Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna

The Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna also called the diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense, (Latin: Sancti Dioecesis Christophori Laguna de o Nivariensis ) is a location in Spain Roman Catholic diocese based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands.

History

The Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna was built Canary Islands on 1 February 1819 by Pope Pius VII by division of the diocese and the Archdiocese of Seville is a suffragan. The under the old name continues to exist diocese Canary Islands covers the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote. The new Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna consists of the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro. The division of the territory of the Canary Islands in two dioceses was valid at 21 December 1819. Due to the political turmoil in Madrid was the first bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Luis Folgueras y Sion take office until July 12, 1825. The diocese was led in the interim by various Kapitularvikare. After Bishop Folgueras y Sion was appointed Archbishop of Granada in 1848, the bishop's throne remained vacant. The Concordat of 1851 provided that for the Diocese of Western Canary Islands, a suffragan bishop should be appointed, but this never happened. In August 1859 the bishop of the ( eastern ) was appointed Canary Islands with headquarters in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria as Apostolic Administrator. It was followed by other administrators. As with the government beginning of King Alfonso XII. improved relations between Spain and the Holy See, a renewal of the Episcopal chair was planned. On March 18, 1877 Pius IX appointed. the Benedictine monk Ildefonso Infante y Macias for the second Bishop of San Cristobal de la Laguna. The current bishop, Bernardo Álvarez Afonso was on 29 June 2005 by Benedict XVI. appointed to the office.

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