Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia
| Diocese of Palencia Dioecesis Palentinus Diócesis de Palencia | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Burgos |
| Metropolitan | Burgos |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,028 km2 (3,100 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 177,128 174,471 (98.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 3rd Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Palencia |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Esteban Escudero Torres |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Gil Hellín |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia (Latin: Palentin(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the Ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.
History
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia was established during the 3rd century CE
Leadership
- c. 653: Bishop Ascaric
- Raymond II (1148–83)
- Diego Deza, O.P. † ( 1500 - 1504)
- Juan Fernández Velasco † (22 Jul 1514 - 1520 )
- Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. † (4 Jul 1520 - 1522 )
- Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (3 Jul 1525 - 8 Jun 1534 )
- Francisco Mendoza † (18 Jan 1534 - 29 Mar 1536 )
- Luis Cabeza de Vaca † (14 Apr 1537 - 22 Nov 1550 )
- Pedro de la Gasca † (6 Apr 1551 - 2 Jun 1561 )
- Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano † (2 Jun 1561 - 20 Feb 1570 )
- Juan Ramírez Zapata de Cárdenas † (18 Feb 1570 - 1577 )
- Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento † (11 Sep 1577 - 19 Apr 1586 )
- Fernando Miguel de Prado † (17 Aug 1587 - 5 May 1594 )
- Martín Aspi Sierra † (28 May 1597 - 1607 Died)
- Felipe Tarsis de Acuña † (11 Feb 1608 - 24 Feb 1616 )
- José González Díez, O.P. † (29 Feb 1616 - 28 Jul 1625 )
- Miguel Ayala † (18 Aug 1625 - 5 May 1628 )
- Fernando Andrade Sotomayor † (29 May 1628 - 10 Nov 1631 )
- Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo † (6 Jun 1633 - 17 Nov 1656 )
- Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. † (3 Apr 1656 - 1658 )
- Esteban Bellido Guevara † (21 May 1714 - 1 Jan 1717 )
- Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi (12 Jul 1717 - 25 Dec 1732 )
- Bartolomé San Martín Orive † (2 Dec 1733 - 1740 )
- José Morales Blanco † (3 Jul 1741 - 29 May 1745 )
- José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo † (15 Dec 1745 - 13 Feb 1750 )
- Andrés Bustamante † (16 Mar 1750 - 4 Nov 1764 )
- José Cayetano Loazes Somoza † (5 Jun 1765 - 17 Oct 1769 )
- Juan Manuel Argüelles † (12 Mar 1770 - 26 Jun 1779 )
- José Luis Mollinedo † (18 Sep 1780 - 6 Nov 1800 )
- Buenaventura Moyano Rodríguez † (23 Feb 1801 - 7 Sep 1802 )
- Francisco Javier Almonacid † (16 May 1803 - 13 Sep 1821 )
- Narciso Coll y Prat † (25 Feb 1822 - 30 Dec 1822 )
- Juan Francisco Martínez Castrillón † (27 Aug 1824 - 1828 )
- José Asensio Ocón y Toledo † (25 Aug 1828 - 26 Nov 1831 )
- Carlos Laborda Clau † (26 Nov 1831 - 11 Feb 1853 Died)
- Jerónimo Fernández Andrés † (22 Dec 1853 - 23 Mar 1865 Died)
- Juan Lozano Torreira † (8 Jan 1866 - 4 Jul 1891 Died)
- Enrique Almaraz y Santos (18 Jan 1893 - 18 Apr 1907)
- Valentín García y Barros † (18 Apr 1907 - 10 Dec 1914 )
- Ramón Barberá y Boada (28 May 1914 - 11 Sep 1924 )
- Agustín Parrado y García † (20 May 1925 - 4 Apr 1934 )
- Bl. Manuel González y García † (5 Aug 1935 - 4 Jan 1940 Died)
- Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † (10 Jun 1943 - 8 Apr 1949 )
- José Souto Vizoso † (11 Jul 1949 - 31 Mar 1970 )
- Anastasio Granados García † (31 Mar 1970 - 13 Feb 1978 )
- Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. (27 Jul 1978 - 4 Sep 1991 )
- Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (26 May 1992 - 8 Sep 1995 )
- Rafael Palmero Ramos (9 Jan 1996 - 26 Nov 2005 )
- José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (24 Jun 2006 - 21 Nov 2009)
- Esteban Escudero Torres (9 July 2010 - incumbent)
See also
References
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Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Diocese of Palencia. |
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