Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria

Diocese of Osma-Soria Dioecesis Oxomensis-Sorianus
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Burgos
Statistics
Area	10,328 km2 (3,988 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 91,487 73,190 (80.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady)
Co-cathedral	Concatedral de San Pedro, Soria (Co-Cathedral of St. Peter)
Current leadership
Bishop	Gerardo Melgar Viciosa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria (Latin: Oxomen(sis)–Sorian(us)) is a diocese located in the cities of Burgo de Osma and Soria in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.

Contents 1 History 2 Special churches 3 Leadership 3.1 Bishops of Osma 3.2 Bishops of Osma-Soria 4 See also 5 Source

History

• 1200: Established as Diocese of Osma
• March 9. 1959: Renamed as Diocese of Osma–Soria

Special churches

• Immemorial Minor Basilica:
  • Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Miagros, Ágreda, Soria, Castilla y Leon

Leadership

Bishops of Osma

• Alfonso Enríquez (19 Dec 1505 - 15 Oct 1523 )
• Juan Pardo Tavera (31 Dec 1523 - 8 Jun 1524 )
• Juan García Loaysa, O.P. † (8 Jun 1524 - 23 Feb 1532 )
• Pedro González Manso (13 Mar 1532 - 12 Feb 1537 )
• Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (21 May 1539 - 20 Feb 1563 )
• Honorato Juan (1 Mar 1564 - 30 Jul 1566 )
• Francisco Tello Sandoval (3 Mar 1567 - 13 Jun 1578 )
• Alonso Velázquez (13 Jun 1578 - 9 Mar 1583 )
• Sebastián Pérez (9 May 1583 - 27 Jul 1593 Died)
• Martín Garnica (27 Apr 1594 - 20 Nov 1594 Died)
• Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. (30 Aug 1595 - 9 Mar 1602 Died)
• Enrique Enríquez, O.S.A. † (15 Nov 1602 - 21 Jun 1610 )
• Fernando Acevedo (Jul 1610 - 2 Jun 1613 )
• Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. † (23 Sep 1613 - 1618 Died)
• Cristóbal Lobera Torres † (9 Jul 1618 - 6 Mar 1623 )
• Alsono Martín de Zuñiga † (23 Mar 1623 - 21 Jun 1630 Died)
• Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. † (2 Oct 1630 - 18 Jul 1633 )
• Francisco Villafañe † (5 Sep 1633 - 26 Aug 1639 Died)
• Martín Carrillo Alderete † (9 Jun 1636 - 1 Jul 1641 )
• Antonio Valdés Herrera (21 Oct 1641 - 10 Nov 1653 )
• Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (24 Nov 1653 - 1 Oct 1659 Died)
• Jorge Cárdenas Valenzuela ( 1704 - 18 Nov 1705 Died)
• Andrés Soto de la Fuente (22 Mar 1706 - 29 Dec 1714 Died)
• Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada (5 Jul 1715 - 4 Mar 1720 )
• Miguel Herrero Esgueva (15 Apr 1720 - 20 Jan 1723 )
• Jacinto Valledor Fresno (12 Apr 1723 - 12 Feb 1730 Died)
• José Barnuevo, O.S.B. (24 Jul 1730 - 25 Jul 1735 Died)
• Pedro de la Cuadra Achica (1 Apr 1736 - 7 Sep 1741 )
• Juan Antonio Oruña (28 Sep 1744 - 4 Mar 1748 Died)
• Pedro Clemente de Aróstegui (16 Sep 1747 - 29 Aug 1760 )
• Jacinto Aguado y Chacón (18 Jul 1762 - 27 Mar 1764 )
• Bernardo Antonio Calderón Lázaro (20 Aug 1764 - 15 Oct 1786 )
• Joaquín de Eleta, O.F.M. (27 Dec 1786 - 4 Dec 1788 Died)
• José Constancio Andino (29 Mar 1790 - Nov 1793 Died)
• Diego Melo Portugal, O.S.A. (12 Sep 1794 - 18 Dec 1795 )
• Antonio Tavira Almazán (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 14 Aug 1798 )
• Francisco Ignacio Iñigo Angulo (25 Sep 1798 - 8 Jan 1799 )
• Juan Moya, O.F.M. (28 Mar 1799 - 19 Feb 1801 )
• José Antonio Garnica, O.F.M. Cap. (23 Feb 1801 - 10 Jan 1810 )
• Juan Cavia González (19 Aug 1814 - 23 Dec 1831 )
• Gregorio Sánchez Rubio, O.S.H. (17 Dec 1847 - 27 Sep 1852 )
• Vicente Horcos San Martín, O.S.B. (27 Sep 1852 - 13 Jan 1861 )
• Pedro María Lagüera Menezo (23 Dec 1861 - 1892 )
• Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez † (15 Jun 1893 - 19 Apr 1897 )
• José María García Escudero y Ubago † (19 Apr 1897 - 22 Mar 1909 )
• Manuel Lago y González (25 Aug 1909 - 4 May 1917 )
• Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu (22 Feb 1918 - 26 Oct 1923 )
• Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara (18 Dec 1924 - 28 Jan 1935 )
• Tomás Gutiérrez Diez (1 Apr 1935 - 11 Nov 1943 )
• Saturnino Rubio y Montiél (9 Dec 1944 - 1959 )

Bishops of Osma-Soria

• Saturnino Rubio y Montiél (1959 - 4 Dec 1969 )
• Teodoro Cardenal Fernández (1 Dec 1969 - 19 Oct 1983 )
• José Diéguez Reboredo (1 Sep 1984 - 15 May 1987 )
• Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (6 Nov 1987 - 12 May 1995 )
• Francisco Pérez González (16 Dec 1995 - 30 Oct 2003 )
• Vicente Jiménez Zamora (21 May 2004 - 27 Jul 2007 )
• Gerardo Melgar Viciosa (1 May 2008 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy

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