Diocese of Ávila
Dioecesis Abulensis | Statistics |
| Country: | Spain |
| Metropolitan: | Valladolid |
| Rite: | Latin Rite |
| Area: | 8,048 km² |
Population:
Total:
Catholics: |
167,032 (2006)
165,539 (99.1%) |
| Cathedral: | Catedral de El Salvador
|
| Ordinaries |
| Bishop: | Jesús García Burillo |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ávila (Latin: Abulen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Ávila in the Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.
[edit] History
- 1100: Established as Diocese of Ávila
[edit] Leadership
- Bishops of Ávila (Roman rite)
- Juan de Cervantes (1437 – 19 August 1441)
- Bishop Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (1445 – 1454)
- Bishop Hernando de Talavera (1485 – 1493)
- Francisco Ruiz, O.F.M. (14 Jul 1514 - 23 Oct 1518 )
- Rodrigo Sánchez Mercado † (12 Jan 1530 - 25 Jan 1548 )
- Diego Alava Esquivel (7 May 1548 - 21 Oct 1558 )
- Diego de los Cobos Molina (2 Aug 1559 - 4 Sep 1560 )
- Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento (4 Sep 1560 - 11 Sep 1577 )
- Sancho Busto de Villegas (5 Nov 1578 - 19 Jan 1581)
- Pedro Fernández Temiño (11 Sep 1581 - 23 Aug 1590 )
- Jerónimo Manrique de Lara (5 Apr 1591 - 1 Sep 1595 )
- Juan Velázquez de las Cuevas, O.P. (29 Apr 1596 - 11 Mar 1598)
- Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño (1 Feb 1599 - 4 Dec 1611)
- Juan Alvarez de Caldas (14 Apr 1612 - 19 Sep 1615 )
- Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) (30 May 1616 - 13 Dec 1626 )
- Alfonso López Gallo (5 Jul 1627 - )
- Francisco Márquez Gaceta (29 Nov 1627 - 8 Nov 1631 )
- Pedro Cifuentes Loarte (7 Jun 1632 - 19 May 1636 )
- Diego Arce Reinoso (22 Mar 1638 - 8 Oct 1640 )
- Juan Vélez de Valdivielso (25 Feb 1641 - 21 Aug 1645)
- José Argáiz Pérez (4 Dec 1645 - 27 Jul 1654)
- Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera (5 Oct 1654 - 17 Feb 1656 )
- Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. (1 Jul 1673 - 17 Jun 1692 )
- Diego Ventura Fernández de Angulo, O.F.M. ( 1683 - )
- Gregorio Solórzano Castillo (10 May 1700 - 17 Jul 1703 )
- Baltasar de la Peña Avilés (17 Dec 1703 - 7 Feb 1705 )
- Julian Cano y Tovar ( 1714 - )
- José del Yermo Santibáñez † (20 Mar 1720 - 8 Mar 1728)
- Pedro Ayala, O.P. (8 Mar 1728 - 23 Jun 1738 )
- Narciso Queralt (23 Jun 1738 - 12 Jan 1743 )
- Pedro González García (20 May 1743 - 7 Apr 1758 )
- Romualdo Velarde Cienfuegos † (2 Oct 1758 - 11 May 1766 )
- Miguel Fernando Merino † (1 Dec 1766 - 10 Jul 1781 )
- Antonio Sentmanat y Castellá † (17 Feb 1783 - 22 Jun 1784 )
- Julián Gascueña Herráiz, O.F.M. † (20 Sep 1784 - 23 Nov 1796 )
- Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco † (24 Jul 1797 - 22 Jan 1799 )
- Rafael Múzquiz Aldunate † (15 Apr 1799 - 20 Jul 1801 )
- Manuel Gómez Salazar (29 Mar 1802 - 3 Nov 1815 )
- Rodrigo Antonio de Orellana, O. Praem. (21 Dec 1818 - 29 Jul 1822 )
- Ramón María Adurriaga Uribe (25 Apr 1824 - 2 Feb 1841 )
- Manuel López Santisteban (17 Dec 1847 - 30 Apr 1852 )
- Gregorio Sánchez Rubio, O.S.H. (27 Sep 1852 - 17 Feb 1854 )
- Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Berión (23 Jun 1854 - 25 Sep 1857 )
- Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. (24 Dec 1857 - 17 Sep 1875)
- Pedro José Sánchez Carrascosa y Carrión (23 Sep 1875 - 30 Mar 1882 )
- Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (27 Mar 1882 - 10 Apr 1886 )
- Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (17 Mar 1887 - 30 Dec 1889)
- Juan Muñoz y Herrera (26 Jun 1890 - 2 Dec 1895 )
- José María Blanco Barón (2 Dec 1895 - 4 Apr 1897 )
- Joaquín Beltrán y Asensio (24 Mar 1898 - 3 Nov 1917 )
- Enrique Pla y Deniel (4 Dec 1918 - 28 Jan 1935 )
- Santos Moro Briz † (21 Jun 1935 - 19 Oct 1968 )
- Maximino Romero de Lema (19 Oct 1968 - 21 Mar 1973)
- Felipe Fernández García (22 Oct 1976 - 12 Jun 1991 )
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera (6 Mar 1992 - 10 Dec 1996)
- Adolfo González Montes (26 May 1997 - 15 Apr 2002 )
- Jesús García Burillo (9 Jan 2003 - )
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