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Diocese of Sig�enza-Guadalajara

Dioecesis Seguntina-Guadalaiarensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 9 March 1959
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toledo
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Spain
  • Square Kilometers: 12,190 (4,708 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.siguenza-guadalajara.org/
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Jose de Villaviciosa 7, 19250 Siguenza [Guadalajara], Espana; c/Martires Carmelitas 2, 19001 Guadalajara, Espana
  • Telephone: 949.347.072; 949.231.370
  • Fax: 949.391.911; 949.235.268

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Sig�enza
589ErectedDiocese of Sig�enza (erected)
20 May 1955Territory AddedArchdiocese of Toledo (Guadalajara, Brihuega, Pastrana, and Tomaj�n) Diocese of Sig�enza
20 May 1955Territory AddedDiocese of Cuenca (Saced�n in Guadalajara) Diocese of Sig�enza
2 September 1955Territory LostDiocese of Sig�enza (Ariza in Zaragoza) Diocese of Tarazona
2 September 1955Territory AddedDiocese of Teruel (-Albarrac�n) (Motos in Guadalajara) Diocese of Sig�enza
22 November 1955Territory LostDiocese of Sig�enza (Almaz�n, Ayll�n, Baraona, Berlanga del Duero, Maranch�n, Medinaeeli, Retortillo, and Ariza in Soria) Diocese of Osma
22 November 1955Territory LostDiocese of Sig�enza (Sorbe and Ayll�n in Segovia) Diocese of Segovia
Diocese of Sig�enza-Guadalajara
9 March 1959Name ChangedDiocese of Sig�enza Diocese of Sig�enza-Guadalajara

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Sig�enza
1950175,000175,000100.0%2303326366535380476ap1951
Diocese of Sig�enza-Guadalajara
1970156,615156,515100.1%24734281557189511420ap1971*
1980144,000145,30099.1%22036256562118515420ap1981
1990147,790148,11799.8%2324027254371442426ap1991
1999156,170158,41298.6%2273626359364413467ap2000
2000156,797159,12498.5%2293526459362411462ap2001
2001161,592165,26797.8%2283526361462395453ap2002
2002167,562171,53297.7%2343526962259392471ap2003
2003168,553174,99996.3%2333626962659375471ap2004
2004178,537185,47496.3%2373427165852372469ap2005
2010221,632246,15190.0%2253626184975322471ap2011
2014233,067257,72390.4%204292331,00066287470ap2015
2017231,015252,88291.4%186352211,045154281470ap2018
2020233,985257,76290.8%178362141,09350242469ap2021
2022239,427265,58890.1%178211991,20338167469ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Sig�enza
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 444
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 235
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 296, and Page 297
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 311
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 351
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 374
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 341
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 74, to Page 75
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 558, to Page 560
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 738, to Page 742
  • Diocese of Sig�enza-Guadalajara
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 622, and Page 623

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