Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo

Archdiocese of Toledo Archidiœcesis Toletana Archidiócesis de Toledo
Toledo Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Territory	Province of Toledo, Parts of the Province of Cáceres and the Province of Badajoz
Ecclesiastical province	Toledo
Statistics
Area	19,333 km2 (7,465 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 719,482 636,477 (88.5%)
Parishes	270
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1st Century (As Diocese of Toledo) 4th Century (As Archdiocese of Toledo)
Cathedral	Primatial Cathedral of St Mary in Toledo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Suffragans	Diocese of Albacete Diocese of Ciudad Real Diocese of Cuenca Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Auxiliary Bishops	Ángel Fernández Collado
Emeritus Bishops	Francisco Álvarez Martínez Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (1995-2002) Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus (2004-2010)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo (Latin: Archidioecesis Toletana). They are also the Primates of Spain. It was, according to tradition established in the 1st century by St. James the Great and was elevated to an archdiocese in 313 after the Edict of Milan. The incumbent Archbishop also bears the title Primate of Spain.

Archbishop's Palace (Palacio Arzobispal) in Toledo

Main entrance to the Cathedral

List of bishops archbishops

• 1 St. Eugenius (1st century?)
• Unknown
• 2 Melantius (286?–306?)
• Unknown
• 3 Patruinus (325–335)
• 4 Toribius (335–345)
• 5 Quintus (345–355)
• 6 Vincent (355–365)
• 7 Paulatus (365–375)
• 8 Natallus (375–385)
• 9 Audentius (385–395)
• 10 Asturius (395–412)
• 11 Isicius (412–427)
• 12 Martin I (427–440)
• 13 Castinus (440–454)
• 14 Campeius (454–467)
• 15 Sinticius (467–482)
• 16 Praumatus (482–494)
• 17 Petrus I (494–508)
• 18 Celsus (?–520)
• 19 Montanus (520–521)
• 20 Julian I
• 21 Bacauda
• 22 Petrus II
• 23 Euphemius
• 24 Exuperius
• 25 Adelphus
• 26 Conancius
• 27 Aurasius (603–615)
• 28 St Eladius (615–633)
• 29 Justus (633–636)
• 30 Eugenius I (636–646)
• 31 Eugenius II (646–657)
• 32 St Ildefonso (657–667)
• 33 Quiricus (667–680)
• 34 St. Julian II (680–690)
• 35 Sisbert (690–693)
• 36 Felix (694–700)
• 37 Gunderic (700–710)
• 38 Sindered (711–?)
• 39 Sunirend
• 40 Concordius
• 41 Cixila (745/774–754/783)
• 42 Elipandus (754/783–808?)
• 43 Gumesind (?–828)
• 44 Wistremir (?–858)
• (St Eulogius 859; elected but did not take office)
• 45 Bonitus (859–892)
• 46 Juan I (892–926)
• 47 Ubayd Allah ben Qasim

See vacant due to Muslim rule (Ummayad Caliphate of Cordoba)

• 48 Pascual I (1058–1080)
• Vacant
• 49 Bernard de Sedirac (1086–1124)
• 50 Raymond de Sauvetât (1124–1152)
• 51 Juan II (1152–1166)
• 52 Cerebruno (1167–1180)
• 53 Pedro III de Cardona (1181–1182)
• 54 Gonzalo I Petrez (1182–1191)
• 55 Martín II López de Pisuerga (1192–1208)
• 56 Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada (1209–1247)
• 57 Juan III Medina de Pomar (1248–1248)
• 58 Gutierre I Ruiz Dolea (1249–1250)
• 59 Infante Sancho of Castile (1251–1261)
• 60 Domingo Pascual (1262–1265)
• 61 Infante Sancho of Aragon (1266–1275)
• 62 Fernando I Rodriguez de Covarubias (1276–1280)
• 63 Gonzalo II Garcia Gudiel (1280–1299)
• 64 Gonzalo III Diaz Palomeque (1299–1310)
• 65 Gutierre II Gomez de Toledo (1310–1319)
• 66 Juan III, Infante of Aragon (1319–1328); also Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
• 67 Jimeno de Luna (1328–1338)
• 68 Gil Alvarez de Albornoz (1338–1350)
• 69 Gonzalo IV de Aguilar (1351–1353)
• 70 Blas Fernandez de Toledo (1353–1362)
• 71 Gomez Manrique (1362–1375)
• 72 Pedro IV Tenorio (1375–1399)
• Vacant
• 73 Pedro V de Luna (1403–1414)
• 74 Sancho III de Rojas (1415–1422)
• 75 Juan IV Martinez de Contreras (1423–1434)
• 76 Juan V de Cerezuela (1434–1442)
• 77 Gutierre III Alvarez de Toledo (1442–1445)
• 78 Alfonso Carillo de Acuna (1446–1482)
• 79 Pedro VI Gonzalez de Mendoza (1482–1495)
• 80 Francisco I Ximénez de Cisneros (1495–1517)
• 81 Guillermo de Croy (1517–1521)
• Vacant
• 82 Alonso III Fonseca (1523–1534)
• 83 Juan VI Pardo Tavera (1534–1545)
• 84 Juan VII Martinez Silecio (1545–1557)
• 85 Bartolomé Carranza (1558–1576)
• 86 Gaspar I de Quiroga y Vela (1577–1594)
• 87 Archduke Albert of Austria (1595–1598)
• 88 Garcia Loayasa y Giron (1598–1599)
• 89 Bernardo II de Sandoval y Rojas (1599–1618)
• Vacant
• 90 Cardinal–Infante Ferdinand of Austria (Apostolic Administrator, 1620–1641)
• Vacant
• 91 Gaspar II de Borja y Velasco (1645)
• 92 Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval (1646–1665)
• 93 Pascual II de Aragon (1666–1677)
• 94 Luis Manuel Fernandez Portocarrero (1677–1709)
• Vacant
• 95 Francisco Valero y Losa (1715–1720)
• 96 Diego de Astorga y Céspedes (1720–1724)
• Vacant
• 97 Luis I de Borbon y Farnesio (1735–1754)
• 98 Luis II Fernandez de Cordoba (1755–1771)
• 99 Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana (1772–1800)
• 100 Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (1800–1823)
• 101 Pedro Inguanzo y Rivero (1824–1836)
• Vacant
• 102 Juan José Bonel y Orbe (1849–1857)
• 103 Cirilo Alameda y Brea (1857–1872)
• Vacant
• 104 Juan Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove (1875–1884)
• 105 Zeferino Gonzalez y Diaz–Tunon (1885–1886)
• 106 Miguel Paya y Rico (1886–1891)
• 107 Antolín Monescillo y Viso (1892–1898)
• 108 Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1898–1909)
• 109 Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia (1909–1913)
• 110 Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez (1913–1920)
• 111 Enrique Almaraz y Santos (1920–1921)
• 112 Enrique Reig y Casanova (1922–1927)
• 113 Pedro Segura y Sáenz (1927–1931)
• Vacant
• 114 Isidro Goma y Tomas (1933–1940)
• 115 Enrique Pla y Deniel (1941–1968)
• 116 Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1969–1972)
• 117 Marcelo Gonzalez Martin (1972–1995)
• 118 Francisco Alvarez Martínez (1995–2002)
• 119 Antonio Cañizares Llovera (2002–2008)
• 120 Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (2009–)

Auxiliary bishops

• Guillermo, O.P. (9 Sep 1539)^[1]
• Pedro del Campo (4 Jul 1516 to 1551)^[2]
• Pedro Ruiz de la Camera, O.P. (18 Apr 1524)^[3]
• Pedro Oriona, O. de M. (18 Jan 1549 to 1560)^[4]
• Diego de la Calzada (17 Feb 1578)^[5]
• Melchor Soria Vera (17 Jun 1602 to 1643)^[6]
• Juan Avellaneda Manrique (30 May 1611)^[7]
• Diego Pereda, O.S. (17 Mar 1621 to 1634)^[8]
• Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, O.F.M. (1621 to 6 Oct 1625) Appointed, Bishop of Barbastro^[9]
• Francisco Olivares Maldonado, O.S.A. (7 Sep 1626 to 8 Mar 1632)^[10]
• Julián Alvear (Alvera) (1631)^[11]
• Juan Boldames Ibáñez, O.C.D. (6 Sep 1632 to 5 Sep 1633)^[12]
• Miguel Avellán, O.F.M. (20 Jun 1633 - Oct 1650)^[13]
• Pedro Orozco, O.F.M. (14 Dec 1643)
• Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, O.S.A. (19 Feb 1646 to 1652)
• Rodrigo de Mandia y Parga (14 Oct 1652 to 9 Apr 1663)
• Miguel Pérez Cevallos (21 Jan 1660 to 2 Oct 1681)
• Antonio del Buffalo, O.F.M. (8 Aug 1661 to 1666)
• Luis de Morales (bishop), O.S.A. (5 Sep 1661 to 1679)
• Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales (11 Mar 1680 to 23 Apr 1703)
• Alfonso de Santa Cruz (15 Feb 1683 to 25 Sep 1698)
• Benito Madueño y Ramos (19 Dec 1698 to 11 May 1739)
• Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui (26 Nov 1703 to 1 Jun 1712)
• Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz (30 Mar 1716)
• Andrés Núñez Monteagudo (23 Feb 1739 to 11 Jul 1761)
• Juan Antonio Pérez Arellano (23 Feb 1739 to 16 Mar 1756)
• Juan Francisco Manrique Lara (22 Sep 1749 to 1 Apr 1754)
• Augstín González Pisador (20 May 1754 to 21 Jul 1760)
• Juan Manuel Argüelles (6 Apr 1761 to 12 Mar 1770)
• Felipe Pérez Santa María (13 Jun 1761 to 15 Jul 1795)
• Miguel González Bobela (4 Mar 1771 to Nov 1775)
• Francisco Mateo Aguiriano Gómez (15 Apr 1776 to 29 Mar 1790)
• Atanasio Puyal y Poveda (21 Jun 1790 to 26 Sep 1814)
• Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont (18 Dec 1795 to 11 Aug 1800)
• Buenaventura Moyano Rodríguez (22 Dec 1800 to 23 Feb 1801)
• Alfonso Aguado y Jaraba (9 Aug 1802 to 1815)
• Luis Gregorio López Castillo (4 Sep 1815 to 30 Sep 1825)
• Juan Arciniega (23 Sep 1816 to 2 Jan 1835)
• Pablo García Abella, C.O. (17 Sep 1827 to 15 Apr 1833)
• Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista (23 Dec 1861 to 5 Jul 1875)
• Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (30 Mar 1882 to 1883)
• Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. (9 Aug 1883 to 27 Mar 1885)
• Valeriano Menéndez y Conde (20 Sep 1887 to 21 May 1894)
• José Ramón Quesada y Gascón (21 May 1894 to 24 Mar 1898)
• Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera (19 Jun 1899 to 9 Jun 1902)
• Isidoro Badía y Sarradell (26 Jan 1903 to 3 Jul 1907)
• Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (19 Dec 1907 to 18 Jul 1913)
• Antonio Álvaro y Ballano (9 Jul 1913 to 25 May 1914)
• Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez (22 Feb 1915 to 30 Nov 1921)
• Mateo Colom y Canals, O.S.A. (29 Jul 1921 to 14 Dec 1922)
• Rafael Balanzá y Navarro (13 Aug 1923 to 2 Mar 1928)
• Feliciano Rocha Pizarro (9 Nov 1928 to 28 Jan 1935)
• Gregorio Modrego y Casaus (8 Jun 1936 to 30 Dec 1942)
• Eduardo Martinez González (29 Mar 1942 to 14 Dec 1950)
• Francisco Miranda Vicente (21 Jul 1951 to 13 Mar 1960)
• Anastasio Granados García (30 Apr 1960 to 31 Mar 1970)
• Rafael Palmero Ramos (24 Nov 1987 to 9 Jan 1996)
• Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina (27 Feb 1997 to 28 Jul 2003)
• Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa (21 Oct 2004 to 3 Dec 2010)
• Ángel Rubio Castro (21 Oct 2004 to 3 Nov 2007)
• Ángel Fernández Collado (28 Jun 2013-)

General Vicar of the Armies

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Albacete.
• Diocese of Ciudad Real.
• Diocese of Cuenca.
• Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara.

See also

• Council of Elvira
• Councils of Toledo
• Patriarch of the West Indies
• Grand Inquisitor
• Mozarabic Rite
• Roman Catholicism in Spain

References

• Archdiocese of Toledo (in Spanish)
• New Advent

Coordinates: 39°51′27″N 4°01′23″W / 39.8575°N 4.0231°W / 39.8575; -4.0231