Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila
| Diocese of Ávila Dioecesis Abulensis Diócesis de Ávila | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Valladolid |
| Metropolitan | Valladolid |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,048 km2 (3,107 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 172,804 170,110 (98.4%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1100 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Saviour in Ávila |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jesús García Burillo |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Ricardo Blázquez |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila (Latin: Abulen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ávila in the Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.
History
- 1100: Established as Diocese of Ávila
Leadership
- Priscillian (died 385)
- Bishops of Ávila (Roman rite) after 1381
- Diego de los Roeles (1381 - 1394)
- Alfonso de Echea o de Córdoba (1395 - 1403)
- Juan Rodríguez de Guzmán (1403 - 1424)
- Diego Gómez de Fuensalida (1424 - 1436)
- Cardinal Juan de Cervantes (1437 -19 August 1441, then bishop of Segovia)
- Lope de Barrientos, O.P. (1441 - 1445)
- Alonso I de Fonseca y Ulloa (1445 - 1454, then Archbishop of Seville)
- Alonso Fernández de Madrigal, el Tostado (1454 - 1455)
- Martín Fernández de Vilches (1456 - 1469)
- Alonso Ulloa de Fonseca y Quijada. (1469 - 1485, then bishop of Cuenca)
- Hernando de Talavera(1485 - 1493, then 1st Archbishop of Granada)
- Francisco Sánchez de la Fuente (1493 - 1496)
- Alonso Carrillo de Albornoz (1496 - 1514, deceased while holding office)
- Francisco Ruiz, O.F.M. (14 July 1514 – 23 October 1528)
- Rodrigo Sánchez Mercado (12 January 1530 -25 January 1548)
- Diego Álava Esquivel (7 May 1548 – 21 October 1558, then bishop of Cordoba)
- Diego de los Cobos Molina (2 August 1559 – 4 September 1560, then bishop of Jaen)
- Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento (4 September 1560 – 11 September 1577, then bishop of Palencia)
- Sancho Busto de Villegas (5 November 1578 – 19 January 1581)
- Pedro Fernández Temiño (11 September 1581 – 23 August 1590)
- Jerónimo Manrique de Lara (5 April 1591 – 1 September 1595 )
- Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. (29 April 1596 – 11 March 1598)
- Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño (1 February 1599 – 4 December 1611)
- Juan Alvarez de Caldas (14 April 1612 – 19 September 1615 )
- Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) (30 May 1616 – 13 December 1626 )
- Alfonso López Gallo (5 July 1627 - )
- Francisco Márquez Gaceta (29 November 1627 – 8 November 1631 )
- Pedro Cifuentes Loarte (7 June 1632 – 19 May 1636 )
- Diego Arce Reinoso (22 March 1638 – 8 October 1640 )
- Juan Vélez de Valdivielso (25 February 1641 – 21 August 1645)
- José Argáiz Pérez (4 December 1645 – 27 July 1654)
- Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera (5 October 1654 – 17 February 1656 )
- Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. (1 July 1673 – 17 June 1692 )
- Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. ( 1683 - )
- Gregorio Solórzano Castillo (10 May 1700 – 17 July 1703 )
- Baltasar de la Peña Avilés (17 December 1703 – 7 February 1705 )
- Julian Cano y Tovar ( 1714 - )
- José del Yermo Santibáñez † (20 March 1720 – 8 March 1728)
- Pedro Ayala, O.P. (8 March 1728 – 23 June 1738 )
- Narciso Queralt (23 June 1738 – 12 January 1743 )
- Pedro González García (20 May 1743 – 7 April 1758 )
- Romualdo Velarde Cienfuegos † (2 October 1758 – 11 May 1766 )
- Miguel Fernando Merino † (1 December 1766 – 10 July 1781 )
- Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá † (17 February 1783 – 22 June 1784 )
- Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. † (20 September 1784 – 23 November 1796 )
- Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco † (24 July 1797 – 22 January 1799 )
- Rafael Múzquiz Aldunate † (15 April 1799 – 20 July 1801 )
- Manuel Gómez Salazar (29 March 1802 – 3 November 1815 )
- Rodrigo Antonio de Orellana, O. Praem. (21 December 1818 – 29 July 1822 )
- Ramón María Adurriaga Uribe (25 April 1824 – 2 February 1841 )
- Manuel López Santisteban (17 December 1847 – 30 April 1852 )
- Gregorio Sánchez Rubio, O.S.H. (27 September 1852 – 17 February 1854 )
- Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión (23 June 1854 – 25 September 1857 )
- Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. (24 December 1857 – 17 September 1875)
- Pedro José Sánchez Carrascosa y Carrión (23 September 1875 – 30 March 1882 )
- Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (27 March 1882 – 10 April 1886 )
- Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (17 March 1887 – 30 December 1889)
- Juan Muñoz y Herrera (26 June 1890 – 2 December 1895 )
- José María Blanco Barón (2 December 1895 – 4 April 1897 )
- Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio (24 March 1898 – 3 November 1917 )
- Enrique Pla y Deniel (4 December 1918 – 28 January 1935 )
- Santos Moro Briz † (21 June 1935 – 19 October 1968 )
- Maximino Romero de Lema (19 October 1968 – 21 March 1973)
- Felipe Fernández García (22 October 1976 – 12 June 1991 )
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera (6 March 1992 – 10 December 1996)
- Adolfo González Montes (26 May 1997 – 15 April 2002 )
- Jesús García Burillo (9 January 2003 - )
See also
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