Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

Diocese of Coria-Cáceres Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum Diócesis de Coria-Cáceres
Coria Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Mérida–Badajoz
Metropolitan	Mérida–Badajoz
Statistics
Area	10,052 km2 (3,881 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 263,430 251,701 (95.5%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1143 (As Diocese of Coria) 9 April 1957 (As Diocese of Coria-Cáceres)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Coria
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St. Mary in Cáceres
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francisco Cerro Chaves
Metropolitan Archbishop	Santiago García Aracil
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Caurien(sis) – Castrorum Caeciliorum) is a diocese located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.^[1][2]

History

• 1143: Established as Diocese of Coria
• April 9, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of Coria – Cáceres

Leadership

Concatedral de Santa María, Cáceres
(Co-Cathedral of St. Mary)

Bishops of Coria (Roman rite)

• Jacinto (c. 589)
• Elías (c. 610)
• Bonifacio I (c. 633, 638)
• Juan (c. 646, 653)
• Donato (c. 666)
• Atala (c. 681, 688)
• Bonifacio II (c. 693)
• Jacobo (c. 876, 899)
• Diego I. (900–902)
• Íñigo Navarro (1142–1152, named Bishop of Salamanca)
• Suero I (1157–1168), first bishop to also hold Cáceres (1166)
• Pedro I (1169–1177)
• Arnaldo I (1181–1197)
• Arnaldo II (1199–1211)
• Giraldo (1212–1227)
• Pedro II (1227–1232)
• Sancho (1232–1252)
• Pedro III (1253–1260)
• Fernando I (1261–1271)
• Gonzalo (1272–1277)
• Suero II (1277–1280)
• Simón (1281–1282)
• Alonso I (1283–1316)
• Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meirás (1317 Appointed – 1324 Died)^[3]
• Alonso II (1325–1335)
• Juan I (1335–1343)
• Alfonso (1344–1348)
• Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, O.S.A. (20 Feb 1348 – 31 Aug 1360 Appointed, Bishop of León)^[4]
• Rodrigo (1360–1365?)
• Diego II (1365–1368?)
• Gil (1368–1371)
• Guillermo (1371–1379)
• Fernando II (1379–1380?)
• Alonso Maimón (1381?–1389)
• Juan II (1399–1400)
• Esteban de Crivelo (1400–1401)
• Alonso III (1401–1403 Elect)
• García de Castronuño (1403–1420?)
• Martín Galos (1420–1436)^[5]
• Alfonso de Villegas (1436–1437)
• Pedro López de Miranda (1438–1443)
• Juan de Carvajal (11 Oct 1443 – 10 Aug 1446, not possessed) Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia^[6][7]
• Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza (May 1444 – 1455)^[6]
• Fernando López de Villaescusa (1455–1457) Appointed, Bishop of Segovia^[6]
• Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1457–1475 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén^[8]
• Francisco de Toledo (bishop) (1475–1479) Died^[6]
• Juan de Ortega (1479–1485) Died^[6]
• Diego de Fonseca (27 Jan 1486 – 1487 Died)

. . .

• César de Borja (1495 – 6 Sep 1499 Resigned)
• Juan López (bishop of Coria) (1499 – 5 Aug 1501 Died)^[9]
• François Busleiden (26 Nov 1501 – 23 Aug 1502 Died)
• Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna (5 May 1503 – 1517 Died)
• Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (4 Nov 1517 – 9 Sep 1519 Appointed, Administrator of Coutances)
• Carlos Lalaing (1520 – 1527 Died)
• Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1528 – 2 Mar 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
• Guillermo Valdenese (2 May 1529 – 23 May 1530 Died)
• Francisco de los Ángeles Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. (5 Dec 1530 – 1532 Resigned)
• Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla (14 Feb 1533 – 27 Jun 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
• Diego Enríquez de Almansa (14 Jul 1550 – Oct 1565 Died)
• Diego Deza Tello (26 Apr 1566 – 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Pedro Serrano Téllez (11 Sep 1577 – 22 Sep 1578 Died)
• Pedro García Galarza (9 Jan 1579 – 6 May 1604 Died)
• Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa (10 Dec 1603 – 8 Sep 1621 Died)
• Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo (23 May 1622 – 16 Feb 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (8 Mar 1632 – 16 Sep 1635 Died)^[10]
• Antonio González Acevedo (5 Oct 1637 – 14 Mar 1642 Died)
• Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (bishop) (13 Jul 1643 – 17 Oct 1643 Died)^[11]
• Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. (2 May 1644 – 28 Jun 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)^[12]
• Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza (13 Sep 1649 – 1655 Died)
• Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez (14 May 1655 – 9 Jul 1657 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Diego López de la Vega (28 Jan 1658 – 5 Jun 1659 Died)
• Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. (10 Nov 1659 – 2 Jul 1663 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas (27 Aug 1663 – 1664 Died)
• Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala (23 Jun 1664 – 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (3 Jun 1669 – 1 Jul 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera (28 Sep 1671 – 30 Aug 1672 Died)
• Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. (30 Jan 1673 – 5 May 1673 Died)
• Bernardino León de la Rocha (25 Sep 1673 – 4 Jan 1675 Died)
• Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (27 May 1675 – 21 Jul 1683 Died)
• Juan de Porras y Atienza (24 Apr 1684 – 28 Jul 1704 Died)
• Miguel Pérez Lara (9 Feb 1705 – 1710 Died)
• Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (22 May 1713 – 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (5 Oct 1716 – 15 Oct 1731 Died)
• Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín (9 Jun 1732 – 24 Sep 1742 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• José Francisco Magdaleno (24 Sep 1742 – 5 Feb 1749 Died)
• José Cepeda (19 Jan 1750 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect)
• Juan José García Alvaro (25 May 1750 – Jan 1784 Died)
• Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. (14 Feb 1785 – 4 May 1789 Died)
• Juan Alvarez Castro (29 Mar 1790 – 29 Aug 1809 Died)
• Blas Jacobo Beltrán (10 Jul 1815 – 28 Apr 1821 Died)
• Joaquín López y Sicilia (12 Jul 1824 – 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Ramón Montero (15 Mar 1830 – 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Manuel Anselmo Nafría (17 Jan 1848 – 28 Jan 1851 Died)
• Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. (27 Sep 1852 – 14 Feb 1858 Died)
• Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez (25 Jun 1858 – 6 Oct 1864 Died)
• Esteban José Pérez Fernández (25 Sep 1865 – 22 Jun 1868 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
• Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. (24 Sep 1868 – 16 Mar 1884 Died)
• Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (10 Nov 1884 – 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
• Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (10 Jun 1886 – 19 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
• Ramón Peris Mencheta (21 May 1894 – 6 Jan 1920 Died)
• Pedro Segura y Sáenz (10 Jul 1920 – 20 Dec 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Dionisio Moreno y Barrio (2 Dec 1927 Appointed – 10 Dec 1934 Died)
• Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (1 May 1935 – 10 Apr 1942 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
• Francisco Cavero y Tormo (9 Dec 1944 – 10 Apr 1949 Died)

Bishops of Coria-Cáceres (Roman rite)

• Manuel Llopis Ivorra (2 Feb 1950 – 16 Mar 1977 Retired)
• Jesús Domínguez Gómez (16 Mar 1977 – 26 Oct 1990 Died)
• Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 – 16 Oct 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Albacete)
• Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 – )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nueva Cáceres

References

Sources

• Catholic Hierarchy ^{[self-published]}