Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz
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Co-cathedral of Saint Mary Major of Mérida
The Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz (
Latin: Archidioecesis Emeritensis Augustanus–Pacensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Spain, created in 1255. Until 1994, it was known as the Diocese of Badajoz.[3][4]
History
The Diocese (dioecesis Emeritensis) was a
Visigothic rule. Mérida was also the provincial capital of Lusitania
.
The see prospered in the late 5th century under
Leovigild and his bishop, Sunna
.
The bishopric of
diocese of Córdoba, on the south by the archdiocese of Seville, and on the west by Portugal.[5]
On July 28, 1994, Pope John Paul II established the Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz, making the Church of Saint John Baptist its metropolitan cathedral.[6]
Suffragan dioceses
- Coria–Cáceres
- Plasencia
Ordinaries
Diocese of Badajoz
Erected: 1255
Bishops before 1500
- . . .
- Bernardo (13 Jun 1300 Appointed – )
- . . .
- Juan García Palomeque (24 Oct 1354 – 4 Mar 1373 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
- . . .
- Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. (19 Oct 1461 – 20 Jan 1479 Died)
- Giovanni d’Aragona (20 Jan 1479 – 14 May 1479 Resigned)
- . . .
- Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande (23 Jan 1489 – 27 Mar 1493 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
- Juan Ruiz de Medina (1493–1495 Appointed Bishop of Cartagena)
- Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (1495–1499 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba)
- Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís (6 Sep 1499 – 18 Aug 1516 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
1500s
- O.S.B. (22 Aug 1516 – 4 Jul 1520 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
- O.P.(20 Feb 1521 – 1524 Died)
- Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (26 Oct 1524 – 3 Jul 1525 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
- Pedro González Manso (3 Jul 1525 – 13 Mar 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
- Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado (20 Mar 1532 – 18 Sep 1545 Died)
- Francisco de Navarra y Hualde (14 Dec 1545 – 4 May 1556 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
- Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval (4 May 1556 – 27 May 1562 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
- St. Juan de Ribera (27 May 1562 – 3 Dec 1568 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
- Diego de Simancas (3 Dec 1568 – 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)[7][8]
- O.SS.T.(13 Jun 1578 – 15 Aug 1601 Died)
1600s
- Andrés Fernández de Córdoba y Carvajal (7 Oct 1602 – 1611 Died)
- Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (28 Nov 1611 – 12 Jan 1615 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)[9]
- Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres (16 Nov 1615 – 9 Jul 1618 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
- Bishop of Pamplona)
- Bishop of Coria[10]
- Gabriel Ortiz Sotomayor (3 Dec 1635 – 17 Apr 1640 Died)
- O.S.B.(17 Dec 1640 – 22 Oct 1644 Died)
- O. Cist.(12 Jun 1645 – 28 Feb 1649 Died)
- Bishop of Coria)
- Diego del Castillo y Arteaga (25 Feb 1658 – 21 Sep 1658 Died)
- Gabriel de Esparza Pérez (27 Jan 1659 – 13 Mar 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
- O. de M. (17 Apr 1662 – 9 Apr 1668 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
- O. Cist. (14 May 1668 – 29 May 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
- Francisco Lara (archbishop) (26 Jun 1673 – 1 Mar 1675 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
- Agustín Antolínez (bishop), O.S.A. (6 Dec 1675 – 17 Jul 1677 Died)
- Juan Herrero Jaraba (8 Nov 1677 – 17 Mar 1681 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
- Juan Marín y Rodezno (28 Apr 1681 – 12 Jan 1706 Died)
1700s
- Alfonso Rozado (19 Jul 1706 – 21 Dec 1706 Died)
- Francisco Valero y Losa (7 Nov 1707 – 18 Mar 1715 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
- Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo (8 Jul 1715 – 2 Feb 1729 Died)
- Amador Merino y Malaguillas (8 Feb 1730 – 29 Jan 1755 Died)
- Manuel Pérez Minayo y Zumeda (21 Jul 1755 – 28 Nov 1779 Died)
- Santiago Palmero Escada (11 Dec 1780 – 10 Dec 1781 Died)
- Alonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. (17 Feb 1783 – 8 Feb 1797 Died)
- Gabriel Álvarez de Faria y Sánchez Zarzosa (18 Dec 1797 – 11 Apr 1802 Died)
1800s
- Mateo Delgado y Moreno (9 Aug 1802 – 16 Feb 1841 Died)
- Francisco Javier Rodríguez y Obregón (17 Dec 1847 – 4 Jan 1853 Died)
- Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. (22 Dec 1853 – 23 Dec 1858 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
- Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez (23 Dec 1858 – 23 Dec 1861 Confirmed, Bishop of Vitoria)
- Pantaleón Monserrat y Navarro (7 Apr 1862 – 1 Oct 1863 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona)
- Joaquín Hernández y Herrero (21 Dec 1863 – 25 Sep 1865 Confirmed, Bishop of Segorbe)
- Fernando Ramírez y Vázquez (25 Sep 1865 – 14 Nov 1890 Died)
- Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1 Jun 1891 – 21 May 1894 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba)
- Ramón Torrijos y Gómez (21 May 1894 – 16 Jan 1903 Died)
1900s
- José Hevía y Campomanes, O.P.(25 Jun 1903 – 2 May 1904 Died)
- Félix Soto y Mancera (14 Nov 1904 – 31 Jan 1910 Died)
- Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz (18 Jul 1913 – 11 Jul 1920 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
- Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez (31 Aug 1920 – 7 Jan 1929 Appointed, Bishop of Spain, Military)
- José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda (13 Mar 1930 – 22 Jul 1971 Died)
- Doroteo Fernández y Fernández (22 Jul 1971 – 15 Jan 1979 Resigned)
- Antonio Montero Moreno (3 May 1980 – 9 Jul 2004 Retired)
Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz
Elevated: 28 July 1994
- Antonio Montero Moreno (3 May 1980 – 9 Jul 2004 Retired)
- Santiago García Aracil (9 Jul 2004 – 21 May 2015 Retired)
- Celso Morga Iruzubieta (21 May 2015 Succeeded – )
Auxiliary bishops
- Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga (1614–1628).
Notes
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "Web Translator".
- ^ "Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Badajoz".
- Congregation for Bishops: 936–937
- ^ "Bishop Diego de Simancas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Diego de Simancas" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 5, 2016
- ^ "Archbishop Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 30, 2016
References
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- ISBN 0-19-822543-1.
- Collins, Roger (2004). Visigothic Spain, 409–711. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-631-18185-7.
- Collins, Roger (1992). "King Leovigild and the Conversion of the Visigoths". Law, Culture, and Regionalism in Early Medieval Spain. Great Yarmouth: Variorum. ISBN 0-86078-308-1. Originally published in El Concilio III de Toledo: XIV Centenario, 589–1989. Toledo: Arzobispado de Toledo, 1991.
- Thompson, E. A. (1969). The Goths in Spain. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-814271-4.
- Thompson, E. A. Romans and Barbarians: The Decline of the Western Empire. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982. ISBN 0-299-08700-X.
- Congregation for Bishops: 936–937,
Nova constituitur in Hispania Provincia ecclesiastica Emeritensis Augustana - Pacensis et Sedes ad Metropolitanae Ecclesiae statum attollitur
.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Badjoz". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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