Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Archidioecesis Compostellana Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela ( St James the Greater | |
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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 senior of the five districts in which the church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.[1][2]
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago of Compostela has his "cathedra" – i.e. (archi)episcopal see : from Greek/Latin "seat" – in the
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
, dedicated to the Apostle St. James, after whom Santiago is named.
Extent and statistics
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
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
- See Diocese of Iria Flaviafor 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 IIas 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
- See Diocese of Iria Flaviafor 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Tui(Galicia, Spain) (1394.01.28 – ?)
- 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)
- Archbishop of Sevilla)
- 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)
- S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – death 1545.08.01); next Archbishop of Toledo(1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)
- Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of Palencia(Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1534.06.08)
- (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 Frascati(1555.05.29 – 1557.09.15)
- Soltania(1551.07.10 – ?)
- Cardinal-Priest of the titular churchof 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)
- Orense (Spain) (1556.06.12 – 1565.04.13), Bishop of Málaga(Spain) (1565.04.13 – 1574.06.04)
- Mondoñedo(Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1582.07.26)
- Orense(Spain) (1578.07.07 – 1587.07.27)
- Cádiz (Spain) (1596.09.23 – 1601.08.27), Bishop of Segovia(Spain) (1601.08.27 – 1603.04.21)
- Badajoz(Spain) (1611.11.28 – 1615.01.12)
- 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)
- Pamplona (Spain) (1625.07.28 – 1627.05.17); next Archbishop of Burgos(1630.08.12 – 1631.03.28)
- Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 – 1631.03.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada(Spain) (1626.09.07 – 1630.10.23)
- 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)
- Oviedo (Spain) (1665 – 1667.04.09), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia(Spain) (1667.04.09 – 1668.05.14)
- Pamplona(Spain) (1664.04.28 – 1670.06.02)
- Valladolid (Spain) (1664.06.23 – 1670.06.20), Bishop of Salamanca(Spain) (1670.06.20 – 1681.07.10)
- Michoacán (Mexico) (1680 – 1680)
- Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 July 1716 – 7 Oct 1722), next Metropolitan Archbishop 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
- ^ "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
- (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