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Diocese of Plasencia

Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania

Diócesis de Plasencia
Plasencia Cathedral
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceMérida-Badajoz
MetropolitanMérida-Badajoz
Statistics
Area10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
272,654
266,724 (97.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established1189
CathedralNew Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary in Plasencia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop electErnesto Jesús Brontóns Tena
Metropolitan ArchbishopCelso Morga Iruzubieta
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (Gothic new cathedral), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.

  1. ^ "Diocese of Plasencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Plasencia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

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