page_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
section_title: Pastoral division
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna / Pastoral division
caption_attribution_description: Teneriffa, Candelaria, Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
context_page_description: The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, also called Diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense, is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Islands in the Ecclesiastical province of Sevilla in Spain. The diocese includes the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The bishop of this diocese is Bernardo Álvarez Afonso.
context_section_description: In its internal organization the diocese is divided into 17 arciprestazgos (deaneries), to the front of which is an archpriest who is in charge of administering it, attending to the requests of the clergy and watching over the care of the cult. The arciprestazgos are distributed between the different islands:
  In Tenerife:
  Arciprestazgo de Icod
  Arciprestazgo de Isora
  Arciprestazgo de Güímar
  Arciprestazgo de Granadilla
  Arciprestazgo de La Cuesta
  Arciprestazgo de La Laguna
  Arciprestazgo de La Orotava
  Arciprestazgo de La Salud
  Arciprestazgo de Ofra
  Arciprestazgo de Taco
  Arciprestazgo de Tacoronte
  Arciprestazgo de Tegueste
  Arciprestazgo de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  In La Palma:
  Arciprestazgo de Los Llanos de Aridane
  Arciprestazgo de Santa Cruz de La Palma
  The islands of La Gomera and El Hierro have one archpriest each for the entire island territory:
  Arciprestazgo de La Gomera
  Arciprestazgo de El Hierro
caption: Basilica of the Royal Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands.
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