Diocese of

Alcalá de Henares

Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 2,583 km²

Population: 716,821 Catholics (87.1% of 822,676 total) (2018)

Statistics: 93 parishes, 29 missions, 204 priests (133 diocesan, 71 religious), 4 deacons, 289 lay religious (104 brothers, 185 sisters), 86 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Madrid

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

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 13

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History

400: Established as Diocese of Complutum / Compluten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Toledo)
711: Renamed as Diocese of Complutum / Al-Kalaga
1099.05.04: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo)
1991.07.23: Restored as Diocese of Alcalá de Henares / Compluten(sis) (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Madrid)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral Magistral de los Santos Niños Justo y Pastor, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid

All Churches (93)

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.03.07 – ...):

Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alcalá de Henares (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá (73)
(2009.03.07 – ...)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Monstra te esse matrem

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

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 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (71)
(1999.04.27 – 2008.10.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

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

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 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (75) (later Archbishop)
(1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zaragoza (Spain)

Testis spei Christi

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

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)

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