Diocese of Cartagena

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Diocese of Cartagena
*Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Hispania*
Statistics
Country:	Spain
Metropolitan:	Granada
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area:	11,319 km²
Population: Total: Catholics:	1,335,792 (2006) 1,195,792 (89.5%)
Cathedral:	Catedral de Santa María la Mayor, Cartagena (Cathedral of St. Mary Major)
Co-cathedral:	Concatedral de Santa María, Murcia (Co-Cathedral of St. Mary)
Ordinaries
Bishop:	Juan Antonio Reig Pla

The Diocese of Cartagena {Latin: Carthaginen(sis) in Hispania} is a diocese located in the city of Cartagena in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.

1 History
2 Special Churches
3 Leadership
4 See also
5 Source

[edit] History

1st century: Established as Diocese of Cartagena

[edit] Special Churches

Minor Basillicas:
- Basílica de la Purísima Concepción, Yecla (Murcia), Región de Murcia

[edit] Leadership

Bishops of Cartagena (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla (since 2005.09.24)
- Archbishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (1998.07.01 – 2005.04.02)
- Bishop Javier Azagra Labiano (1978.09.23 – 1998.02.20)
- Archbishop Miguel Roca Cabanellas (1969.04.22 – 1978.05.25)
- Bishop Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé (1950.05.13 – 1969.04.22)
- Bishop Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara (1935.01.28 – 1949.11.07)
- Bishop Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. (1903.06.25 – 1930.06)
- Bishop Tomás Bryan y Livermore (1884.11.10 – 1902.09.11)
- Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez (1876.12.18 – 1884.01.10)
- Bishop Francisco Landeira Sevilla (1861.07.22 – 1876.09.16)
- Cardinal Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández (1847.12.17 – 1861.03.18)
- Bishop José Antonio Azpeitia de y Sáenz de Santamaria (1824.12.19 – 1840.11.01)
- Bishop Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. (Apostolic Administrator 1824.09.28 – 1825.03.21)
- Patriarch Antonio de Posada Rubín de Celis (1821.06.29 – 1825.03.18)
- Bishop José Jiménez (1806.03.31 – 1820.12.01)
- Bishop Victoriano López Gonzalo (1789.12.14 – 1805.11.21)
- Bishop Manuel Felipe Miralles (1785.06.27 – 1788.07.15)
- Bishop Manuel Rubín Celis (1773.03.15 – 1784.08.09)
- Bishop Diego Rojas Contreras (1753.03.12 – 1772.11.10)
- Bishop Juan Mateo López Sáenz, C.R.M. (1742.07.09 – 1752.10.14)
- Archbishop Tomás José Ruiz Montes (1724.09.11 – 1741.12.11)
- Cardinal Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada, C.O. (1705.02.09 – 1724.09.11)
- Archbishop Antonio Medina Cachon y Ponce de Leon (1685.02.05 – 1694.09.20)
- Archbishop Mateo de Sagade Bugueiro (1664.01.28 – 1672.08.26)
- Bishop Diego Martínez Zarzosa (1649.03.01 – 1656.01.31)
- Bishop Juan Vélez de Valdivielso (1645.08.21 – 1648.07.01)
- Bishop Cristóbal Pérez Lazarraga y Maneli Viana, O. Cist. (1640.10.08 – 1649.02.18)
- Archbishop Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola (1637.10.05 – 1640.10.08)
- Bishop Antonio Trejo de Sande, O.F.M. (1618.07.09 – 1636.12.21)
- Bishop Alfonso Márquez de Prado (1616.07.18 – 1618.07.09)
- Bishop Francisco González Zárate (1615.08.17 – 1616.05.30)
- Bishop Francisco Martínez de Cenicero (1607.08.13 – 1615.08.03)
- Bishop Alfonso Coloma Sa (1603.01.13 – 1608.04.20)
- Bishop Juan Zúñiga (1600.01.24 – 1602.12.20)
- Bishop Sancho Dávila Toledo (1591.04.26 – 1600.01.10)
- Bishop Jerónimo Manrique de Lara (1583.01.19 – 1591.04.05)
- Bishop Gómez Zapata (1576.04.11 – 1582.11.08)
- Bishop Gonzalo Arias Gallego (1565.08.22 – 1575.04.28)
- Bishop Esteban Almeida (1546.04.16 – 1563.03.23)
- Cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo (1541.02.23 – 1546.01.08)
- Cardinal Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg (1510.09.30 – 1540.03.30)
- Bishop Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna (1508.12.22 – 1510.09.30)
- Bishop Juan Fernández Velasco (1505.11.04 – 1505.12.22)
- Bishop Pablo de Santa María (1403 – 1415)