Finish the 'Battle of the Cemetery' in Barbate: the Mayor's Office Expels the Bishopric and Takes Control

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The Plenary Assembly of Barbate City Council has approved in the ordinary session, unanimously by all political groups, the draft of the free transfer agreement to be signed between the Consistory itself, the Diocese of Cádiz-Ceuta and the Parish of San Paulino, by which the City Council will assume full ownership of the Municipal Cemetery, as well as its management and economic exploitation.The agreement provides for the free transfer of full c…

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In August 2023, the Bishopric of Cadiz, who still presides Interimly Rafael Zornoza, took control of the Barbate cemetery in place of the local parish of San Paulino that had always exercised it. When several weeks had passed of this change that seemed to be a mere administrative adjustment, an agreement between institutions, a remarkable discomfort began to grow among the users, among the relatives of the deceased who made frequent visits or th…