Romanians make up the largest group of foreign residents in Spain

Slightly over 5.8 million foreigners resided in Spain at the end of 2020, and most of them were Romanians – over 1.07 million, according to official data released by the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, quoted by G4media.ro.

These official figures refer to Romanian citizens with a declared residence in Spain, but, according to diplomatic sources consulted by G4Media.ro, the number could actually be much higher.

Romanians are followed by Moroccans (811,530) and British citizens (381,448).

According to the same statistics, the Romanian population in Spain increased by 0.9% compared to the previous year, and 47% of them were women. The average age of Romanian residents in Spain was 38 years. Source: G4media

On July 1, 2020, the National Institute of Statistics estimated the population of Spain at 47,351,567 people.

In order to support the Romanians in Spain, the Romanian Patriarchate established in 2007 the Diocese of Spain and Portugal.

The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal has 13 deaneries:

  1. Eastern Madrid Deanery: Dean Fr. George Ovidiu Cimpoca
  2. Southern Madrid Deanery: Dean Fr. Mihail Cristian Deac
  3. Northern Madrid Deanery: Dean Fr. Ilie Tabarcia
  4. Catalunya Deanery: Dean Fr. Vasile Băltărețu
  5. Castilla la Mancha Deanery: Dean Fr. Cristian Lucian Suciu
  6. Castellon Deanery: Dean Fr. Aurelian Gheorghe Stoica
  7. Asturias Deanery: Dean Fr. Nicolae Florin Goia
  8. Vitoria Gasteiz Deanery: Dean Fr. Andrei Turea
  9. Sevilla Deanery: Dean Fr. Ioan Poștoi
  10. Levante Deanery: Dean Fr. Nicolae Cristian Toderici
  11. Aragon Deanery: Dean Fr. Daniel Ovidiu Șimon
  12. Portugal Deanery: Dean Fr. Marius Viorel Pop
  13. Missionary Deanery for Canary Islands: coordinated by the diocesan centre
137 parishes

According to the latest official statistics, the diocese includes 137 parishes, 22 non-parish churches and 4 monasteries (1 monastery of monks and 3 monasteries of nuns), in which a number of 137 clergymen (135 priests and 2 deacons) work.

SOLEMN YEAR OF THE DIASPORA

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church declared 2021 a Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside Romania.

Data published in a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that the Romanian diaspora is the fifth largest in the world, comprising about 2.3 million people.

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