WORSHIP
FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY
- Central nave of the Cathedral: At 7:15 am, 12:00 am and 8:30 pm.
- Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace: At 10:30 am.
- Shrine of Our Lady of Fuensanta: At 7:00 pm.
SUNDAYS
- Central nave of the cathedral: At 7:30 am, 10:00 am, 12:00 am and 8:30 pm.
- Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace: At 12:00 am.
- Shrine of Our Lady of Fuensanta: At 11:30 am and 7:00 pm.
WINTER (from 1 September to 30 June)
From Monday to Friday
| 7:15 | Main Altar |
| 8:30 | Main Altar |
| 9:00 | Main Altar |
| 10:00 | Main Altar |
| 10:30 | Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace |
| 19:30 | Main Altar |
Saturday & Eves
| 7:15 | Main Altar |
| 9:00 | Main Altar |
| 10:00 | Main Altar |
| 10:30 | Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace |
| 19:30 | Main Altar |
| 20:30 | Main Altar |
Sundays & Holidays
| 7:30 | Main Altar |
| 9:00 | Main Altar |
| 9:45 | Main Altar: Terce & Chapter Mass |
| 12:00 | Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace |
| 12:00 | Main Altar |
| 13:00 | Main Altar |
| 19:30 | Main Altar |
SUMMER (from 1 July to 31 August)
FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY
| 7:15 | Main Altar |
| 10:00 | Main Altar |
| 19:30 | Main Altar |
SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS
| 7:30 | Main Altar |
| 10:00 | Main Altar |
| 12:00 | Main Altar |
| 19:30 | Main Altar |
Working days
| 7’15 | Vélez Chapel |
| 8,30 | Vélez Chapel |
| 9,00 | Vélez Chapel |
| 10,00 | Baptistery Chapel |
| 12,00 | Baptistery Chapel |
| 19,30 | Vélez Chapel |
Saturday & Holiday eves
| 7’15 | Vélez Chapel |
| 8,30 | Vélez Chapel |
| 9,00 | Vélez Chapel |
| 10,00 | Baptistery Chapel |
| 12,00 | Baptistery Chapel |
| 19,30 | Main Altar |
| 20,30 | Main Altar |
Sunday & Holidays
| 7’30 | Main Altar |
| 9,00 | Main Altar |
| 9,45 | Main Altar |
| 12,00 | Main Altar |
| 13,00 | Main Altar |
| 19,30 | Main Altar |
| 20,30 | Main Altar |
| Time | Working days | Saturday & Holiday eves | Sunday & Holidays |
| 7’15 | Vélez Chapel | Vélez Chapel | – |
| 7’30 | – | – | Main Altar |
| 8,30 | Vélez Chapel | Vélez Chapel | – |
| 9,00 | Vélez Chapel | Vélez Chapel | Main Altar |
| 9,45 | – | – | Main Altar |
| 10,00 | Baptistery Chapel | Baptistery Chapel | – |
| 12,00 | Baptistery Chapel | Baptistery Chapel | Main Altar |
| 13,00 | – | – | Main Altar |
| 19,30 | Vélez Chapel | Main Altar | Main Altar |
| 20,30 | – | Main Altar | Main Altar |
His Excellency and Most Rev. Mons. D. José Manuel Lorca Planes was born in the Murcian district of Espinardo, in the Diocese of Cartagena, on 18 October 1949.
He completed his secondary studies at the Minor Seminary of San José and then his ecclesiastical studies at the Major Seminary of San Fulgencio in Murcia.
He holds a degree in Biblical Theology from the Faculty of Theology in Granada. He was ordained to the priesthood in the parish of San Pedro Apóstol, Espinardo (Murcia), on 29 June 1975.
He was ordained bishop on 6 March 2004 in Teruel, and on 18 July 2009 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Cartagena.
On 1 August 2009 he took possession of this Diocese, continuing as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Teruel and Albarracín until September 2010.
Since March 2014 he has been a member of the Episcopal Commission for Social Communications of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, which he has chaired since April 2021.
Cathedral Chapter
The Cathedral Chapter, according to Canon Law, “is a college of priests, which is responsible for celebrating the most solemn liturgical functions in the Cathedral Church; the Cathedral Chapter is also responsible for carrying out those offices that the law or the diocesan Bishop entrusts to it”.
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