Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

Roman Catholic diocese in Spain

Diocese of Coria-Cáceres Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres

Coria Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida–Badajoz
Metropolitan	Mérida–Badajoz
Statistics
Area	10,052 km² (3,881 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 263,430 251,701 (95.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1143 (As Diocese of Coria) 9 April 1957 (As Diocese of Coria-Cáceres)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Coria
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St. Mary in Cáceres
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop	Celso Morga Iruzubieta
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.^[1]^[2]

History

1143: Established as Diocese of Coria
April 9, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of Coria – Cáceres

Bishops of Coria

Jacinto (c. 589)
Elías (c. 610)
Bonifacio I (c. 633, 638)
Juan (c. 646, 653)
Donato (c. 666)
Atala (c. 681, 688)
Bonifacio II (c. 693)
Jacobo (c. 876, 899)
Diego I. (900–902)
Íñigo Navarro (1142–1152, named Bishop of Salamanca)
Suero I (1157–1168), first bishop to also hold Cáceres (1166)
Pedro I (1169–1177)
Arnaldo I (1181–1197)
Arnaldo II (1199–1211)
Giraldo (1212–1227)
Pedro II (1227–1232)
Sancho (1232–1252)
Pedro III (1253–1260)
Fernando I (1261–1271)
Gonzalo (1272–1277)
Suero II (1277–1280)
Simón (1281–1282)
Alonso I (1283–1316)
Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meirás (1317 Appointed – 1324 Died)^[3]
Alonso II (1325–1335)
Juan I (1335–1343)
Alfonso (1344–1348)
Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, O.S.A. (20 Feb 1348 – 31 Aug 1360 Appointed, Bishop of León)^[4]
Rodrigo (1360–1365?)
Diego II (1365–1368?)
Gil (1368–1371)
Guillermo (1371–1379)
Fernando II (1379–1380?)
Alonso Maimón (1381?–1389)
Juan II (1399–1400)
Esteban de Crivelo (1400–1401)
Alonso III (1401–1403 Elect)
García de Castronuño (1403–1420?)
Martín Galos (1420–1436)^[5]
Alfonso de Villegas (1436–1437)
Pedro López de Miranda (1438–1443)
Juan de Carvajal (11 Oct 1443 – 10 Aug 1446, not possessed) Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia^[6]^[7]
Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza (May 1444 – 1455)^[6]
Fernando López de Villaescusa (1455–1457) Appointed, Bishop of Segovia^[6]
Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1457–1475 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén^[8]
Francisco de Toledo (bishop) (1475–1479) Died^[6]
Juan de Ortega (1479–1485) Died^[6]
Diego de Fonseca (27 Jan 1486 – 1487 Died)

. . .

César de Borja (1495 – 6 Sep 1499 Resigned)
Juan López (bishop of Coria) (1499 – 5 Aug 1501 Died)^[9]

1500 to 1700

François Busleiden (26 Nov 1501 – 23 Aug 1502 Died)
Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna (5 May 1503 – 1517 Died)
Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (4 Nov 1517 – 9 Sep 1519 Appointed, Administrator of Coutances)
Carlos Lalaing (1520 – 1524)
Pedro de Montemolín (1527-?)
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1528 – 2 Mar 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Guillermo Valdenese (2 May 1529 – 23 May 1530 Died)
Francisco de Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. (5 Dec 1530 – 1532 Resigned)
Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla (14 Feb 1533 – 27 Jun 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Diego Enríquez de Almansa (14 Jul 1550 – Oct 1565 Died)
Diego Deza Tello (26 Apr 1566 – 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Pedro Serrano Téllez (11 Sep 1577 – 22 Sep 1578 Died)
Pedro García Galarza (9 Jan 1579 – 6 May 1604 Died)
Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa (10 Dec 1603 – 8 Sep 1621 Died)
Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo (23 May 1622 – 16 Feb 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (8 Mar 1632 – 16 Sep 1635 Died)^[10]
Antonio González Acevedo (5 Oct 1637 – 14 Mar 1642 Died)
Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (bishop) (13 Jul 1643 – 17 Oct 1643 Died)^[11]
Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. (2 May 1644 – 28 Jun 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)^[12]
Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza (13 Sep 1649 – 1655 Died)
Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez (14 May 1655 – 9 Jul 1657 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Diego López de la Vega (28 Jan 1658 – 5 Jun 1659 Died)
Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. (10 Nov 1659 – 2 Jul 1663 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas (27 Aug 1663 – 1664 Died)
Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala (23 Jun 1664 – 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (3 Jun 1669 – 1 Jul 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera (28 Sep 1671 – 30 Aug 1672 Died)
Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. (30 Jan 1673 – 5 May 1673 Died)
Bernardino León de la Rocha (25 Sep 1673 – 4 Jan 1675 Died)
Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (27 May 1675 – 21 Jul 1683 Died)
Juan de Porras y Atienza (24 Apr 1684 – 28 Jul 1704 Died)

1700 to 1949

Miguel Pérez Lara (9 Feb 1705 – 1710 Died)
Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (22 May 1713 – 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (5 Oct 1716 – 15 Oct 1731 Died)
Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín (9 Jun 1732 – 24 Sep 1742 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
José Francisco Magdaleno (24 Sep 1742 – 5 Feb 1749 Died)
José Cepeda (19 Jan 1750 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect)
Juan José García Alvaro (25 May 1750 – Jan 1784 Died)
Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. (14 Feb 1785 – 4 May 1789 Died)
Juan Alvarez Castro (29 Mar 1790 – 29 Aug 1809 Died)
Blas Jacobo Beltrán (10 Jul 1815 – 28 Apr 1821 Died)
Joaquín López y Sicilia (12 Jul 1824 – 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Ramón Montero (15 Mar 1830 – 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Manuel Anselmo Nafría (17 Jan 1848 – 28 Jan 1851 Died)
Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. (27 Sep 1852 – 14 Feb 1858 Died)
Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez (25 Jun 1858 – 6 Oct 1864 Died)
Esteban José Pérez Fernández (25 Sep 1865 – 22 Jun 1868 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. (24 Sep 1868 – 16 Mar 1884 Died)
Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (10 Nov 1884 – 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (10 Jun 1886 – 19 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Ramón Peris Mencheta (21 May 1894 – 6 Jan 1920 Died)
Pedro Segura y Sáenz (10 Jul 1920 – 20 Dec 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Dionisio Moreno y Barrio (2 Dec 1927 Appointed – 10 Dec 1934 Died)
Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (1 May 1935 – 10 Apr 1942 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Francisco Cavero y Tormo (9 Dec 1944 – 10 Apr 1949 Died)

Bishops of Coria-Cáceres

Manuel Llopis Ivorra (2 Feb 1950 – 16 Mar 1977 Retired)
Jesús Domínguez Gómez (16 Mar 1977 – 26 Oct 1990 Died)
Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 – 16 Oct 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Albacete)
Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 – 27 Dec 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. (7 Dec 2021 – )

References

^ "Diocese of Coria-Cáceres" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Diocese of Coria-Cáceres" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meiras" retrieved January 17, 2015
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Pedro Raimundo Cardinal de Barrière, O.S.A." retrieved January 17, 2015
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Martin Galos" retrieved January 17, 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e GCatholic.org: "Diocese of Coria–Cáceres" retrieved December 4, 2015
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Juan Cardinal de Carvajal" retrieved January 17, 2015
^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara" retrieved January 25, 2016
^ "Bishop Juan López" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 15, 2016
^ "Bishop Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 30, 2016
^ "Bishop Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
^ "Archbishop Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 15, 2016