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The Archdiocese of Barcelona (Latin: Archidioecesis Barcinonensis) is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region. The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica : Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona.
Barcelona (BARCINO), Diocese of, one of the suffragans of the Archdiocese of Tarragona. The city of this name is the capital of Catalonia and of the province of Barcelona. It is situated on the coast of northeastern Spain, and is familiarly known as the “Queen of the Mediterranean”.
May 31, 2020 · General Information. Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese. Elevated: 25 March 1964. Metropolitan See. Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Spain. Square Kilometers: 341 (131 Square Miles) Official Web Site: http://www.arqbcn.org/. Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Carrer del Bisbe 5, 08002 Barcelona, Espana.
The episcopal history of Barcelona is extremely well-documented for such an ancient see. The diocese was originally a suffragan of the very ancient Archdiocese of Tarragona, in southern Catalonia.
Aug 5, 2017 · Each region, comprised of a bishop at a primary city with a collection of parishes throughout the countryside, became known as a diocese. This term continues to be used today and similar to...
Jun 1, 2023 · In the Plaça de la Seu, next to the Cathedral, you will find Barcelona’s Diocesan Museum, whose official Catalan name is Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, in which works of art that have been donated by churches belonging to the diocese of Barcelona are exhibited.
The Museu Diocesà de Barcelona. Between the 19th and 20th centuries, the first Spanish diocesan museums were born in Catalonia, with the mission of preserving the tangible and intangible value of all those objects that were in the parishes of the diocese and were no longer used for worship.
