The Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol (also known as Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis) is one of the five districts in which the Roman Catholic church divides Galicia in North-western Spain. The bishop who has two Cathedrals (i.e.: from Latin cathedra meaning seat so two seats) one in Ferrol and the other in Mondoñedo has jurisdiction over the most northern parishes of Galicia; covering the parishes of the northern part of the Province of A Coruña and the Province of Lugo.
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area (km2)
4.425e+09
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Spain
Established
1136 (As Diocese of Vilamaior), 1199 (As Diocese of Ribadeo), 1219 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo), 572 (As Diocese of Bretoña), 881 (As Diocese of San Martiño), 9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol)
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