Archdiocese of Granada Archidioecesis Granatensis Archidiócesis de Granada | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Granada |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,945 km2 (2,681 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 860,898 743,530 (86.9%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century (As Diocese of Elvira) 10 December 1492 (As Archdiocese of Granada) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Annunciation in Granada |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José María Gil Tamayo |
| Suffragans | Diocese of Almería Diocese of Cartagena Diocese of Guadix Diocese of Jaén Diocese of Málaga |
| Bishops emeritus | Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández |
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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.
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Granada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016