Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo#History

{{Short description|Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Archdiocese

|name = Oviedo

|latin = Archidioecesis Ovetensis

|local = Archidiócesis de Oviedo

|image = Oviedo-Catedral.JPG

|image_size = 230px

|caption = Oviedo Cathedral

|country = Spain

|rite = Latin Rite

|established = 811 (As Diocese of Oviedo)
27 October 1954 (As Archdiocese of Oviedo)

|denomination = Roman Catholic

|cathedral = Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour in Oviedo

|cocathedral =

|area_km2 = 10,565

|population = 1,075,381

|population_as_of = 2004

|catholics = 1,016,235

|catholics_percent= 94.5

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|metro_archbishop = Jesús Sanz Montes O.F.M.

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|suffragans = Diocese of Astorga
Diocese of León
Diocese of Santander

|map = Diocesisdeoviedo.png

|website = [http://iglesiadeasturias.org/ Website of the Archdiocese]

}}

The Archdiocese of Oviedo ({{langx|la|Oveten(sis)|links=no}}; Asturleonese: Archidiócesis d'Uviéu) is a Latin Church Archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain.[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/ovie0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Oviedo"] GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dovie.html "Archdiocese of Oviedo"] Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016 The archdiocese encompasses roughly the current autonomous community of Asturias or Principality of Asturias. Erected in the 9th century, the diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1954. The diocesan see is in the city of Oviedo, where the Catedral de San Salvador is located.

As of 2023, the archdiocese has a total of 945,818 baptized Catholics, out of a total population of 1,006,193. The number of parishes in the same year was 932, with 337 priests (66 of them belonging to the regular clergy, and the remainder to the secular clergy). There were also 493 nuns and 110 monks.{{Cite web |title=Oviedo (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dovie.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}