Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila

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Country Spain Metropolitan Valladolid Rite Latin Rite		Ecclesiastical province Valladolid Area 8,048 km (3,107 sq mi)

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)172,804170,110 (98.4%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila (Latin: Abulen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ávila in the Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.

History

1102–1120: Administered by Jerome, bishop of Salamanca

1121: Established as Diocese of Ávila

Leadership

Priscillian (died 385)

Bishops of Ávila (Roman rite) after 1381

Domingo Suárez, O.F.M. (30 Jul 1263 - 1271 Died)

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Diego de los Roeles (1381 - 1394)

Alfonso de Echea o de Córdoba (1395 - 1403)

Juan Rodríguez de Guzmán (1403 - 1424)

Diego Gómez de Fuensalida (1424 - 1436)

Cardinal Juan de Cervantes (1437 -19 August 1441, Appointed Bishop of Segovia)

Lope de Barrientos, O.P. (19 Jul 1441 - 7 Apr 1445 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)

Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (1445 - 4 Feb 1454 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)

Alonso Fernández de Madrigal (1454-1455)

Martín Fernández de Vilches (1455-1469)

Alfonso de Fonseca (29 Jan 1469 - 26 Aug 1485 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)

Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H. (26 Aug 1485 - 23 Jan 1493 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)

Francisco Sánchez de la Fuente (1493 - 1496 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)

Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz (27 Jun 1496 - 14 Jun 1514 Died)

Francisco Ruiz (bishop), O.F.M. (14 Jul 1514 - 23 Oct 1528 Died)

Rodrigo Sánchez Mercado (12 Jan 1530 - 25 Jan 1548 Died)

Diego Alava Esquivel (7 May 1548 - 21 Oct 1558 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)

Diego de los Cobos Molina (2 Aug 1559 - 4 Sep 1560 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)

Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento (4 Sep 1560 - 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)

Sancho Busto de Villegas (5 Nov 1578 - 19 Jan 1581 Died)

Pedro Fernández Temiño (11 Sep 1581 - 29 Aug 1590 Died)

Jerónimo Manrique de Lara (5 Apr 1591 - 1 Sep 1595 Died)

Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. (29 Apr 1596 - 11 Mar 1598 Died)

Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño (1 Feb 1599 - 4 Dec 1611 Died)

Juan Alvarez de Caldas (14 May 1612 - 30 Nov 1615 Died)

Francisco González Zarate (de Gamarra) (30 May 1616 - 13 Dec 1626 Died)

Alfonso López Gallo (5 Jul 1627 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)

Francisco Márquez Gaceta (29 Nov 1627 - 8 Nov 1631 Died)

Pedro Cifuentes Loarte (7 Jun 1632 - 19 May 1636 Died)

Diego Arce Reinoso (22 Mar 1638 - 8 Oct 1640 Confirmed, Bishop of Palencia)

Juan Vélez de Valdivielso (25 Feb 1641 - 21 Aug 1645 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))

José de Argáiz Pérez (4 Dec 1645 - 27 Jul 1654 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)

Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera (5 Oct 1654 - 17 Feb 1656 Died)

Martín de Bonilla Granada (16 Oct 1656 - 21 Oct 1662 Died)

Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés (23 Apr 1663 - 29 May 1673 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cartagena (en España))

Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. (26 Jun 1673 - 20 Apr 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)

Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. (11 Jan 1683 - 17 Mar 1700 Died)

Gregorio Solórzano Castillo (10 May 1700 - 17 Jul 1703 Died)

Baltasar de la Peña Avilés (17 Dec 1703 - 7 Feb 1705 Died)

Julián Cano y Tevar, O. Carm. (17 Jan 1714 - 20 Apr 1719 Died)

José del Yermo Santibáñez (20 Mar 1720 - 8 Mar 1728 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)

Pedro Ayala, O.P. (8 Mar 1728 - 22 Jun 1738 Resigned)

Narciso Queralt (23 Jun 1738 - 12 Jan 1743 Died)

Pedro González García (20 May 1743 - 7 Apr 1758 Died)

Romualdo Velarde y Cienfuegos (2 Oct 1758 - 11 May 1766 Died)

Miguel Fernando Merino (1 Dec 1766 - 10 Jul 1781 Died)

Antonio Sentmenat y Castellá (17 Feb 1783 - 22 Jun 1784 Resigned)

Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. Disc. (20 Sep 1784 - 23 Nov 1796 Died)

Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco (24 Jul 1797 - 22 Jan 1799 Died)

Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate (15 Apr 1799 - 20 Jul 1801 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)

Manuel Gómez de Salazar (29 Mar 1802 - 3 Nov 1815 Died)

Rodrigo Antonio de Orellana, O. Praem. (21 Dec 1818 - 29 Jul 1822 Died)

Ramón María Adurriaga Uribe (24 May 1824 - 2 Feb 1841 Died)

Manuel López Santisteban (17 Dec 1847 - 30 Apr 1852 Resigned)

Gregorio Sánchez y Jiménez (Rubio), O.S.H. (27 Sep 1852 - 17 Feb 1854 Died)

Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión (23 Jun 1854 - 25 Sep 1857 Confirmed, Bishop of Córdoba)

Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. (21 Dec 1857 - 17 Sep 1875 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valladolid)

Pedro José Sánchez Carrascosa y Carrión, C.O. (23 Sep 1875 - Jan 1882 Resigned)

Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (27 Mar 1882 - 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Madrid)

Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (17 Mar 1887 - 30 Dec 1889 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)

Juan Muñoz y Herrera (26 Jun 1890 - 2 Dec 1895 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)

José María Blanco Barón (2 Dec 1895 - 4 Apr 1897 Died)

Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio (24 Mar 1898 - 3 Nov 1917 Died)

Enrique Pla y Deniel (4 Dec 1918 - 28 Jan 1935 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)

Santos Moro Briz (21 Jun 1935 - 19 Oct 1968 Retired)

Maximino Romero de Lema (19 Oct 1968 - 21 Mar 1973 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy)

Felipe Fernández García (22 Oct 1976 - 12 Jun 1991 Appointed, Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife)

Antonio Cañizares Llovera (6 Mar 1992 - 10 Dec 1996 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)

Adolfo González Montes (26 May 1997- 15 Apr 2002 Appointed, Bishop of Almería)

Jesús García Burillo (9 Jan 2003- )

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila Wikipedia

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Contents

History

Leadership

Bishops of Ávila (Roman rite) after 1381

References