Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 28 August 2014 the archbishop of Madrid has been Carlos Osoro Sierra.

Although Madrid has been the seat of the Spanish Crown since 1561, the diocese was only created in the late 19th century and gained the status of an archdiocese in 1991. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena, in Spain's national capital Madrid. The metropolitan city area also has several minor basilicas: the Basílica Ex-Catedral de San Isidro , the Basílica de San Lorenzo , the Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora , the Basílica de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora, the Basílica de Nuestro Padre Jesús de Medinaceli, the Basílica de San Vicente de Paul , the Basílica de Santa Cruz , the Basílica Pontificia de San Miguel, the Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha , the Real Basílica de San Francisco el Grande .

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