Roman Catholic Diocese of León

The Diocese of León (Latin: Legionen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.

History

• 4th century: Established as Diocese of León

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Real Basílica de San Isidoro de León, León

Bishops of León

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• Oveco Núñez (927/928–950)

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• Diego (1112/3–1130)

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• Pierre Benoît ou de Guémené † ( 1328 - 14 Jul 1349 )
• Juan de Torquemada, O.P. † (31 Jul 1460 - 26 Jan 1463 )
• Esteban Gabriel Merino † (17 Dec 1516 - 12 Jun 1523 )
• Pedro Manuel † (12 Jun 1523 - 17 Jun 1534 )
• Pedro Alvarez de Acosta † (8 Jan 1535 - 21 May 1539 )
• Fernando Valdés † (30 May 1539 - 29 Oct 1539 )
• Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) (29 Oct 1539 - 2 Jun 1542 )
• Esteban Almeida † (2 Jun 1542 Appointed - 16 Apr 1546)
• Juan Fernández Temiño † (19 Jul 1546 - 9 Nov 1556 )
• Andrés de la Cuesta † (10 Dec 1557 - 1564 )
• Juan de San Millán † (28 Jul 1564 - 11 Apr 1578 )
• Francisco Trujillo García † (5 Sep 1578 - 14 Nov 1592 )
• Juan Alonso Moscoso † (30 Aug 1593 - 9 May 1603 )
• Andrés de Casso, O.P. † (12 Jun 1603 - 13 May 1607 Died)
• Francisco Terrones del Caño † (3 Mar 1608 - 13 Mar 1613 )
• Alonso González Aguilar † (23 Sep 1613 - 2 Dec 1615 )
• Juan Llano Valdés † (5 Sep 1616 - 9 Aug 1622 )
• Juan Molina Alvarez † (20 Mar 1623 - Nov 1623 )
• Gregorio Pedrosa Casares, O.S.H. † (16 Sep 1624 - 31 Jan 1633 )
• Bartolomé Santos de Risoba † (26 Sep 1633 - 19 Dec 1649 )
• Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † (10 Jan 1650 - 28 Aug 1656 )
• Henri-Marie de Laval de Bois-Dauphin † (30 Mar 1651 - 1 Jul 1661)
• Juan Aparicio Navarro † (22 Nov 1680 - 6 Nov 1696 Died)
• Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada † ( 1704 - 13 Jun 1714 )
• José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera † (17 Sep 1714 - 17 Apr 1718 )
• Martín Zalayeta Lizarza † (27 May 1720 - 11 Sep 1728 )
• Juan Fernández Zapata † (3 Aug 1729 - 12 Oct 1729 )
• Francisco de la Torre Herrera † (24 Jul 1730 - 1 Feb 1735 Died)
• Alfonso Fernández Pantoja † ( 1753 - 6 Nov 1761 Died)
• Pascual de los Herreros † (23 Apr 1762 - 30 Mar 1770 Died)
• Baltasar Yusta Navarro † (10 Sep 1770 - 17 Feb 1777 )
• Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero Mota † (15 Dec 1777 - 3 Apr 1800 )
• Pedro Luis Blanco † (11 Aug 1800 - 22 Nov 1811 )
• Ignacio Ramón Roda † (25 Sep 1814 - 4 Jan 1823 )
• Joaquín Abarca Blanque † (27 Jun 1824 - 21 Jun 1844 )
• Joaquín Barbarejo Villar † (17 Jan 1848 - 26 Feb 1863 )
• Calixto Castrillo Ornedo † (1 Oct 1863 - 17 Sep 1869 )
• Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera † (5 Jul 1875 - 15 Mar 1883 )
• Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas † (10 Jun 1886 - 10 Oct 1904 )
• Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia † (27 Mar 1905 - 29 Apr 1909 )
• Ramón Guillamet y Coma † (29 Apr 1909 - 18 Jul 1913 )
• José Alvarez y Miranda † (18 Jul 1913 - 4 Mar 1937 )
• Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. † (12 Feb 1938 - 10 Jun 1943 )
• Luis Almarcha Hernández (10 Jul 1944 - 4 Apr 1970 )
• Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta (9 Jul 1971 - 16 Feb 1979 )
• Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (22 Aug 1979 - 28 Jul 1983 )
• Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá (28 Jul 1983 - 9 Feb 1987 )
• Antonio Vilaplana Molina (9 Feb 1987 - 19 Mar 2002 )
• Julián López Martín (19 Mar 2002 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Kingdom of León
• Leonese language

Sources

• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website