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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
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The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the most senior of the five districts into which the church divides the region of Galicia.[1][2]
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Archidioecesis Compostellana | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,545 km2 (3,299 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,301,147 1,192,508 (91.7%) |
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Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5 December 1095 (As Diocese of Santiago de Compostela) 27 February 1120 (As Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela) |
Cathedral | Cathedral basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela |
Patron saint | St James the Greater |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco José Prieto Fernández |
Suffragans | |
Bishops emeritus | Julián Barrio Barrio |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
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The seat of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle James.