Continent: West Europe
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Ciudad Real (español) / Civitatis Regalen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Toledo
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
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Bishops of Ciudad Real (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop of Ciudad Real (Spain)
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Bishop Antonio Ángel Algora Hernando
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Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente
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Priors nullius of Ciudad Real (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Rafael Torija de la Fuente (see above) | ||||||||||||
Bishop Juan Hervás y Benet
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Bishop Máximo Yurramendi Alcáin | ||||||||||||
Bishop Emeterio Echeverria Barrena
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Blessed Bishop Narciso de Esténaga y Echevarría
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Bishop Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz
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Bishop Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Casimiro Piñera y Naredo
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Bishop José María Rancés y Villanueva
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Bishop Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (later Cardinal)
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Bishop Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (later Archbishop)
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Area: 19,813 km²
Population: 472,735 Catholics (95.5% of 495,095 total) (2020)
Statistics: 163 parishes, 207 missions, 194 priests (166 diocesan, 28 religious), 453 lay religious (40 brothers, 413 sisters), 16 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Saint Tomás de Villanueva
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 25
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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