Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953)

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The Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953) was an agreement that granted the Catholic Church extensive privileges and influence within Francoist Spain, shaping church-state relations for decades.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concordat ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
aim to regulate relations between the Spanish state and the Catholic Church ⓘ
to secure institutional guarantees for the Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1953 Concordat between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
Concordat of 1953 ⓘ
countryInvolved Spain ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
dateSigned 1953 ⓘ
effectOnSpain granted extensive privileges to the Catholic Church ⓘ
reinforced Catholicism as the dominant religion ⓘ
shaped church–state relations for decades ⓘ
strengthened the alliance between the Franco regime and the Catholic hierarchy ⓘ
grantedPrivilege control of religious education in schools to the Catholic Church ⓘ
influence of the Church over censorship and morality issues ⓘ
legal recognition of Church marriages ⓘ
state financial support for the Catholic Church ⓘ
tax exemptions for the Catholic Church ⓘ
headOfStateParty Francisco Franco ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II Europe ⓘ
ideologicalContext National Catholicism in Spain ⓘ
inForceDuring Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
late Francoist period ⓘ
legalDomain canon law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
legalStatus binding international agreement ⓘ
negotiatingAuthority Roman Curia ⓘ
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy 1979 agreements between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
placeSigned Vatican City ⓘ
politicalFunction consolidated National Catholicism in Spain ⓘ
legitimized the Franco regime internationally ⓘ
politicalRegimeContext Francoist Spain ⓘ
recognizedReligion Roman Catholicism as the religion of the Spanish state ⓘ
relatedTo Concordat of 1851 between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
Lateran Treaty ⓘ
religiousParty Catholic Church ⓘ
replacedBy 1976 agreement between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
signatory Holy See ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
subject church–state relations in Spain ⓘ
status of the Catholic Church in Spain ⓘ
typeOfPrivilege ecclesiastical jurisdictional autonomy ⓘ
privileged legal status for clergy ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaties of the Holy See → hasPart → Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953) ⓘ
Treaties of Spain → notableExample → Concordat of 1953 between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
linked to: Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953)
Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953) → alsoKnownAs → 1953 Concordat between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
linked to: Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953)
Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953) → relatedTo → Concordat of 1851 between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
linked to: Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953)
National Catholicism in Spain → legalBasis → Concordat of 1953 between Spain and the Holy See ⓘ
linked to: Concordat between the Holy See and Spain (1953)