Diocese of Lugo Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
| Metropolitan | Santiago de Compostela |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 296,961 296,389 (99.8%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 2nd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Alfonso Carrasco Rouco |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Julián Barrio Barrio |
| Website | |
| diocesisdelugo.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (Latin: Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1][2]
The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city.
It also has a World Heritage Site : the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.
- ^ "Diocese of Lugo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
- ^ "Diocese of Lugo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 16 February 2017 [self-published]