List of Catholic dioceses in Spain

The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 69 territorial (arch-)dioceses: fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite), have a total of 55 suffragan dioceses. Exempt, i.e., directly subject to the Holy See, are: the (vacant) Latin Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies the Spanish military ordinariate, which is a Latin army bishopric (personal diocese for the military) headed by an archbishop the joint Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all Eastern Catholics in Spain.

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List of Catholic dioceses in Spain

The diocesan system of the Catholic church government in Spain consists mainly of a nearly entirely Latin hierarchy of 69 territorial (arch-)dioceses: fourteen ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop (one of which, Toledo, uses the Mozarabic rite), have a total of 55 suffragan dioceses. Exempt, i.e., directly subject to the Holy See, are: the (vacant) Latin Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies the Spanish military ordinariate, which is a Latin army bishopric (personal diocese for the military) headed by an archbishop the joint Ordinariate for the Faithful of Eastern Rite for all Eastern Catholics in Spain.

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