The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Placentin(us) in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz, in Estremadura, western Spain.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (Gothic new cathedral), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and located in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 269,000 Catholics (96.8% of 278,000 total) on 10,000 km² in 200 parishes with 178 priests (161 diocesan, 17 religious), 419 lay religious (47 brothers, 372 sisters) and 5 seminarians.
Established in 1189 as Diocese of Plasencia / Placentin(us) in Hispania (Latin).
(all Roman Rite)
Suffragan Bishops of Plasencia
Bricio (1190 – 1212)
Domingo (1212 – 1232)
Adán (1234 – 1262)
Simón (1263 – 1268)
Pedro Fernández (1269 – 1271), previously Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1241 – 1265)
Pedro El Maestro (1272 – 1284)
Juan Alfonso (1285 – 1290)
Diego (1290 – 1295)
Domingo (1295 – 1326)
Juan (1329.08.01 – 1330.10.26)
Jimeno (1330.10.26 – 1332)
Benito (1332 – 1343)
Sancho (1344.05.12 – 1355.05.12)
Nicolás (1356.05.16 – 1362)
Juan Guerra (1364.07.07 – 1372)
Pedro de Manso (1372.09.03 – 1373)
Martín (1373 – 1375.10.05)
Pedro Martínez (1375.10.05 – death 1401.10.18)
Vicente Arias Balboa (1403.07.30 – death 1414.07.29)
Gonzalo de Stuñiga o Zúñiga (1415.12.18 – 1422), next Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1422 – death 1456)
Diego Badán, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1422.10.02 – death 1423), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1409.09.11 – 1415.12.18), Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1415.12.18 – 1422.10.02)
Gonzalo de Santa María (1423.07.02 – 1446), previously Bishop of Gerona (Spain) (1419 – 1419), Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1419 – 1423.07.02); later Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1446 – death 1448.12.12)
Juan Carvajal (10 August 1446 - death 6 Dec 1469) previously Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1443.10.11 – 1446.08.10 not possessed); created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (1446.12.16 – 1446.12.30?), transferred Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio (1446.12.30? – 1461.10.26), promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1461.10.26 – 1469.12.06), also still Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio in commendum (1461.10.26 – 1469.12.06), Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Spain) (1467.10.30 – 1468), Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1469.01.11 – 1469.12.06)
Rodrigo de Ávila (29 Jan 1470 - Feb 1492 Died)
Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo (27 June 1496 - 28 August 1506) ?? Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla)
Gómez de Toledo Solís (22 Dec 1508 - death 1521)
BIOs TO ELABORATE
Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande (14 Jan 1521 - 16 Dec 1523 Died)
Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal (25 May 1524 - 27 April 1559 Died)
Pedro Ponce de Léon (26 Jan 1560 - 17 Jan 1573 Died)
Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. (4 Jun 1574 - 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Francisco Tello Sandoval (13 June 1578 - 8 July 1580 Died)
Andrés de Noronha (11 Sep 1581 - 3 Aug 1586 Died)
Juan Ochoa Salazar (7 Aug 1587 - 9 March 1594 Died)
Pedro González Acevedo (5 Dec 1594 - 20 Nov 1609 Died)
Enrique Enríquez de Almansa Manrique, O.S.A. (21 Jun 1610 - 22 Jan 1622 Died)
Sancho Dávila Toledo (11 July 1622 - 6 Dec 1626 Died)
Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera (27 Jan 1627 - 1630 Resigned)
Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres (2 Dec 1630 - 21 Oct 1632 Died)
Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. (18 July 1633 - 5 Oct 1639 Died)
Diego Arce Reinoso (8 Oct 1640 - 3 April 1652 Resigned)
Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval (11 Dec 1652 - 1655 Died)
Francisco Guerra (bishop), O.F.M. (3 April 1656 - 3 Dec 1657 Died)
Luis Crespi y Borja, C.O. (2 Sep 1658 - 19 Apr 1663 Died)
Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás O.P. (28 Jan 1664 - 15 Sep 1664 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Diego Riquelme y Quirós (23 Feb 1665 - 13 May 1668 Died)
Diego Sarmiento Valladares (17 Sep 1668 - 26 Apr 1677 Resigned)
Juan Lozano (bishop), O.S.A. (26 Apr 1677 - 3 Jul 1679 Died)
Juan Álvarez Osorio (22 Jan 1680 - 12 Mar 1680 Died)
Juan Herrero Jaraba (17 Mar 1681 - 27 Apr 1681 Died)
José Jiménez de Samaniego, O.F.M. (24 May 1683 - 14 Jun 1692 Died)
Juan de Villacé y Vozmediano (13 Apr 1693 - 9 Apr 1694 Died)
José González Blázquez, O. de M. (24 Jan 1695 - 9 Dec 1698 Died)
Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata (1 Jun 1699 - 22 Sep 1703 Died)
José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez (7 Apr 1704 - 24 Nov 1709 Died)
Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros (22 May 1713 - Apr 1715 Died)
Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras (23 Sep 1715 - 3 Jul 1720 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. (16 Sep 1720 - 12 Nov 1720 Died)
Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova, O.P. (28 May 1721 - 14 Jul 1738 Died)
Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas (19 Dec 1738 - 25 Jun 1742 Died)
Plácido Bailés (Baylés) y Padilla, O.S.A. (26 Nov 1742 - 22 Jan 1747 Died)
Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez (31 Jul 1747 - 27 Jul 1749 Died)
José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo (23 Feb 1750 - Dec 1755 Died)
Pedro Gómez de la Torre (24 May 1756 - 3 Aug 1759 Died)
Juan Francisco Manrique Lara (21 Apr 1760 - 18 Jan 1765 Died)
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón (5 Jun 1765 - 14 Apr 1766 Appointed, Archbishop of México)
José González Laso Santos de San Pedro (21 Jul 1766 - 1803 Died)
Lorenzo Igual de Soria (16 May 1803 - 14 Sep 1814 Died)
Antonio Carrillo Mayoral (10 Jul 1815 - 19 Mar 1826 Died)
Cipriano Sánchez Varela (3 Jul 1826 - 13 Mar 1848 Died)
Martino Piña y Giménez (5 Sep 1851 - 25 Nov 1851 Died)
José Ávila Lamas (27 Sep 1852 - 25 Sep 1857 Confirmed, Bishop of Orense)
Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. (21 Dec 1857 - 16 Mar 1863 Confirmed, Bishop of Zamora)
Gregoria María López y Zaragoza (21 Dec 1863 - 3 May 1869 Died)
Pedro Casas y Souto (23 Sep 1875 - 26 Jul 1906 Died)
Francisco Jarrín y Moro (6 Dec 1906 - 3 Nov 1912 Died)
Manuel Torres y Torres (18 Jul 1913 - 4 Jul 1914 Died)
Ángel Regueras y López (26 May 1915 - 26 Oct 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Justo Rivas Fernández (18 Dec 1924 - 16 Jul 1930 Died)
Feliciano Rocha Pizarro (28 Jan 1935 - 16 Aug 1945 Died)
Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo (18 Feb 1946 - 14 Nov 1973 Died)
Antonio Vilaplana Molina (17 Sep 1976 - 9 Feb 1987 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Santiago Martínez Acebes (5 Jan 1988 - 30 Oct 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Carlos López Hernández (15 Mar 1994 - 9 Jan 2003 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (3 July 2003 - 9 April 2016), next Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (9 April 2016 – ...)
Bishop-elect José Luis Retana Gozalo (9 March 2017 – ...)
Auxiliary bishop Miguel Alviter, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (4 Apr 1502 –)
Auxiliary bishop Sancho Díaz de Trujillo (9 Sep 1539 – 1546)
Auxiliary bishop Jerónimo González (26 Oct 1622 –)
