Jerez's Cathedral

The Bishopric of the Diocese. Palace of Bertemati

Fachada Cartuja de Jerez

Fachada Iglesia Cartuja de Jerez

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. Its name derives from the localities of Medina-Sidonia and Jerez de la Frontera. This bishopric was erected the 3 of March 1980 by means of a Papal Bull, with the name of Asidonense-Jerezano, in memory of the old Asidonense Bishopric and because its present seat is in Jerez de la Frontera. The main temple of this diocese the Colegiata of San Salvador, today Jerez's Cathedral. The Bishopric of the Diocese is in Palace of Bertemati, in the Seat of the Stream. Asidonia-Jerez Seminary was founded on 1985.

Juan Grande Roman has like santo pattern from the diocese and like patron to the Immaculate Conception.

He includes Jerez de la Frontera,Sanlúcar de Barrameda, El Puerto de Santa María, Chipiona, Rota, Trebujena, Arcos de la Frontera, Algar, Bornos, Espera, Villamartín, Prado del Rey, El Bosque, Ubrique, Puerto Serrano, Algodonales, Zahara de la Sierra, Benaocaz, Villaluenga del Rosario, Grazalema, El Gastor, Olvera, Alcalá del Valle, Torre Alháquime and Setenil de las Bodegas.

[edit] Arciprestazgos

• Arciprestazgo de Jerez
• Arciprestazgo de Sanlúcar de Barrameda
• Arciprestazgo de El Puerto de Santa María
• Arciprestazgo de Arcos de la Frontera
• Arciprestazgo de Grazalema
• Arciprestazgo de Zahara de la Sierra

[edit] History

One assumes that the present city of Medina-Sidonia was called in Antiquity Sidonia or Asidonia, for being a Phoenician colony whose name derives from the name of the city of its founders, Sidón. During the existence of al-Andalus, added to its name “the medina” particle to him, that means city in Arab language. At that time Medina-Sidonia was the capital of cora homónima, whose capitalidad happened porteriormente to Sherry of the Border. This city was host episcopal during the time of visigodos and during part of the andalusí period, concretely until the invasion almohade of 1146. This bishopric was known with the name of Asidonense Bishopric.

[edit] Bishopric

Bishopric of the old Assidonia

• 1. Rufino (610-619)
• 2. Pimenio (629-649)
• 3. Teoderacio (681-688)
• 4. Geroncio (690-693)
• 5. Miro (mencionado en el 862)
• 6. Esteban (mediados del S. X)
• 7. Anonymous (h. 1145)

Sede suppressed (h. 1146-1980)

Bishopric of the Asidonia-Jerez Diocese

• 1. Rafael Bellido Caro (1980-2000)
• 2. Juan del Río Martín (2000-2008)
• 3. José Mazuelos Pérez (2009-)

[edit] Also Sees

• Bishopric Asidonia-Jerez Diocese
• Asidonia-Jerez Seminary Catholic