Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia in Spain

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valencia Archidioecesis Valentinus Arxidiòcesi de València (val) Archidiócesis de Valencia (es)
Valencia Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Valencia
Statistics
Area	13,060 km2 (5,040 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 3,213,000 3,030,000 (94.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10 October 1238 (as Diocese of Valencia) 9 July 1492 (as Archdiocese of Valencia)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady in Valencia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Enrique Benavent Vidal
Metropolitan Archbishop	Enrique Benavent Vidal
Suffragans	Diocese of Ibiza Diocese of Majorca Diocese of Menorca Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón
Auxiliary Bishops	Javier Salinas Viñals Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas
Bishops emeritus	Esteban Escudero Torres Antonio Cañizares Llovera
Map
Website
archivalencia.org

The Archdiocese of Valencia (Latin: Archidioecesis Valentinus) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, with authority over the suffragan dioceses of Ibiza, Majorca, Minorca, Orihuela-Alicante and Segorbe-Castellón. The archbishops are seated in Valencia Cathedral. On 28 August 2014, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera as the next archbishop of Valencia.^[1][2]