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Diocese of

Alcalá de Henares

Spain Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Alcalá de Henares / Compluten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madrid

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (93)

Getafe (↙), Madrid (←), Sigüenza–Guadalajara (↗), Cuenca (↘), Toledo (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.01 – ...):Bishop Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)Bishop Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alcalá de Henares (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)Bishop Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)
(2023.04.01 – ...)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Ut vitam habeant

Born:1974.01.13 (La Rambla, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain)
Ordained Priest:2000.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:2023.06.10

Priest of Córdoba (Spain) (2000.07.02 – 2023.04.01)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro (49)Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro (49)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.09.21 – 2023.04.01)

Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá (76)Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá (76)
(2009.03.07 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Monstra te esse matrem

Born:1947.07.07 (Cocentaina, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1971.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:1996.04.14

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1971.07.08 – 1996.02.22)

Bishop of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain) (1996.02.22 – 2005.09.24)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (2005.09.24 – 2009.03.07)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (2009.03.07 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (73)Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (73)
(1999.04.27 – 2008.10.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Ut unum sint

Born:1949.12.22 (Villamarchante, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1976.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1996.05.11

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1976.07.03 – 1996.03.25)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1996.03.25 – 1999.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1996.03.25 – 1999.04.27)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1999.04.27 – 2008.10.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (2008.10.10 – ...)

Archbishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (78)Bishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (78) (later Archbishop)
(1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zaragoza (Spain)

Testis spei Christi

Born:1945.03.04 (Albaida, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:1988.09.11

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1973.07.14 – 1988.07.08)

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1988.07.08 – 1991.07.23)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1998.07.01 – 2005.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (2005.04.02 – 2014.11.12)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 2,583 km²

Population: 738,023 Catholics (87.0% of 848,722 total) (2021)

Statistics: 93 parishes, 34 missions, 201 priests (142 diocesan, 59 religious), 4 deacons, 258 religious (91 brothers, 167 sisters), 69 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 13

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History

Last updated on 2023.09.03

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