Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
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Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Archidioecesis Compostellana | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,545 km2 (3,299 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,301,147 1,192,508 (91.7%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 5 December 1095 (As Diocese of Santiago de Compostela) 27 February 1120 (As Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral basilica of St James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela |
| Patron saint | St James the Greater |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco José Prieto Fernández |
| Suffragans | |
| Bishops emeritus | Julián Barrio Barrio |
| Website | |
| Website of the Archdiocese | |
The Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Latin: Archidioecesis Compostellana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the most senior of the five districts into which the church divides the region of Galicia.[1][2]
The seat of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicated to the Apostle James.
Extent and statistics
[edit]The archdiocesan jurisdiction covers most of the parishes the central part of Galicia, including the cities of A Coruña and Pontevedra. As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,178,000 Catholics (88.9% of 1,324,741 total) on 8,546 km2 in 1,071 parishes and 3 missions with 732 priests (536 diocesan, 196 religious), 4 deacons, 1,052 lay religious (400 brothers, 652 sisters) and 22 seminarians.
Ecclesiastical province
[edit]Covers all Galicia, with four suffragan sees :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (a former Archdiocese itself)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo–Ferrol
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Orense
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo
History
[edit]- See Diocese of Iria Flavia for its precursor and early history when the see was shared.
- Established formally on 5 December 1095 as Diocese of Santiago de Compostela / Compostellan(us) (Latin adjective), on the territory of the suppressed Diocese of Iria Flavia.
- Promoted on 1120.02.27 by Pope Calixtus II as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
- In 1954.10.17 it gained territory from its suffragan Diocese of Mondoñedo.
- It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in November 1982 and August 1989 and from Pope Benedict XVI in November 2010.
Episcopal ordinaries
[edit]- See Diocese of Iria Flavia for Bishops shared with its precursor.
- Suffragan Bishops of (Santiago de) Compostela
On 5 December 1095 Pope Urban II issued the bull Veterum sinodalia transferring the diocese of Iria to Compostela.
- Apostolic administrator (1096–1100 see below) Diego Gelmírez
- Diego Gelmírez bishop 1100 – 27 February 1120, see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela
In 1120 Pope Calixtus II raised Compostela to an archdiocese.
- Diego Gelmírez (see above 27 February 1120 – 1140)
- Berenguel (1140?41 – 1142 see below), first time
- Pedro Helías (1143–1149)
- Berenguel (see above 1150 – 1151), second time
- Bernardo I (1151–1152)
- Pelayo Camundo (1153–1156)
- Martín Martínez (1156–1167)
- Pedro Gundesteiz (1168–1173)
- Pedro Suárez de Deza (1173 – death 1206), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1166–1173)
- Pedro Muñiz (1207–1224), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1205–1207)
- Bernardo II (1224–1237)
- Juan Arias (1238–1266)
- Egas Fafes de Lanhoso (1267), previously Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1248.12.15 – death 1267.12.18), transferred and died before taking possession of Santiago
- Gonzalo Gómez (1273 – 1281?)
- Rodrigo González (1286–1304)
- Rodrigo del Padrón (1307? – 1316)
- Berenguel de Landoria = Béranger de Landore, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1317 – death 1330) (born France), previously Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans, O.P.) (1312 – 1317.07.15)
- Juan Fernández de Limia (1330.10.26 – 1338), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1321 – 1330.10.26)
- Martín Fernández de Gres (1339 – 1342?43)
- Pedro V (1344 – 1348?51)
- ? Gonzalo de Aguilar (1348–1351)
- Gómez Manrique (1351.06.08 – 1362.05.02), previously Bishop of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1348.08.18 – 1351.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1362.05.02 – death 1375.12.19)
- Suero Gómez de Toledo (1362–1366)
- Alonso Sánchez de Moscoso (1367–1367)
- Rodrigo de Moscoso (1368–1382)
- Juan García Manrique (1383 – retired 1388), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1368–1376), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1376–1381), Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1381–1382); later however Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1394.01.28 – ?)
- Lope de Mendoza (1399–1445), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1393–1399)
- Álvaro Núñez de Isorna (1445–1449), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1415–1418), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1418–1445)
- Rodrigo de Luna (1451–1460)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (1st time) (1460 – 1465 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (Alonso I de Fonseca)(1465 – 1469 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (2nd time) (1469 – 1507 Resigned)
- Alonso III Fonseca (4 Aug 1507 – 31 Dec 1523 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
- Juan Pardo de Tavera (8 June 1524 – 27 April 1534), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 – 1523.12.31), Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1523.12.31 – 1524.06.08); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – death 1545.08.01); next Archbishop of Toledo (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)
- Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (8 June 1534 – death 13 Oct 1541), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 – 1541.10.13), also Apostolic Administrator of Anagni (Italy) (1541.01.28 – 1541.04.06); previously Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1523.03.04 – 1524.10.26), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1534.06.08)
- Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (29 March 1542 – death 2 Nov 1545), created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – 1545.11.02); previously Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1524.11.14 – 1529.01.22), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29)
- Pedro Manuel (9 April 1546 – death 1 Jan 1550); previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1523.06.12 – 1534.06.17), Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1534.06.17 – 1546.04.09)
- Cardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. (27 June 1550 – death 15 Sep 1557), previously Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1537.04.11), Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1537.04.11 – 1550.06.27), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1541.05.04 – 1541.07.06), repeatedly transferred as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1541.07.06 – 1547.01.24), Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1547.01.24 – 1551.12.04), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1550.02.28 – 1553.11.20); later transferred as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.11.20 – 1553.12.11), promoted as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1553.12.11 – 1555.05.29), transferred as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1555.05.29 – 1557.09.15)
- Auxiliary bishop Bernardino de Carmona (1551.07.10 – ?1553), Titular Bishop of Soltania (1551.07.10 – ?)
- Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (21 Oct 1558 – 22 June 1569), previously Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1558.10.21); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 – death 1571.01.02), created Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of Santa Barbara (1570.06.16 – 1571.01.02)
- Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano (20 Feb 1570 – death 14 Nov 1572), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1561.06.02 – 1570.02.20)
- Francisco Blanco Salcedo (4 June 1574 – death 26 April 1581), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1556.06.12 – 1565.04.13), Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1565.04.13 – 1574.06.04)
- Juan de Liermo Hermosa (8 Jan 1582 – death 26 July 1582), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1582.07.26)
- Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (27 July 1587 – death 20 April 1602), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1578.07.07 – 1587.07.27)
- Maximilian of Austria (21 April 1603 – death 1 July 1614), previously Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1596.09.23 – 1601.08.27), Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1601.08.27 – 1603.04.21)
- Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (12 Jan 1615 – death 22 May 1622), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1606.12.04 – 1611.11.28), Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1611.11.28 – 1615.01.12)
- Luis Fernández de Córdoba (26 Oct 1622 – 11 March 1624), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1602.11.20 – 1615.02.09), Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1615.02.09 – 1622.10.26); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1624.03.11 – death 1625.06.26)
- Agustín Antolínez, Augustinians (O.S.A.) (1 July 1624 – death 19 June 1626), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1623.05.10 – 1624.07.01)
- José González Díez, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (17 May 1627 – 12 August 1630), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1616.02.29 – 1625.07.28), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1625.07.28 – 1627.05.17); next Archbishop of Burgos (1630.08.12 – 1631.03.28)
- Agustín de Spínola Basadone (born Italy) (23 Oct 1630 – 16 Jan 1645), promoted Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola (1631.03.24 – 1649.02.12), Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1632.01.10 – 1633.01.09); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1645.01.16 – 1649.02.12); previously Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1623.03.05 – 1626.09.07), created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 – 1631.03.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1626.09.07 – 1630.10.23)
- Fernando Andrade Sotomayor (20 March 1645 – death 21 Jan 1655); previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1628.05.29 – 1631.11.10), Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1631.11.10 – 1640.09.10), Archbishop-Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1640.09.10 – 1645.03.20)
- Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba (30 August 1655 – death April 1664), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1648 – 1655)
- Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán (9 June 1668 – 7 Oct 1669), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1668.10.07 – 1684.05.24); previously Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1665 – 1667.04.09), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1667.04.09 – 1668.05.14)
- Andrés Girón (2 June 1670 – death 7 August 1680), previously Bishop of Lugo (Spain) (1660 – 1664.04.28), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1664.04.28 – 1670.06.02)
- Francisco de Seijas Losada (28 April 1681 – death 26 Oct 1684), previously Bishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1664.06.23 – 1670.06.20), Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1670.06.20 – 1681.07.10)
- Antonio de Monroy, Dominican Order (O.P.) (4 June 1685 – death 7 Nov 1715); previously Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 – 1686), Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1680 – 1680)
- Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 July 1716 – 7 Oct 1722), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (1722.10.07 – 1739.05.03); previously Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1713.05.22 – 1716.07.01)
- Miguel Herrero Esgueva (20 Jan 1723 – death 27 July 1727), previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1720.04.15 – 1723.01.20)
- José del Yermo Santibáñez (8 March 1728 – death Nov 1737), previously Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1732.07.21 – 1738.05.05)
- Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (5 May 1738 – death 1 Feb 1745)
- Cayetano Gil Taboada (23 Aug 1745 – death 10 March 1751)
- Bartolomé Rajoy Losada (19 July 1751 – death 17 July 1772)
- Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (8 March 1773 – death 16 April 1782)
- Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (15 Dec 1783 – death 25 Sep 1795)
- Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo (18 Dec 1797 – death 8 Dec 1800)
- Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate (20 July 1801 – death 12 May 1821)
- Juan García Benito (27 Sep 1822 – resigned 8 July 1824), died *
- Simón Antonio de Rentería y Reyes (12 July 1824 – death 4 Oct 1824)
- Rafael de Vélez, O.F.M. Cap. (20 Dec 1824 – death 3 August 1850)
- Miguel García Cuesta (5 Sep 1851 – death 14 April 1873)
- Miguel Payá y Rico (16 Jan 1874 – 7 June 1886), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo *)
- Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (10 June 1886 – death 20 Jan 1888)
- José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 – death 8 Dec 1922)
- Manuel Lago y González (24 July 1923 – death 18 March 1925)
- Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 – death 16 Jan 1927)
- Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 – death 6 Sep 1933)
- Tomás Muniz Pablos (13 August 1935 – death 15 March 1948)
- Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 – death 31 Jan 1949)
- Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 Jun 1949 – death 7 Dec 1971)
- Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (13 Apr 1973 – 12 Apr 1983), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
- Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 – 28 Jul 1994), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
- Julián Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 – retired 1 Apr 2023)[3]
- Francisco José Prieto Fernández (1 Apr 2023 – present)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ a b "Resignations and Appointments, 01.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Sources and external links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
- (in English) GCatholic.org, with Google map – Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, data for all sections
- (in English) Catholic Hierarchy – Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
- (in Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
- (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
- (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
- (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense
- (in Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo
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