lawrence in Valladolid
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopLuis Javier Argüello García
Suffragans
Bishops emeritusRicardo Blázquez
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
Coat of arms of the archdiocese

The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vallisoletanus) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain, elevated from the rank of diocese in 1857.[1][2]

The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Valladolid also houses the National Sanctuary of the Gran Promesa.[a]

History

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It was erected as the Diocese of Valladolid on 25 December 1595, by the bull Pro excellenti of Pope Clement VIII, from the territory of the Diocese of Palencia. The creation of the diocese put an end to the centuries-old conflict between the Abbot of Valladolid and the Bishop of Palencia.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption was consecrated in 1668. Following the Concordat of 1851 between Spain and the Holy See, the diocese was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan Archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 4, 1857, with the suffragan sees of Ávila, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Segovia, and Zamora. The diocesan seminary was founded in 1855. In 1955 the territory of the diocese was considerably enlarged.

List of Ordinaries of Valladolid

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "A 17th-century church in Valladolid that had formerly served as the chapel of the Jesuit College of St. Ambrose; the parish Church of St. Stephen, and the Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart was rededicated as the National Sanctuary of la Gran Promesa in 1941 to commemorate an especially Spanish devotion to the Sacred Heart propagated by the 18th century Jesuit Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos de Seña

References

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  1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Valladolid" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Bishop Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
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