Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta Dioecesis Gadicensis o Gaditanus et Septensis Diócesis de Cádiz y Ceuta | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Seville |
| Metropolitan | Seville |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,772 km2 (1,456 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 118 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 February 1241(As Diocese of Cádiz) 5 September 1851(As Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Cádiz |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Ángel Saiz Meneses |
| Bishops emeritus | Rafael Zornoza |
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TheDiocese of Cádiz and Ceuta (Latin:Dioecesis Gadicensis o Gaditanus et Septensis) is aLatin Churchdiocese of theCatholic Church inSpain. The diocese is a suffragan of theArchdiocese of Seville.[1][2]
Its jurisdiction covers the civilprovince of Cádiz south to Guadalete river. Includes thecomarcasCampo de Gibraltar,La Janda andBahía de Cádiz except most ofPuerto de Santa María which is north to the mentioned Guadalete river and so belongs todiocese of Jerez de la Frontera. Valdelagrana neighbourhood of El Puerto de Santa María, as it south the River also is included in Cádiz diocese.It also covers the Spanish Autónomous City ofCeuta.
Cádiz is the residence of the bishop.
Cádiz was raised byUrban IV to episcopal rank in 1263 at the request of kingAlfonso X, a year after itsReconquista on the Moors.[3] Its first bishop was Fray Juan Martinez. After the Christians had won from the Moors the Plaza (stronghold) deAlgeciras, the ordinaries of Cádiz bore the title ofBishop of Cádiz and Algeciras, granted byClement VI in 1352.
The see counted amongst its prelates in 1441Cardinal Juan de Torquemada, an eminentDominican theologian jurisconsult, who took a leading part in theCouncil of Basle andCouncil of Florence, and defended in his "Summe de Ecclesiâ" the direct power of the pope in temporal matters.
On 1816.01.25, the bishopric lost territory to establish theApostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar, which had become a British colony.
By theConcordat of 1851, thediocese of Ceuta, also suffragan of Seville, was joined with that of Cádiz, whose bishop was regularlyApostolic Administrator of Ceuta until the present dual name was adopted at the incorporation of Ceuta in 1933.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Cadiz".Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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