Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias

Diocese of Canarias Dioecesis Canariensis Diócesis de Canarias
Las Palmas Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Seville
Metropolitan	Seville
Statistics
Area	4,106 km2 (1,585 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,011,928 860,139 (85.0%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7 July 1406
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St Anne in Las Palmas
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Mazuelos Pérez
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Ángel Saiz Meneses
Bishops emeritus	Francisco Cases Andreu
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Canarias or Diocese Canariense-Rubicense (Latin: Dioecesis Canariensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the Canary Islands in the ecclesiastical province of Seville in Spain.^[1][2] The dioceses includes the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote (Oriental Province). However, it does not include the whole archipelago, since the Diocese of Tenerife (or Nivariense) includes the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. For this reason, the use of the name of the archipelago is currently a very controversial topic in the Canary Islands.^[3][4] It has recently emerged between the society of Lanzarote the desire to recover the diocesan headquarters of San Marcial del Rubicón.^[5][6]