The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo is one of the five Roman Catholic sees within Galicia, in north-western Spain, and one of the four suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela. The cathedral episcopal see is in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel), dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Lugo city. It also has a World Heritage Site : the Cistercian Monastery of Santa María, in Sobrado dos Monxes, A Coruña, Galicia. Extent and statistics As per 2012, it pastorally served 288,000 Catholics (99.2% of 290,200 total) on 7,703 km2 in 1,139 parishes with 376 priests (315 diocesan, 61 religious), 318 lay religious (83 brothers, 235 sisters) and 7 seminarians. Its jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three administrative Spanish provinces : Province of A Coruña; one district with 56 parishes Province of Pontevedra; three districts with 135 parishes Province of Lugo; 947 parishes History Established circa 100 AD as Diocese of Lugo / Lucen(sis) in Hispania (Latin) Promoted in 569 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lugo / Lucen(sis) in Hispania (Latin) Lost territory circa 572 to establish the Diocese of Bretoña Suppressed in 713. Restored in 745 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lugo / Lucen(sis) in Hispania (Latin), but held in personal union with the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Braga (Portugal) from 745 until its 1071 demotion, i.e. without a single proper incumbent Lost territory in 811 to establish Diocese of Oviedo, gained territory in 832 from the suppressed Diocese of Orense. Lost territories in 866 to establish Diocese of San Martiño de Mondoñedo and in 886 to (re)establish Diocese of Orense Demoted in 1071 as Suffragan Diocese of Lugo / Lucen(sis) in Hispania (Latin), having gained territory from Diocese of Oviedo Gained territory on 1954.10.17 from Diocese of Oviedo, and exchanged territories with Diocese of Astorga, Diocese of Mondoñedo and Diocese of Orense. Episcopal Ordinaries of Lugo Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (initial period) First period unavailableMetropolitan Archbishops of Lugo always the Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (745–1063)Suffragan Bishops of Lugo (again) Archbishop-Bishop Vistrário (1071–1086), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) (1060–1071) and last Metropolitan Archbishop of Lugo (1060–1071) Amor (1088–1096) Pedro = Peter II (c. 1098 – 1113) Pedro = Peter III (1113?14 – 1133) Guido = uy (1134?35 – 1152) Juan = John (1152–1181) Rodrigo I Menéndez (1181–1182) Rodrigo II Menéndez (1182–1218) Ordoño