Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid

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The Archdiocese of Valladolid (Latin: Archidioecesis Vallisoletanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It was erected as the Diocese of Valladolid by Pope Clement VIII on September 25, 1595, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 4, 1857, with the suffragan sees of Ávila, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Segovia, and Zamora.

The archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción; Valladolid also houses the National Sanctuary of the Gran Promesa. The current Archbishop of Valladolid is His Excellency Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on August 28, 2002.

[edit] List of Ordinaries of Valladolid

  • Bartolomé de la Plaza (1596 - 1600)
  • Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz (1601 - 1606)
  • Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada (1607 - 1616)
  • Francisco Sobrino Morillas (1616 - 1618)
  • Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1619 - 1623)
  • Alfonso López Gallo (1624 - 1627)
  • Juan Torres de Osorio (1627 - 1632)
  • Gregorio Pedrosa Casares, OSH (1633 - 1645)
  • Juan Merino López, OFM (1647 - 1663)
  • Andrés Orueta Barasorda (1708 - 1716)
  • José de Talavera Gómez de Eugenio, OSH (1716 - 1727)
  • Julián Domínguez y Toledo (1728 - 1743)
  • Martín Delgado Cenarro y Lapiedra (1743 - 1753)
  • Isidoro Cossío Bustamente (1754 - 1768)
  • Manuel Rubín Celis (1768 - 1773)
  • Antonio Joaquín Soria (1773 - 1784)
  • Manuel Joaquín Morón (1785 - 1801)
  • Juan Antonio Pérez Hernández de Larrea (1802 - 1803)
  • Vicente José Soto Valcárce (1803 - 1818)
  • Juan Baltasar Toledano (1824 - 1830)
  • Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra (1830 - 1856)
  • Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta (1857 - 1863)
  • Juan Moreno y Maisanove (1863 -1875)
  • Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, OP (1875 - 1881)
  • Benito Sanz y Forés (1881 - 1889)
  • Mariano Alguacil y Fernández (1889 - 1891)
  • Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (1891 - 1901)
  • José Cos y Macho (1901 - 1919)
  • Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui (1920 - 1937)
  • Antonio García y García (1938 - 1953)
  • José García y Goldaraz (1953 - 1970)
  • Felix Romero Menjibar (1970 - 1974)
  • José Delicado Baeza (1975 - 2002)
  • Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (2002 - present)

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