Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada

Archdiocese of Granada

Archidioecesis Granatensis

Archidiócesis de Granada
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceGranada
Statistics
Area6,945 km2 (2,681 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
860,898
743,530 (86.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Elvira)
10 December 1492 (As Archdiocese of Granada)
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation in Granada
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé María Gil Tamayo
SuffragansDiocese of Almería
Diocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Guadix
Diocese of Jaén
Diocese of Málaga
Bishops emeritusFrancisco Javier Martínez Fernández
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: archidioecesis Granatensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain.[1][2] Originally the Diocese of Elvira from the 3rd century through the 10th, it was re-founded in 1437 as the diocese of Granada and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Its suffragan sees are Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén and Málaga.

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The current archbishop of Granada is Francisco Martínez Fernández, appointed by Pope John Paul II on 15 March 2003.

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Granada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016