Continent: West Europe
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Bilbao / Flaviobrigen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Burgos
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishop of Bilbao (Spain)
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Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain)
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Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella
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Bishop Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta
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Bishop Antonio Añoveros Ataún
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Bishop Pablo Gúrpide Beope
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Bishop Casimiro Morcillo González (later Archbishop)
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Area: 2,193 km²
Population: 1,006,260 Catholics (87.6% of 1,149,044 total) (2020)
Statistics: 292 parishes, 16 missions, 448 priests (228 diocesan, 220 religious), 9 deacons, 1,253 lay religious (346 brothers, 907 sisters), 12 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Ignatius of Loyola (July 31), Saint Valentín Faustino Berrio-Ochoa de Aristi (July 4)
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 30
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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