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Archdiocese of Barcelona Archidioecesis Barcinonensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Barcelona |
Statistics | |
Area | 339 km2 (131 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2016) 2,643,620 2,105,820 (79.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia (Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia) |
Patron saint | Virgin of Mercy |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Juan José Omella Omella |
Auxiliary Bishops | David Abadías Aurín Javier Vilanova Pellisa |
Bishops emeritus | Lluís Martínez Sistach |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Archdiocese of Barcelona (Latin: Archidioecesis Barcinonensis) is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region.
The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona. The archbishopric has nine more Minor basilicas.
The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Juan José Omella Omella, appointed by Pope Francis on 6 November 2015.