Roman Catholic Diocese of Getafe
Diocese of Getafe Dioecesis Xetafensis Diócesis de Getafe | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Madrid |
Metropolitan | Madrid |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,295 km2 (886 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 1,365,668 1,229,101 (90.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Getafe |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Ginés García Beltrán |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Osoro |
Auxiliary Bishops | José Rico Pavés |
Map | |
Website | |
Website of the Diocese |
The Diocese of Getafe (Latin: Xetafen(sis)) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Spain, part of the Archdiocese of Madrid. The seat is in the city of Getafe, in the Getafe Cathedral.
It was established on July 23, 1991, from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid. The current Bishop is Ginés García Beltrán. The former Bishop, Joaquín María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo, resigned in 2017 when becoming 75 years old, as the Canon law of the Catholic Church prescribes.
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