Diocese of Alcalá de Henares

Dioecesis Complutensis

Diócesis de Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de Henares Cathedral
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceMadrid
Statistics
Area2,586 km2 (998 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2012)
807,248
686,161 (85%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established23 July 1991
CathedralCathedral of St Justus and St Pastor in Alcalá de Henares
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAntonio Prieto Lucena
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos Osoro Sierra
Bishops emeritusJuan Antonio Reig Pla
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Alcalá de Henares (Latin: Compluten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal see is Alcalá de Henares. The diocese is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid.

History

An ancient diocese of Complutum (the current Alcala de Henares) was founded in the 4th or 5th century but it was abolished under the Muslim government (8th–11th century) and not restored by the Christian Kings and its territory given to the Archdiocese of Toledo. In 1885, a Diocese of Madrid and Alcala (suffragan of Toledo) was founded, now the Archdiocese of Madrid.

On July 23, 1991, it was established as Diocese of Alcalá de Henares from the Archdiocese of Madrid (as its suffragan diocese), with the latin name of Complutensis to remember the ancient diocese.

Bishops

  • Manuel Ureña Pastor (23 July 1991 – 1 July 1998)
  • Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (27 April 1999 – 10 October 2008)
  • Juan Antonio Reig Pla (7 March 2009 – 21 September 2022)[1]
  • Antonio Prieto Lucena (1 April 2023 – present)

Curiosities

The diocese has a pop-rock group of Catholic music called The Voice of the Desert that is made up of three diocesan priests and four laymen. This musical group born in 2004 has given concerts throughout Spain, in the United States and in Panama, participating twice with their music in the World Youth Day.[2]

See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ "El Papa aparta a Reig Plà al aceptar su renuncia como obispo de Alcalá". El País (in Spanish). 21 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  2. ↑ The Spanish priests who love Metallica who will bring their hard rock to WYD. EFE Retrieved March 11, 2022.

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