Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada

The Archdiocese of Granada (Latin: Archidioecesis Granatensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain.[1][2] It was erected as the Diocese of Granada in the 3rd century, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on December 10, 1492, with the suffragan sees of Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén, and Málaga.

Archdiocese of Granada

Archidioecesis Granatensis

Archidiócesis de Granada
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceGranada
Statistics
Area6,945 km2 (2,681 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
860,898
743,530 (86.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Granada)
10 December 1492 (As Archdiocese of Granada)
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation in Granada
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Javier Martínez Fernández
SuffragansDiocese of Almería
Diocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Guadix
Diocese of Jaén
Diocese of Málaga
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation; Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The current Archbishop of Granada is Francisco Martínez Fernández, appointed by Pope John Paul II on March 15, 2003.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Granada
  • Gonzalo de Vallebuena, O.F.M. (13 Sep 1437 – 1442 Died)
. . .
  • Fernando de Castilla, O.S.B. (10 Dec 1473 – 1479 Died)
. . .

Archdiocese of Granada
  • Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H. (23 Jan 1493 – 14 May 1507 Died)[3]
  • Antonio de Rojas Manrique (1507 – 1524 Appointed, Patriarch of the West Indies)[4]
  • Francisco Herrera Ruesta (8 Jun 1524 – Dec 1524 Died)
  • Pedro Portocarrero (archbishop) (26 Jun 1525 – 5 Jun 1526 Died)[5]
  • Pedro Ramírez de Alba, O.S.H. (19 Dec 1526 – 21 Jun 1528 Died)
  • Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (22 Jan 1529 – 29 Mar 1542 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
  • Fernando Niño de Guevara (patriarch) (22 Mar 1542 – 8 Oct 1546 Appointed, Patriarch of the West Indies)
  • Pedro Guerrero Logrono (Mendoza) (28 Oct 1546 – 2 Apr 1576 Died)
  • Juan Méndez de Salvatierra (11 Sep 1577 – 24 May 1588 Died)
  • Pedro Castro Quiñones (6 Dec 1589 – 5 Jul 1610 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
  • Pedro González de Mendoza, O.F.M. (19 Jul 1610 – 8 Feb 1616 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
  • Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. (24 Feb 1616 – 20 Jun 1620 Died)[6][7]
  • Garcerán Albañell (16 Nov 1620 – 10 Mar 1626 Died)
  • Agustin Spinola Basadone (7 Sep 1626 – 23 Oct 1630 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
  • Miguel Santos de Sampedro (13 Nov 163 – 11 Mar 1631 Died)
  • Fernando Valdés Llano (18 Jul 1633 – 30 Dec 1639 Died)
  • Martín Carrillo Alderete (1 Jul 1641 – 29 Jun 1653 Died)[8]
  • Antonio Calderon (bishop) (12 Jan 1654 – 12 Jul 1654 Died)[9]
  • José de Argáiz Pérez (27 Jul 1654 – 28 May 1667 Died)
  • Diego Escolano y Ledesma (27 Feb 1668 – 4 Sep 1672 Died)
  • Francisco de Rois y Mendoza, O. Cist. (29 May 1673 – 16 Mar 1677 Died)
  • Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. (13 Sep 1677 – 5 Oct 1692 Died)[10]
  • Martín Ascargorta (18 May 1693 – 25 Feb 1719 Died)
  • Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras (3 Jul 1720 – 26 Jun 1733 Died)
  • Felipe de los Tueros Huerta (20 Jan 1734 – 12 Sep 1751 Died)
  • Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar (20 Mar 1752 – 19 Dec 1757 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
  • Pedro Antonio de Barroeta Angel (19 Dec 1757 – 20 Mar 1775 Died)
  • Antonio Jorge y Galván (29 Jan 1776 – 2 Sep 1787 Died)
  • Basilio Tomás Sancho y Hernando (de Santas Justa y Rufina), Sch. P. (17 Dec 1787 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect)
  • Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (3 Aug 1789 – 24 Jul 1811 Died)
  • Blas Joaquín Álvarez de Palma (19 Dec 1814 – 29 Nov 1837 Died)
  • Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sión (17 Jan 1848 – 28 Oct 1850 Died)
  • Salvador José Reyes y García de Lara (5 Sep 1851 – 31 Mar 1865 Died)
  • Bienvenido Monzón y Martín (8 Jun 1866 Confirmed – 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
  • José Moreno y Mazón (27 Mar 1885 – 17 Jan 1905 Died)
  • José Meseguer y Costa (27 Mar 1905 – 9 Dec 1920 Died)
  • Vicente Casanova y Marzol (7 Mar 1921 – 23 Oct 1930 Died)
  • Agustín Parrado y García (4 Apr 1934 – 8 Oct 1946 Died)
  • Balbino Santos Olvera (24 Nov 1946 – 14 Feb 1953 Died)
  • Rafael García y García de Castro (9 May 1953 – 3 Feb 1974 Died)
  • Emilio Benavent Escuín (3 Feb 1974 Succeeded – 25 May 1977 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Spain, Military)
  • José Méndez Asensio (31 Jan 1978 – 10 Dec 1996 Retired)
  • Antonio Cañizares Llovera (10 Dec 1996 – 24 Oct 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
  • Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández (15 Mar 2003 – )

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Spain

References
  1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  2. "Archdiocese of Granada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  3. Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H." retrieved January 17, 2017
  4. Catholic Hierarchy: "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique" retrieved January 25, 2016
  5. "Archbishop Pedro Portocarrero" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  6. "Archbishop Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  7. "Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  8. "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  9. "Father Antonio Calderón " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  10. "Archbishop Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 20, 2016

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