The Metropolitan Archdiocese of (Santiago de) Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellanus), is the senior of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.
The Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has his "cathedra" – i.e. (archi)episcopal see : from Greek/Latin "seat" – in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle St. James, after whom Santiago is named.
Extent and statistics
His archdiocesan jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,178,000 Catholics (88.9% of 1,324,741 total) on 8,546 km² in 1,071 parishes and 3 missions with 732 priests (536 diocesan, 196 religious), 4 deacons, 1,052 lay religious (400 brothers, 652 sisters) and 22 seminarians.
Covers all Galicia, with four suffragan sees :
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (a former Archdiocese itself)
Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo–Ferrol
Roman Catholic Diocese of Orense
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo
See Diocese of Iria Flavia for its precursor and early history when the see was shared.
Established formally on 5 December 1095 as Diocese of Santiago de Compostela / Compostellan(us) (Latin) with the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Iria Flavia.
Promoted on 1120.02.27 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela by Pope Calixtus II.
In 1954.10.17 it gained territory from its suffragan Diocese of Mondoñedo.
It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in November 1982 and August 1989 and from Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010.
See Diocese of Iria Flavia for Bishops shared with its precursor.
Suffragan Bishops of (Santiago de) Compostela
Apostolic administrator (1096–1100 see below) Diego Gelmírez
Diego Gelmírez bishop 1100 – 27 February 1120, archbishop 1120–1140)
Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela
On 5 December 1095 Pope Urban II issued the bull Veterum sinodalia transferring the diocese of Iria to Compostela. In 1120 Pope Calixtus II raised Compostela to an archdiocese.
Diego Gelmírez (see above 27 February 1120 – 1140)
Berenguel (1140?41 – 1142 see below), first time
Pedro Helías (1143 – 1149)
Berenguel (see above 1150 – 1151), second time
Bernardo I (1151 – 1152)
Pelayo Camundo (1153 – 1156)
Martín Martínez (1156–1167)
Pedro Gundesteiz (1168 – 1173)
Pedro Suárez de Deza (1173 – death 1206), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1166 – 1173)
Pedro Muñiz (1207 – 1224), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1205 – 1207)
Bernardo II (1224 – 1237)
Juan Arias (1238 – 1266)
Egas Fafes de Lanhoso (1267), previously Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1248.12.15 – death 1267.12.18), transferred and died before taking possession of Santiago
Gonzalo Gómez (1273 – 1281?)
Rodrigo González (1286 – 1304)
Rodrigo del Padrón (1307? – 1316)
Berenguel de Landoria = Béranger de Landore, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1317 – death 1330) (born France), previously Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans, O.P.) (1312 – 1317.07.15)
Juan Fernández de Limia (1330.10.26 – 1338), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1321 – 1330.10.26)
Martín Fernández de Gres (1339 – 1342?43)
Pedro V (1344 – 1348?51)
? Gonzalo de Aguilar (1348–1351)
Gómez Manrique (1351.06.08 – 1362.05.02), previously Bishop of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1348.08.18 – 1351.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1362.05.02 – death 1375.12.19)
Suero Gómez de Toledo (1362 – 1366)
Alonso Sánchez de Moscoso (1367 – 1367)
Rodrigo de Moscoso (1368 – 1382)
Juan García Manrique (1383 – retired 1388), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1368 – 1376), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1376 – 1381), Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1381 – 1382); later however Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1394.01.28 – ?)
Lope de Mendoza (1399 – 1445), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1393 – 1399)
Álvaro Núñez de Isorna (1445 – 1449), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1415 – 1418), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1418 – 1445)
Rodrigo de Luna (1451 – 1460)
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo I (1460 – 1464?1465), previously Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1445 – 1454.02.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain) (1454.02.04 – 1460.12.03); next again Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (1464 – death 1473)
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo II? (1464 – death 1507.08.04), previously Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1460 – 1464); also Latin Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1502? – 1506?)
? Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (1465 – 1469), next Archbishop of Sevilla)
? Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo II?III (1469 – 1507 Resigned)
Alonso III Fonseca III? (4 August 1507 – 31 Dec 1523), next Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1523.12.31 – death 1534.02.04)
Juan Pardo de Tavera (8 June 1524 – 27 April 1534), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 – 1523.12.31), Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1523.12.31 – 1524.06.08); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – death 1545.08.01); next Archbishop of Toledo (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (8 June 1534 – death 13 Oct 1541), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 – 1541.10.13), also Apostolic Administrator of Anagni (Italy) (1541.01.28 – 1541.04.06); previously Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1523.03.04 – 1524.10.26), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1534.06.08)
Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (29 March 1542 – death 2 Nov 1545), created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – 1545.11.02); previously Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1524.11.14 – 1529.01.22), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29)
Pedro Manuel (9 April 1546 – death 1 Jan 1550); previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1523.06.12 – 1534.06.17), Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1534.06.17 – 1546.04.09)
BIOS TO ELABORATE
Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. (27 June 1550 – 15 Sep 1557 Died)
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (21 Oct 1558 – 22 June 1569 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano (20 Feb 1570 – 14 Nov 1572 Died)
Francisco Blanco Salcedo (4 June 1574 – 26 April 1581 Died)
Juan de Liermo Hermosa (8 Jan 1582 – 26 July 1582 Died)
Alonso Velázquez (9 March 1583 – 14 Jan 1587 Died)
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (27 July 1587 – 20 April 1602 Died)
Maximiliano de Austria (21 April 1603 – 1 July 1614 Died)
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (12 Jan 1615 – 22 May 1622 Died)
Luis Fernández de Córdoba (26 Oct 1622 – 11 March 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. (1 July 1624 – 19 June 1626 Died)
José González Díez, O.P. (17 May 1627 – 12 Aug 1630 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Agustín de Spínola Basadone (23 Oct 1630 – 16 Jan 1645 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
Fernando Andrade Sotomayor (20 Mar 1645 – 21 Jan 1655 Died)
Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba (30 August 1655 – April 1664 Died)
Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán (9 June 1668 – 7 Oct 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
Andrés Girón (2 June 1670 – 7 August 1680 Died)
Francisco de Seijas Losada (28 April 1681 – 26 Oct 1684 Died)
Antonio de Monroy, O.P. (4 June 1685 – 7 Nov 1715 Died)
Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 July 1716 – 7 Oct 1722 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
Miguel Herrero Esgueva (20 Jan 1723 – 27 July 1727 Died)
José del Yermo Santibáñez (8 March 1728 – Nov 1737 Died)
Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (5 May 1738 – 1 Feb 1745 Died)
Cayetano Gil Taboada (23 Aug 1745 – 10 March 1751 Died)
Bartolomé Rajoy Losada (19 July 1751 – 17 July 1772 Died)
Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (8 March 1773 – 16 April 1782 Died)
Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (15 Dec 1783 – 25 Sep 1795 Died)
Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo (18 Dec 1797 – 8 Dec 1800 Died)
Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate (20 July 1801 – 12 May 1821 Died)
Juan García Benito (27 Sep 1822 – 8 July 1824 Resigned)
Simón Antonio de Rentería y Reyes (12 July 1824 – 4 Oct 1824 Died)
Rafael Téllez, O.F.M. Cap. (20 Dec 1824 – 3 August 1850 Died)
Miguel García Cuesta (5 Sep 1851 – 14 April 1873 Died)
Miguel Payá y Rico (16 Jan 1874 – 7 June 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (10 June 1886 – 20 Jan 1888 Died)
José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 – 8 Dec 1922 Died)
Manuel Lago y González (24 July 1923 – 18 March 1925 Died)
Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 – 16 Jan 1927 Died)
Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 – 6 Sep 1933 Died)
Tomás Muniz Pablos (13 August 1935 – 15 March 1948 Died)
Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 – 31 Jan 1949 Died)
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 June 1949 – 7 Dec 1971 Died)
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (13 April 1973 – 12 April 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 – 28 July 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
Julián Barrio Barrio (5 January 1996 – ...)
Bernardino de Carmona (1551–1553)
