Roman Catholic Diocese of Málaga

Diocese of Málaga

Dioecesis Malacitanus

Diócesis de Málaga
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceGranada
Statistics
Area7,283 km2 (2,812 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2016)
  • 1 628 973
  • 1 221 729 (75.0%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established4 August 1486
CathedralCathedral Basilica of the Virgin of Incarnation in Málaga
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopJesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Javier Martínez Fernández
Bishops emeritusRamón Buxarrais Ventura
Antonio Dorado Soto
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Málaga (Latin: Malacitan(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal see is the city of Málaga. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada.