Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Archidioecesis Compostellana | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Santiago de Compostela |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,545 km (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 theââApostle in Santiago de Compostela |
Patron saint | St James the Greater |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco José Prieto Fernåndez |
Suffragans | |
Bishops emeritus | JuliĂĄn 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.
The seat of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, dedicatedââto the Apostle James.
Extent and statisticsâ»
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 km 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 provinceâ»
Covers all Galicia, with four suffragan sees :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo (a former Archdiocese itself)
- Roman Catholic Diocese of MondoñedoâFerrol
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Orense
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo
Historyâ»
- 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 ordinariesâ»
- 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 Iriaââto Compostela.
- Apostolic administrator (1096â1100 see below) Diego GelmĂrez
- Diego GelmĂrez bishop 1100 â 27 February 1120, see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela
In 1120 Pope Calixtus II raised Compostela to an archdiocese.
- Diego GelmĂrez (see above 27 February 1120 â 1140)
- Berenguel (1140?41 â 1142 see below), first time
- Pedro HelĂas (1143â1149)
- Berenguel (see above 1150 â 1151), second time
- Bernardo I (1151â1152)
- Pelayo Camundo (1153â1156)
- MartĂn MartĂnez (1156â1167)
- Pedro Gundesteiz (1168â1173)
- Pedro SuĂĄrez de Deza (1173 â death 1206), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1166â1173)
- Pedro Muñiz (1207â1224), previously Bishop of LeĂłn (Spain) (1205â1207)
- Bernardo II (1224â1237)
- Juan Arias (1238â1266)
- Egas Fafes de Lanhoso (1267), previously Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1248.12.15 â death 1267.12.18), transferred and died before taking possession of Santiago
- Gonzalo GĂłmez (1273 â 1281?)
- Rodrigo GonzĂĄlez (1286â1304)
- Rodrigo del PadrĂłn (1307? â 1316)
- Berenguel de Landoria = BĂ©ranger de Landore, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1317 â death 1330) (born France), previously Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans, O.P.) (1312 â 1317.07.15)
- Juan FernĂĄndez de Limia (1330.10.26 â 1338), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1321 â 1330.10.26)
- MartĂn FernĂĄndez de Gres (1339 â 1342?43)
- Pedro V (1344 â 1348?51)
- ? Gonzalo de Aguilar (1348â1351)
- GĂłmez Manrique (1351.06.08 â 1362.05.02), previously Bishop of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1348.08.18 â 1351.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1362.05.02 â death 1375.12.19)
- Suero GĂłmez de Toledo (1362â1366)
- Alonso SĂĄnchez de Moscoso (1367â1367)
- Rodrigo de Moscoso (1368â1382)
- Juan GarcĂa Manrique (1383 â retired 1388), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1368â1376), Bishop of SigĂŒenza (Spain) (1376â1381), Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1381â1382); later however Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1394.01.28 â ?)
- Lope de Mendoza (1399â1445), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1393â1399)
- Ălvaro NĂșñez de Isorna (1445â1449), previously Bishop of LeĂłn (Spain) (1415â1418), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1418â1445)
- Rodrigo de Luna (1451â1460)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (1st time) (1460 â 1465 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (Alonso I de Fonseca)(1465 â 1469 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
- Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (2nd time) (1469 â 1507 Resigned)
- Alonso III Fonseca (4 Aug 1507 â 31 Dec 1523 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
- Juan Pardo de Tavera (8 June 1524 â 27 April 1534), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 â 1523.12.31), Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1523.12.31 â 1524.06.08); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 â death 1545.08.01); next Archbishop of Toledo (1534.04.27 â 1545.08.01)
- Pedro GĂłmez Sarmiento de Villandrando (8 June 1534 â death 13 Oct 1541), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 â 1541.10.13), also Apostolic Administrator of Anagni (Italy) (1541.01.28 â 1541.04.06); previously Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1523.03.04 â 1524.10.26), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 â 1525.07.03), Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1525.07.03 â 1534.06.08)
- Gaspar de Ăvalos de la Cueva (29 March 1542 â death 2 Nov 1545), created Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 â 1545.11.02); previously Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1524.11.14 â 1529.01.22), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 â 1542.03.29)
- Pedro Manuel (9 April 1546 â death 1 Jan 1550); previously Bishop of LeĂłn (Spain) (1523.06.12 â 1534.06.17), Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1534.06.17 â 1546.04.09)
- Cardinal Juan Ălvarez de Toledo, O.P. (27 June 1550 â death 15 Sep 1557), previously Bishop of CĂłrdoba (Spain) (1523.08.31 â 1537.04.11), Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1537.04.11 â 1550.06.27), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1541.05.04 â 1541.07.06), repeatedly transferred as Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1541.07.06 â 1547.01.24), Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1547.01.24 â 1551.12.04), Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1550.02.28 â 1553.11.20); later transferred as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.11.20 â 1553.12.11), promoted as Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1553.12.11 â 1555.05.29), transferred as Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1555.05.29 â 1557.09.15)
- Auxiliary bishop Bernardino de Carmona (1551.07.10 â ?1553), Titular Bishop of Soltania (1551.07.10 â ?)
- Gaspar de ZĂșñiga y Avellaneda (21 Oct 1558 â 22 June 1569), previously Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 â 1558.10.21); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 â death 1571.01.02), created Cardinal-Priest of the titular church of Santa Barbara (1570.06.16 â 1571.01.02)
- CristĂłbal FernĂĄndez Valtodano (20 Feb 1570 â death 14 Nov 1572), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1561.06.02 â 1570.02.20)
- Francisco Blanco Salcedo (4 June 1574 â death 26 April 1581), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1556.06.12 â 1565.04.13), Bishop of MĂĄlaga (Spain) (1565.04.13 â 1574.06.04)
- Juan de Liermo Hermosa (8 Jan 1582 â death 26 July 1582), previously Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1574.06.04 â 1582.07.26)
- Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (27 July 1587 â death 20 April 1602), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1578.07.07 â 1587.07.27)
- Maximilian of Austria (21 April 1603 â death 1 July 1614), previously Bishop of CĂĄdiz (Spain) (1596.09.23 â 1601.08.27), Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1601.08.27 â 1603.04.21)
- Juan BeltrĂĄn Guevara y Figueroa (12 Jan 1615 â death 22 May 1622), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1606.12.04 â 1611.11.28), Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1611.11.28 â 1615.01.12)
- Luis FernĂĄndez de CĂłrdoba (26 Oct 1622 â 11 March 1624), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1602.11.20 â 1615.02.09), Bishop of MĂĄlaga (Spain) (1615.02.09 â 1622.10.26); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1624.03.11 â death 1625.06.26)
- AgustĂn AntolĂnez, Augustinians (O.S.A.) (1 July 1624 â death 19 June 1626), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1623.05.10 â 1624.07.01)
- JosĂ© GonzĂĄlez DĂez, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (17 May 1627 â 12 August 1630), previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1616.02.29 â 1625.07.28), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1625.07.28 â 1627.05.17); next Archbishop of Burgos (1630.08.12 â 1631.03.28)
- AgustĂn de SpĂnola Basadone (born Italy) (23 Oct 1630 â 16 Jan 1645), promoted Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all'Isola (1631.03.24 â 1649.02.12), Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1632.01.10 â 1633.01.09); next Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1645.01.16 â 1649.02.12); previously Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1623.03.05 â 1626.09.07), created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 â 1631.03.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1626.09.07 â 1630.10.23)
- Fernando Andrade Sotomayor (20 March 1645 â death 21 Jan 1655); previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1628.05.29 â 1631.11.10), Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1631.11.10 â 1640.09.10), Archbishop-Bishop of SigĂŒenza (Spain) (1640.09.10 â 1645.03.20)
- Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba (30 August 1655 â death April 1664), previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1648 â 1655)
- Ambrosio Ignacio SpĂnola y GuzmĂĄn (9 June 1668 â 7 Oct 1669), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1668.10.07 â 1684.05.24); previously Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1665 â 1667.04.09), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1667.04.09 â 1668.05.14)
- AndrĂ©s GirĂłn (2 June 1670 â death 7 August 1680), previously Bishop of Lugo (Spain) (1660 â 1664.04.28), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1664.04.28 â 1670.06.02)
- Francisco de Seijas Losada (28 April 1681 â death 26 Oct 1684), previously Bishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1664.06.23 â 1670.06.20), Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1670.06.20 â 1681.07.10)
- Antonio de Monroy, Dominican Order (O.P.) (4 June 1685 â death 7 Nov 1715); previously Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 â 1686), Bishop of MichoacĂĄn (Mexico) (1680 â 1680)
- Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 July 1716 â 7 Oct 1722), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (1722.10.07 â 1739.05.03); previously Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1713.05.22 â 1716.07.01)
- Miguel Herrero Esgueva (20 Jan 1723 â death 27 July 1727), previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1720.04.15 â 1723.01.20)
- JosĂ© del Yermo Santibåñez (8 March 1728 â death Nov 1737), previously Bishop of JaĂ©n (Spain) (1732.07.21 â 1738.05.05)
- Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (5 May 1738 â death 1 Feb 1745)
- Cayetano Gil Taboada (23 Aug 1745 â death 10 March 1751)
- BartolomĂ© Rajoy Losada (19 July 1751 â death 17 July 1772)
- Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (8 March 1773 â death 16 April 1782)
- SebastiĂĄn Malvar y Pinto, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (15 Dec 1783 â death 25 Sep 1795)
- Felipe Antonio FernĂĄndez Vallejo (18 Dec 1797 â death 8 Dec 1800)
- Rafael de MĂșzquiz y Aldunate (20 July 1801 â death 12 May 1821)
- Juan GarcĂa Benito (27 Sep 1822 â resigned 8 July 1824), died *
- SimĂłn Antonio de RenterĂa y Reyes (12 July 1824 â death 4 Oct 1824)
- Rafael de VĂ©lez [es], O.F.M. Cap. (20 Dec 1824 â death 3 August 1850)
- Miguel GarcĂa Cuesta (5 Sep 1851 â death 14 April 1873)
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- Miguel PayĂĄ y Rico (16 Jan 1874 â 7 June 1886), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo *)
- Victoriano Guisasola y RodrĂguez (10 June 1886 â death 20 Jan 1888)
- JosĂ© MarĂa MartĂn de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 â death 8 Dec 1922)
- Manuel Lago y GonzĂĄlez (24 July 1923 â death 18 March 1925)
- JuliĂĄn de Diego y GarcĂa Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 â death 16 Jan 1927)
- ZacarĂas MartĂnez y NĂșñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 â death 6 Sep 1933)
- TomĂĄs Muniz Pablos (13 August 1935 â death 15 March 1948)
- Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 â death 31 Jan 1949)
- Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 Jun 1949 â death 7 Dec 1971)
- Ăngel SuquĂa Goicoechea (13 Apr 1973 â 12 Apr 1983), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
- Antonio MarĂa Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 â 28 Jul 1994), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid *)
- JuliĂĄn Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 â retired 1 Apr 2023)
- Francisco JosĂ© Prieto FernĂĄndez (1 Apr 2023 â present)
Referencesâ»
- ^ "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
- ^ "Resignations and "Appointments," 01.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. April 1, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Sources and external linksâ»
- (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
- (in English) GCatholic.org, with Google map â Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, data for all sections
- (in English) Catholic Hierarchy â 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