WORSHIP

MASS SCHEDULES

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

7:30Main Altar
9:00Main Altar
9:45Main Altar: Terce & Chapter Mass
12:00Santiago Apóstol Chapel, Episcopal Palace
12:00Main Altar
13:00Main Altar
19:30Main Altar

SUMMER (from 1 July to 31 August)

FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY

7:15Main Altar
10:00Main Altar
19:30Main Altar

SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS

7:30Main Altar
10:00Main Altar
12:00Main Altar
19:30Main 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

SACRAMENTS

If you wish to celebrate the sacrament of Baptism or Marriage in the Cathedral, please write to us at catedral @ diocesisdecartagena.org.

BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE OF CARTAGENA

Mons. D. José Manuel Lorca Planes

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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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