Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo

The Archdiocese of Oviedo (Latin: Archidioecesis Ovetensis ) is an Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain, based in Oviedo.

History

The diocese was erected 811. After the kings of Asturias had moved 912 their capital from Oviedo to Leon, it was quiet around the young diocese. But the beginning of the pilgrimage on the Way of St. James brought the city as the whole diocese of Oviedo a major economic, cultural and religious revival. During this time also flourished in the many monasteries.

The Reformation in the 16th century touched the life of the diocese and hardly even the Tridentine reform movement within the Catholic Church took a long years to take root here.

The diocese was elevated to the rank of an archbishopric in 1954 and united in its ecclesiastical province of the bishoprics of Astorga, Leon and Santander.

Vicar general Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid Roman Catholic Diocese of Albacete Roman Catholic Diocese of Bilbao Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Real Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca Roman Catholic Diocese of Getafe Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix Roman Catholic Diocese of Huelva Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibiza Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca Roman Catholic Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo Roman Catholic Diocese of Majorca Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia Roman Catholic Diocese of Solsona Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarazona Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Spain
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