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Diocese of Lugo

Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania

Diócesis de Lugo (es)
Diocese de Lugo (gl)
Lugo Cathedral
Location
CountryRoman Catholic Diocese of Lugo Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceSantiago de Compostela
MetropolitanSantiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area7,780 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
296,961
296,389 (99.8%)
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2nd Century
CathedralCathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel in Lugo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAlfonso Carrasco Rouco
Metropolitan ArchbishopJulián Barrio Barrio
Website
diocesisdelugo.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (Latin: Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania) is a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1][2]

The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city.

It also has a World Heritage Site : the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia.

  1. ^ "Diocese of Lugo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 [self-published]
  2. ^ "Diocese of Lugo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 16 February 2017 [self-published]

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