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Latin Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Spain
Diocese of Tui-Vigo
Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis
Diócesis de Tuy-Vigo (es) Diocese de Tui-Vigo (gl)
Cathedral of Tui
Location
Country
Spain
Ecclesiastical province
Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area
1,721 km2 (664 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics
(as of 2010) 560,000 532,459 (95.1%)
Information
Denomination
Catholic Church
Sui iuris church
Latin Church
Rite
Roman Rite
Established
6th century (As Diocese of Tui) 9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Tui-Vigo)
The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.[1]
Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.
Statistics[edit]
As of 2014[update], it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km2 in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.
History[edit]
570: Established as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the (now Portuguese) Archdiocese of Braga
1024: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Iria Flavia
1069: Restored as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from above Diocese of Iria Flavia
1421: Lost territory to Diocese of Ceuta
1959.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo / Tuden(sis)–Vicen(sis) (Latin)[2]
Episcopal ordinaries[edit]
Bishops of Tui (first bishopric)
very incomplete : first centuries unavailable
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Saint Viliulfo (952–1003)
Pelayo (?–?)
Alfonso (?–1022)
Suero Bermudez (1022 – see suppressed 1024)
Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)
Saint (George =) Jorge (see restored 1069–1072)
Auderico (1072?–1098?)
Alfonso (1098?–1130)
Pelayo Meléndez (1130–1156)
Isidoro (1156–1167)
Juan (1168–1173)
Beltrán (1173–1187)
Pedro (1188–1205)
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Bernardo Guido, O.P. (26 August 1323 – 20 July 1324), next Bishop of Lodève)
Rodrigo Ibáñez (3 Sep 1326 – 1 March 1335 Died).[3]
Gómez Manrique (bishop) (18 August 1348 – 8 June 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)[4]
Juan de Cervantes (Nov 1430 – 1438 Resigned)
Rodrigo de Vergara (1446 – 6 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Pedro Fernández de Solís (6 Oct 1469 – 15 June 1472 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz)
Diego de Muros, O. de M. (15 Jun 1472 – 1 Jun 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)[5]
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