Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela

The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellanus), established by Pope Calixtus II in 1120, is one of the five districts in which the Catholic Church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.

The Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has "cathedra" (i.e.: from Latin "seat") in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, and his jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra.

Bishops

Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio

Bishops of Iria Flavia

• Rosendo, Saint Rudesind
• Cresconius ( –1066)
• Gudesteus (1067–69)

Early archbishops

• Diego Gelmírez (1120-1140) first archbishop
• Juan Arias Suárez (15 Nov 1238 - )
• Bérengar de Landore (Berenguel de Landoira) (15 Jul 1317 - 20 Oct 1330 Died)
• Gómez Manrique (8 Jun 1351 - 2 May 1362 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
• Rodrigo de Luna (7 Apr 1449 - 1460 Died)
• Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (1460 - 1465 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (1465 - 1469 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (1469 - 1507 Resigned)
• Alonso III Fonseca (4 Aug 1507 - 31 Dec 1523 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
• Juan Pardo de Tavera (8 Jun 1524 - 27 Apr 1534 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
• Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (8 Jun 1534 - 13 Oct 1541 Died)
• Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (29 Mar 1542 - 2 Nov 1545 Died)
• Pedro Manuel (9 Apr 1546 - 1 Jan 1550 Died)
• Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. (27 Jun 1550 - 15 Sep 1557 Died)
• Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (21 Oct 1558 - 22 Jun 1569 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano (20 Feb 1570 - 14 Nov 1572 Died)
• Francisco Blanco Salcedo (4 Jun 1574 - 26 Apr 1581 Died)
• Juan de Liermo Hermosa (8 Jan 1582 - 26 Jul 1582 Died)
• Alonso Velázquez (9 Mar 1583 - 14 Jan 1587 Died)
• Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (27 Jul 1587 - 20 Apr 1602 Died)
• Maximiliano de Austria (21 Apr 1603 - 1 Jul 1614 Died)
• Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (12 Jan 1615 - 22 May 1622 Died)
• Luis Fernández de Córdoba (26 Oct 1622 - 11 Mar 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. (1 Jul 1624 - 19 Jun 1626 Died)
• José González Díez, O.P. (17 May 1627 - 12 Aug 1630 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Agustín de Spínola Basadone (23 Oct 1630 - 16 Jan 1645 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Fernando Andrade Sotomayor (20 Mar 1645 - 21 Jan 1655 Died)
• Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba (30 Aug 1655 - Apr 1664 Died)
• Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán (9 Jun 1668 - 7 Oct 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Andrés Girón (2 Jun 1670 - 7 Aug 1680 Died)
• Francisco de Seijas Losada (28 Apr 1681 - 26 Oct 1684 Died)
• Antonio de Monroy, O.P. (4 Jun 1685 - 7 Nov 1715 Died)
• Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 Jul 1716 - 7 Oct 1722 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Miguel Herrero Esgueva (20 Jan 1723 - 27 Jul 1727 Died)
• José del Yermo Santibáñez (8 Mar 1728 - Nov 1737 Died)
• Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (5 May 1738 - 1 Feb 1745 Died)
• Cayetano Gil Taboada (23 Aug 1745 - 10 Mar 1751 Died)
• Bartolomé Rajoy Losada (19 Jul 1751 - 17 Jul 1772 Died)
• Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (8 Mar 1773 - 16 Apr 1782 Died)
• Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. (15 Dec 1783 - 25 Sep 1795 Died)
• Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo (18 Dec 1797 - 8 Dec 1800 Died)
• Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate (20 Jul 1801 - 12 May 1821 Died)
• Juan García Benito (27 Sep 1822 - 8 Jul 1824 Resigned)
• Simón Antonio de Rentería y Reyes (12 Jul 1824 - 4 Oct 1824 Died)
• Rafael Téllez, O.F.M. Cap. (20 Dec 1824 - 3 Aug 1850 Died)
• Miguel García Cuesta (5 Sep 1851 - 14 Apr 1873 Died)
• Miguel Payá y Rico (16 Jan 1874 - 7 Jun 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
• Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (10 Jun 1886 - 20 Jan 1888 Died)
• José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 - 8 Dec 1922 Died)
• Manuel Lago y González (24 Jul 1923 - 18 Mar 1925 Died)
• Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 - 16 Jan 1927 Died)
• Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 - 6 Sep 1933 Died)
• Tomás Muniz Pablos (13 Aug 1935 - 15 Mar 1948 Died)
• Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 - 31 Jan 1949 Died)
• Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 Jun 1949 - 7 Dec 1971 Died)
• Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (13 Apr 1973 - 12 Apr 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
• Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 - 28 Jul 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
• Julián Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 - )

Auxiliary bishops

• Bernardino de Carmona (1551-1553)^[1]

References

External links

• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
• (English) GCatholic.org - Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
• (English) Catholic Hierarchy - Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
• (Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense
• (Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo

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