VATICAN CITY, JUN 15, 2004 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following statement today about the division of the archdiocese of Barcelona in Spain:
"The Holy Father today erected the new dioceses of Terrassa and of Sant Feliu de Llobregat with territory taken from the archdiocese of Barcelona, and he named the respective bishops.
"At the same time the archdiocese of Barcelona has been raised to a metropolitan see.
"Dividing the great archdiocese of Barcelona has been under study for several decades. In the early 1980s, in fact, the then archbishop of Barcelona, Cardinal Narciso Jubany, B.M., had taken several steps with the prospect of creating two new dioceses. Following that, several ecclesiastics demonstrated to the Congregation for Bishops the pastoral usefulness that both the demarcation of El Valles and that of Baix Llobregat, Penedes I Garraf be erected into dioceses.
"After this division, the population of the archdiocese of Barcelona will remain about 2.5 million.
"The new diocese of Terrassa has about 1 million inhabitants and 12 deaneries (Montcada, Sant-Cugat-les-Planes, Terrassa, Rubi, Sabadell Centre, Sabadell Nord, Sabadell Sud, Granollers, Puigracios, Mollet, Montseny i Cardedeu-Llinars, Montbui) and 120 parishes.
"The diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat has 670,000 inhabitants and 9 deaneries (El Prat de Llobregat, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sant Felieu de Llobregat, Sant Vincenc dels Horts, Montserrat, Garraf, Vilafranca, Anoia, Piera-Capellades) and 121 parishes."
OP/ARCHDIOCESE BARCELONA/NAVARRO-VALLS VIS 20040615 (240)
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