Diocese of Astorga

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Diocese of Astorga
Dioecesis Asturicensis
Statistics
Country: Spain
Metropolitan: Oviedo
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 11,535 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
276,810 (2004)
274,540 (99.2%)
Cathedral: Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
(Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga {Latin: Asturicen(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Astorga in the Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.

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[edit] History

  • 747: Established as Diocese of Astorga

[edit] Special Churches

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Astorga(Roman rite)
    • Bishop Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias (since 1995.06.14)
    • Bishop Antonio Briva Mirabent (1967.05.18 – 1994.06.20)
    • Cardinal Marcelo González Martín (1960.12.31 – 1966.02.21)
    • Bishop José Castelltort Subeyre (1956.11.05 – 1960.08.18)
    • Bishop Jesús Mérida Pérez (1943.06.10 – 1956.05.16)
    • Bishop Antonio Senso Lázaro (1913.07.18 – 1941.08.21)
    • Patriarch Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)
    • Bishop Julián Miranda y Ristuer (1903.11.12 – 1904.11.14)
    • Bishop Mariano Cidad y Olmos (1903.06.25 – 1903.07.05)
    • Bishop Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. (1894.05.21 – 1903.06.25)
    • Bishop Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinos (1886.06.10 – 1893.09.18)
    • Bishop Mariano Brezmes Arredondo (1875.09.17 – 1885.11.11)
    • Bishop Fernando Argüelles Miranda (1858.12.23 – 1870.09.02)
    • Bishop Benito Forcelledo Tuero (1852.03.18 – 1858.06.23)
    • Bishop Juan Nepomuceno Cascallana Ordóñez (1850.01.07 – 1851.09.05)
    • Bishop Félix Torres Amat (1833.07.30 – 1847.12.29)
    • Bishop Leonardo Santander Villavicencio (1828.05.27 – 1832.04.30)
    • Bishop Manuel Bernardo Morete Bodelón (1825.01.08 – 1828.01.02)
    • Bishop Guillermo Martínez Riaguas (1819.02.19 – 1824.10.24)
    • Archbishop Manuel Vicente Martínez Jiménez (1806.03.31 – 1816.07.22)
    • Bishop Francisco Isidoro Gutiérrez Vigil (1791.04.11 – 1805.10.13)
    • Archbishop Manuel Abad Lasierra (1787.09.28 – 1791.04.09)
    • Bishop Antonio Andrés López Arroyo, O.F.M. (1783.12.15 – 1787.03.14)
    • Bishop Juan Manuel Merino Lumbreras (1767.06.01 – 1782.08.05)
    • Bishop Francisco Javier Sánchez Cabezón (1750.04.27 – 1767.01.27)
    • Bishop Matías Escalzo Acedo (1748.03.04 – 1749.11.11)
    • Bishop Pedro Cáceres Casado (1738.01.27 – 1747.09.15)
    • Bishop José Francisco Bermúdez Mandía (1728.11.15 – 1736.03.03)
    • Bishop Crisóstomo Vargas, O. Cist. (1723.08.30 – 1728.05.14)
    • Bishop José Patricio Navarro (1707.11.28 – 1723.01.30)
    • Bishop Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera (1644.11.12 – 1654.10.05)
    • Bishop Diego Salcedo Benacos (1639.04.02 – 1644.03.28)
    • Bishop Luis García Rodríguez (1637.02.09 – 1638.04.18)
    • Bishop Alfonso Mesía de Tovar (1616.01.27 – 1636.07.13)
    • Bishop Antonio de Cáceres, O.P. (1595.11.08 – 1615.08.18)
    • Bishop Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. (1591.03.06 – 1595.08.30)
    • Bishop Juan Zuazola (1589.04.17 – 1590.11.01)
    • Bishop Antonio Torres (1584.01.09 – 1588.02.14)
    • Bishop Alfonso Delgado (1580.06.22 – 1583.08.21)
    • Bishop Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza (1574.06.04 – 1580.05.27)
    • Bishop Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor (1555.06.05 – 1571)
    • Bishop Pedro Acuña Avellaneda (1548.06.04 – 1555.06.05)
    • Bishop Diego Alava Esquivel (1543.06.08 – 1548.05.07)
    • Bishop Esteban Almeida (1539.08.18 – 1542.06.02)
    • Bishop Alvaro Osorio, O.P. (1515.06.01 – 1539.04.10)
    • Bishop Sancho Pérez Rodríguez de Acebes (1500.12.04 – 1515.04.21)

[edit] See also

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