Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum) is a diocese located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.

History

• 1143: Established as Diocese of Coria
• April 9, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of Coria – Cáceres

Leadership

Bishops of Coria (Roman rite)

• Jacinto (circa 589)
• Elías (circa 610)
• Bonifacio I (circa 633, 638)
• Juan (circa 646, 653)
• Donato (circa 666)
• Atala (circa 681, 688)
• Bonifacio II (circa 693)
• Jacobo (circa 876, 899)
• Diego I. (900–902)

• Íñigo Navarro (1142–1152, named Bishop of Salamanca)
• Suero I (1157–1168), first bishop to also hold Cáceres (1166)
• Pedro I (1169–1177)
• Arnaldo I (1181–1197)
• Arnaldo II (1199–1211)
• Giraldo (1212–1227)
• Pedro II (1227–1232)
• Sancho (1232–1252)
• Pedro III (1253–1260)
• Fernando I (1261–1271)
• Gonzalo (1272–1277)
• Suero II (1277–1280)
• Simón (1281–1282)
• Alonso I (1283–1316)
• Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meirás (1317–1324)
• Alonso II (1325–1335)
• Juan I (1335–1343)
• Alfonso (1344–1348)
• Pedro (1348–1354)
• Pedro de Peñaranda (1354–1360)
• Rodrigo (1360–1365?)
• Diego II (1365–1368?)
• Gil (1368–1371)
• Guillermo (1371–1379)
• Fernando II (1379–1380?)
• Alonso Maimón (1381?–1389)
• Juan II (1399–1400)
• Esteban de Crivelo (1400–1401)
• Alonso III (1401–1403 Elect)
• García de Castronuño (1403–1420?)
• Martín (1420–1436)
• Alfonso de Villegas (1436–1437)
• Pedro López de Miranda (1438–1443)
• Juan de Carvajal (11 Oct 1443 - 10 Aug 1446 )
• Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga ( 1528 - 2 Mar 1529)
• Guillermo Valdenese (2 May 1529 - 23 May 1530)
• Francisco de los Angeles Quiñones, O.F.M. (5 Dec 1530 - 1532)
• Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla (14 Feb 1533 - 27 Jun 1550)
• Diego Enríquez de Almansa † (14 Jul 1550 - Oct 1565 )
• Diego Deza Tello (26 Apr 1566 - 11 Sep 1577 )
• Pedro Serrano Téllez (11 Sep 1577 - 22 Sep 1578 )
• Pedro García Galarza (9 Jan 1579 - 6 May 1604 )
• Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa (21 Mar 1604 - 8 Sep 1621 )
• Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo (23 May 1622 - 16 Feb 1632 )
• Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (8 Mar 1632 - 16 Sep 1635 )
• Antonio González Acevedo (5 Oct 1637 - 14 Mar 1642 )
• Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (13 Jul 1643 - 17 Oct 1643 )
• Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. (11 Sep 1644 - 28 Jun 1649 )
• Juan de Porra y Atienza (24 Apr 1684 - 28 Jul 1704 )
• Miguel Pérez Lara (9 Feb 1705 - 1710 )
• Luis Salcedo Azcona (22 May 1713 - 1 Jul 1716 )
• Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (5 Oct 1716 - 15 Oct 1731 )
• Miguel Vicente Cebrián Agustín (9 Jun 1732 - 24 Sep 1742 )
• José Francisco Magdaleno (24 Sep 1742 - 17 Jan 1750 )
• José Cepeda (19 Jan 1750 - )
• Juan José García Alvaro (26 May 1750 - Jan 1784 Died)
• Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. † (14 Feb 1785 - 4 May 1789 Died)
• Juan Alvarez Castro (29 Mar 1790 - 29 Aug 1809 )
• Blas Jacobo Beltrán (10 Jul 1815 - 28 Apr 1821 )
• Joaquín López Sicilia (20 May 1824 - 9 Dec 1829 )
• Ramón Montero (25 Jan 1830 - 4 Oct 1847 )
• Manuel Anselmo Nafría (17 Dec 1847 - 28 Jan 1851 )
• Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal (27 Sep 1852 - 15 Feb 1858 )
• Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez (25 Jun 1858 - 6 Oct 1864 )
• Esteban Pérez Fernández (25 Sep 1865 - 22 Jun 1868 )
• Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. (24 Sep 1868 - 16 Mar 1884 )
• Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (10 Nov 1884 - 10 Jun 1886 )
• Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (10 Jun 1886 - 19 Jan 1893 )
• Ramón Peris Mencheta (21 May 1894 - 6 Jan 1920 )
• Pedro Segura y Sáenz (10 Jul 1920 - 20 Dec 1926 )
• Dionisio Moreno y Barrio (2 Dec 1927 - 10 Dec 1934 )
• Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (1 May 1935 - 10 Apr 1942 )
• Francisco Cavero y Tormo (9 Dec 1944 - 10 Apr 1949 )

Bishops of Coria-Cáceres (Roman rite)

• Manuel Llopis Ivorra (2 Feb 1950 - 16 Mar 1977 )
• Jesús Domínguez Gómez (16 Mar 1977 - 26 Oct 1990 )
• Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 - 16 Oct 2006 )
• Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Cáceres

Source

• Catholic Hierarchy