Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga in the context of "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada"

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👉 Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga in the context of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada

The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: archidioecesis Granatensis) is a Latin ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain. Originally the Diocese of Elvira from the 3rd century through the 10th, it was re-founded in 1437 as the diocese of Granada and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Its suffragan sees are Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén and Málaga.

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The current archbishop of Granada is José María Gil Tamayo, appointed by Pope Francis on 1 February 2023.

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