Episcopal Palace of Astorga
Diocese of Astorga
Dioecesis Asturicensis | Statistics |
| Country: | Spain |
| Metropolitan: | Oviedo |
| Rite: | Latin Rite |
| Area: | 11,535 km² |
Population:
Total:
Catholics: |
276,810 (2004)
274,540 (99.2%) |
| Cathedral: | Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
(Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady) |
| Ordinaries |
| Bishop: | Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga (Latin: Asturicen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Astorga in the Ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.
[edit] History
- 747: Established as Diocese of Astorga
- c.786: Ascaric possibly bishop
[edit] Special churches
[edit] Leadership
- Bishops of Astorga(Roman rite)
- Sancho Pérez Rodríguez de Acebes † (4 Dec 1500 - 21 Apr 1515 )
- Alvaro Osorio, O.P. † (1 Jun 1515 - 10 Apr 1539 Died)
- Esteban Almeida † (18 Aug 1539 - 2 Jun 1542 )
- Diego Alava Esquivel † (8 Jun 1543 - 7 May 1548 )
- Pedro Acuña Avellaneda † (4 Jun 1548 - 5 Jun 1555 )
- Diego Sarmiento Sotomayor † (5 Jun 1555 - 1571 Died)
- Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza † (4 Jun 1574 - 27 May 1580 )
- Alfonso Delgado † (22 Jun 1580 - 21 Aug 1583 )
- Antonio Torres † (9 Jan 1584 - 14 Feb 1588 )
- Juan Zuazola † (17 Apr 1589 - 1 Nov 1590 )
- Pedro Rojas Henríques, O.S.A. † (6 Mar 1591 - 30 Aug 1595 )
- Antonio de Cáceres, O.P. † (8 Nov 1595 - 18 Aug 1615 )
- Alfonso Mesía de Tovar † (27 Jan 1616 - 13 Jul 1636 )
- Luis García Rodríguez † (9 Feb 1637 - 18 Apr 1638 )
- Diego Salcedo Benacos † (2 Apr 1639 - 28 Mar 1644 )
- Bernardo Atayde de Lima Perera † (12 Nov 1644 - 5 Oct 1654 )
- José Patricio Navarro † (28 Nov 1707 - 30 Jan 1723 )
- Crisóstomo Vargas, O. Cist. † (30 Aug 1723 - 14 May 1728 )
- José Francisco Bermúdez Mandía † (15 Nov 1728 - 3 Mar 1736 )
- Pedro Cáceres Casado † ( 1738 - 15 Sep 1747 )
- Matías Escalzo Acedo † (4 Mar 1748 - 11 Nov 1749 )
- Francisco Javier Sánchez Cabezón † (27 Apr 1750 - 27 Jan 1767 )
- Juan Manuel Merino Lumbreras † (1 Jun 1767 - 5 Aug 1782 )
- Antonio Andrés López Arroyo, O.F.M. † (15 Dec 1783 - 14 Mar 1787 )
- Manuel Abad Lasierra † (28 Sep 1787 - 9 Apr 1791 )
- Francisco Isidoro Gutiérrez Vigil † (11 Apr 1791 - 13 Oct 1805 )
- Manuel Vicente Martínez Jiménez † (31 Mar 1806 - 22 Jul 1816)
- Guillermo Martínez Riaguas † (19 Feb 1819 - 24 Oct 1824 Died)
- Manuel Bernardo Morete Bodelón † (8 Jan 1825 - 2 Jan 1828 Died)
- Leonardo Santander Villavicencio † (27 May 1828 - 30 Apr 1832 )
- Félix Torres Amat † (30 Jul 1833 - 29 Dec 1847 )
- Juan Nepomuceno Cascallana Ordóñez † (7 Jan 1850 - 5 Sep 1851)
- Benito Forcelledo Tuero † (18 Mar 1852 - 23 Jun 1858 )
- Fernando Argüelles Miranda † (23 Dec 1858 - 2 Sep 1870 )
- Mariano Brezmes Arredondo † (17 Sep 1875 - 11 Nov 1885 )
- Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinos † (10 Jun 1886 - 18 Sep 1893 )
- Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. † (21 May 1894 - 25 Jun 1903)
- Mariano Cidad y Olmos † (25 Jun 1903 - 5 Jul 1903 )
- Julián Miranda y Ristuer † (12 Nov 1903 - 14 Nov 1904 )
- Julián de Diego y García Alcolea † (14 Nov 1904 - 18 Jul 1913 )
- Antonio Senso Lázaro † (18 Jul 1913 - 21 Aug 1941 )
- Jesús Mérida Pérez † (10 Jun 1943 - 16 May 1956 )
- José Castelltort Subeyre † (5 Nov 1956 - 18 Aug 1960 )
- Marcelo González Martín † (31 Dec 1960 - 21 Feb 1966)
- Antonio Briva Mirabent † (18 May 1967 - 20 Jun 1994 )
- Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias (14 Jun 1995 - )
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