Tarragona (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Past and Present Ordinaries

Cesáreo † ( 956 Appointed - 981 Died)
St. Olegario † (21 Mar 1118 Appointed - 6 Mar 1137 Died)
Gregorio , O.S.B. † ( 1143 Appointed - 25 Mar 1146 Died)
Bernardo Tort † (May 1146 Appointed - 28 Jun 1163 Died)
Hug de Cervelló † (14 Jul 1163 Appointed - 17 Apr 1171 Died)
Guillermo de Torroja † (25 Jun 1172 Appointed - 7 Mar 1174 Died)
Berenguer de Vilademuls † (21 Mar 1174 Appointed - 16 Feb 1194 Died)
Ramón de Castellterçol † (17 Nov 1194 Appointed - 4 Nov 1198 Died)
Ramón de Rocabertí † (Mar 1199 Appointed - 6 Jan 1215 Died)
Espárago de La Barca † (23 Feb 1215 Appointed - 3 Mar 1233 Died)
Guillem de Montgrí † ( 1234 Appointed - 1237 Resigned)
Pedro Albalat, O. Cist. † ( 1238 Appointed - 2 Jul 1251 Died)
Benito de Rocaberti † (9 Aug 1251 Appointed - 2 May 1268 Died)
Bernardo Olivella † (24 May 1272 Appointed - 29 Oct 1287 Died)
Rodrigo de Tello † (6 Oct 1288 Appointed - 16 Dec 1307 Died)
Guillermo de Rocaberti † (12 Apr 1309 Appointed - 25 Feb 1315 Died)
Jimeno de Luna † (26 Mar 1317 Appointed - 17 Aug 1328 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Juan de Aragón † (17 Aug 1328 Appointed - 18 Aug 1334 Died)
Arnaldo de Cescomes † (7 Oct 1334 Appointed - 9 Sep 1346 Died)
Sancho López de Ayerbe, O.F.M. † (30 Oct 1346 Appointed - 22 Aug 1357 Died)
Pedro Amariz (Clasquerin) † (30 Oct 1357 Appointed - 10 Jan 1380 Died)
Íñigo Vallterra Sánchez de Heredia † (28 May 1380 Appointed - 17 Feb 1407 Died)
Pedro Zagarriga † (15 Jun 1407 Appointed - 31 Dec 1418 Died)
Dalmacio (Dalmau) de Mur y Cervellón † (17 Jan 1419 Appointed - 18 Apr 1431 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Gonzalo de Yxart † (18 Apr 1431 Appointed - 11 Nov 1433 Died)
Domingo Ram i Lanaja, C.R.S.A. † (24 Mar 1434 Appointed - 7 Mar 1444 Appointed, Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina)
Pedro de Urrea † ( 1445 Appointed - 9 Sep 1489 Died)
Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia † (14 Jun 1490 Appointed - 21 Nov 1511 Died)
Alfonso de Aragón y Sánchez † (1 Oct 1512 Appointed - 26 Aug 1514 Died)
Pedro Folch y Cardona † (8 Jan 1515 Appointed - 11 Apr 1530 Died)
Luis Cardona † (23 Jan 1531 Appointed - 13 Nov 1532 Died)
Girolamo Doria † (8 May 1533 Appointed - 25 Mar 1558 Died)
Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. † (26 Apr 1560 Appointed - 28 Apr 1567 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia † (1 Oct 1567 Appointed - 14 Apr 1568 Died)
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † (23 Jul 1568 Appointed - 17 Oct 1575 Died)
Antonio Agustín † (17 Dec 1576 Appointed - 31 May 1586 Died)
Juan Terés † (17 Mar 1587 Appointed - 10 Jul 1603 Died)
Juan Vich Manrique de Lara † (10 May 1604 Appointed - 4 Mar 1612 Died)
Juan de Moncada † (30 Jul 1612 Appointed - 3 Nov 1622 Died)
Juan Hoces † (29 Mar 1624 Appointed - 22 May 1626 Died)
Juan Guzmán, O.F.M. † (6 Oct 1627 Appointed - 6 Jun 1633 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. † (28 Nov 1633 Appointed - 1 May 1637 Died)
Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés † (8 Jan 1653 Appointed - 23 Apr 1663 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Ávila)
Juan Emanuel de Espinosa, O.S.B. † (26 Nov 1663 Appointed - 12 Feb 1679 Died)
José Sanchís y Ferrandis (Jerez), O. de M. † (27 Nov 1679 Appointed - 26 Mar 1694 Died)
José Llinás y Aznar, O. de M. † (11 Oct 1694 Appointed - 15 Nov 1710 Died)
Isidoro Bertrán García † (1 Aug 1712 Appointed - 10 Oct 1719 Died)
Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí † (16 Dec 1720 Appointed - 24 Mar 1721 Died)
Manuel Samaniego Jaca † (1 Dec 1721 Appointed - 20 Sep 1728 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Pedro Copóns Copóns † (15 Dec 1728 Appointed - 19 Apr 1753 Died)
Jaime Cortada y Brú † (26 Sep 1753 Appointed - 27 Apr 1762 Died)
Lorenzo Despuig Cotoner † (18 Jul 1763 Appointed - 22 Jul 1764 Died)
Juan Lario y Lancis † (20 Aug 1764 Appointed - 6 Sep 1777 Died)
Joaquín Santiyán y Valdivieso † (1 Mar 1779 Appointed - 5 Jul 1783 Died)
Francisco Armañá Font, O.E.S.A. † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 4 May 1803 Died)
Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (26 Sep 1803 Appointed - 23 Sep 1816 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Antonio Bergosa y Jordán † (15 Nov 1817 Confirmed - 18 Jul 1819 Died)
Santiago Creus y Martí † (29 May 1820 Appointed - 17 Sep 1825 Died)
Antonio Fernando José de Echánove y Zaldívar † (13 Mar 1826 Appointed - 14 Nov 1854 Died)
José Domingo Costa y Borrás † (3 Aug 1857 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1864 Died)
Francisco Fleix y Soláns † (22 Sep 1864 Confirmed - 28 Jul 1870 Died)
Esteban José Pérez Fernández † (16 Jan 1874 Appointed - 5 Jul 1875 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Málaga)
Constantino Bonet y Zanuy † (17 Sep 1875 Confirmed - 10 Oct 1878 Died)
José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila † (28 Feb 1879 Confirmed - 3 Sep 1888 Died)
Tomás Costa y Fornaguera † (27 May 1889 Appointed - 10 Oct 1911 Died)
Antolín López y Peláez † (18 Jul 1913 Appointed - 23 Dec 1918 Died)
Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † (7 May 1919 Appointed - 13 Sep 1943 Died)
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena † (29 Mar 1944 Appointed - 16 Sep 1948 Died)
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro † (22 Jan 1949 Appointed - 19 Nov 1970 Retired)
José Pont y Gol † (23 Nov 1970 Appointed - 11 Apr 1983 Retired)
Ramón Torrella Cascante † (11 Apr 1983 Appointed - 20 Feb 1997 Retired)
Lluís Martínez Sistach (20 Feb 1997 Appointed - 15 Jun 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Barcelona)
Jaume Pujol Balcells (15 Jun 2004 Appointed - 4 May 2019 Retired)
Joan Planellas i Barnosell (4 May 2019 Appointed - )

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Tarragona
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Tarragona (erected)
Archdiocese of Tarragona
5th Century	Elevated	Diocese of Tarragona	Archdiocese of Tarragona
6 June 1957	Territory Added	Diocese of Barcelona (21 Parishes (in Province of Tarragona)) Diocese of Vic (9 Parishes (in Province of Tarragona))	Archdiocese of Tarragona

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Tarragona

1950 215,000 215,000 100.0% 248 35 283 759 130 625 151 ap1951

1969 260,000 263,000 98.9% 285 70 355 732 60 940 131 ap1971

1980 343,000 350,000 98.0% 185 74 259 1,324 196 819 193 ap1981

1990 366,000 375,000 97.6% 185 63 248 1,475 1 158 788 193 ap1991

1999 368,000 381,000 96.6% 149 48 197 1,868 3 124 557 198 ap2000

2000 396,000 411,950 96.1% 148 47 195 2,030 4 120 555 198 ap2001

2001 406,000 422,909 96.0% 413 43 456 890 4 113 525 199 ap2002

2002 409,000 427,000 95.8% 143 40 183 2,234 5 108 523 199 ap2003

2003 437,000 456,526 95.7% 144 40 184 2,375 5 104 519 199 ap2004

2004 437,000 456,526 95.7% 141 42 183 2,387 5 107 512 199 ap2005

2010 517,800 549,500 94.2% 136 38 174 2,975 5 110 396 200 ap2011

2014 520,000 619,538 83.9% 131 34 165 3,151 5 95 439 200 ap2015

2017 517,350 615,631 84.0% 138 25 163 3,173 9 83 348 200 ap2018

2020 523,500 623,230 84.0% 114 25 139 3,766 7 88 254 200 ap2021

2022 536,104 638,237 84.0% 105 26 131 4,092 8 81 230 201 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Tarragona
1950	215,000	215,000	100.0%	248	35	283	759		130	625	151	ap1951
1969	260,000	263,000	98.9%	285	70	355	732		60	940	131	ap1971
1980	343,000	350,000	98.0%	185	74	259	1,324		196	819	193	ap1981
1990	366,000	375,000	97.6%	185	63	248	1,475	1	158	788	193	ap1991
1999	368,000	381,000	96.6%	149	48	197	1,868	3	124	557	198	ap2000
2000	396,000	411,950	96.1%	148	47	195	2,030	4	120	555	198	ap2001
2001	406,000	422,909	96.0%	413	43	456	890	4	113	525	199	ap2002
2002	409,000	427,000	95.8%	143	40	183	2,234	5	108	523	199	ap2003
2003	437,000	456,526	95.7%	144	40	184	2,375	5	104	519	199	ap2004
2004	437,000	456,526	95.7%	141	42	183	2,387	5	107	512	199	ap2005
2010	517,800	549,500	94.2%	136	38	174	2,975	5	110	396	200	ap2011
2014	520,000	619,538	83.9%	131	34	165	3,151	5	95	439	200	ap2015
2017	517,350	615,631	84.0%	138	25	163	3,173	9	83	348	200	ap2018
2020	523,500	623,230	84.0%	114	25	139	3,766	7	88	254	200	ap2021
2022	536,104	638,237	84.0%	105	26	131	4,092	8	81	230	201	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Antonio Agustín † (Archbishop: 17 Dec 1576 to 31 May 1586)
Pedro Albalat, O. Cist. † (Archbishop: 1238 to 2 Jul 1251)
Pedro Amariz (Clasquerin) † (Archbishop: 30 Oct 1357 to 10 Jan 1380)
Juan de Aragón † (Archbishop: 17 Aug 1328 to 18 Aug 1334)
Alfonso de Aragón y Sánchez † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1512 to 26 Aug 1514)
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1944 to 16 Sep 1948)
Francisco Armañá Font, O.E.S.A. † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 4 May 1803)
Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia † (Archbishop: 1 Oct 1567 to 14 Apr 1568)
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro † (Archbishop: 22 Jan 1949 to 19 Nov 1970)
Antonio Bergosa y Jordán † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1817 to 18 Jul 1819)
Isidoro Bertrán García † (Archbishop: 1 Aug 1712 to 10 Oct 1719)
Constantino Bonet y Zanuy † (Archbishop: 17 Sep 1875 to 10 Oct 1878)
Manuel Borras y Ferré † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Apr 1934 to 12 Aug 1936)
Ramón Calvó y Martí, O.F.M. †
Luis Cardona † (Archbishop: 23 Jan 1531 to 13 Nov 1532)
Galcerán Cassanyach, O. Carm. †
Laureano Castán Lacoma † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Feb 1954 to 7 Feb 1964)
Ramón de Castellterçol † (Archbishop: 17 Nov 1194 to 4 Nov 1198)
Gaspar Cervantes de Gaete † (Archbishop: 23 Jul 1568 to 17 Oct 1575)
Hug de Cervelló † (Archbishop: 14 Jul 1163 to 17 Apr 1171)
Arnaldo de Cescomes † (Archbishop: 7 Oct 1334 to 9 Sep 1346)
Pedro Copóns Copóns † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1728 to 19 Apr 1753)
Jaime Cortada y Brú † (Archbishop: 26 Sep 1753 to 27 Apr 1762)
José Domingo Costa y Borrás † (Archbishop: 3 Aug 1857 to 14 Apr 1864)
Tomás Costa y Fornaguera † (Archbishop: 27 May 1889 to 10 Oct 1911)
Santiago Creus y Martí † (Archbishop: 29 May 1820 to 17 Sep 1825)
Dalmacio (Dalmau) de Mur y Cervellón † (Archbishop: 17 Jan 1419 to 18 Apr 1431)
Lorenzo Despuig Cotoner † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1763 to 22 Jul 1764)
Michael (Miguel) Domenec, C.M. †
Girolamo Doria † (Administrator: 8 May 1533 to 25 Mar 1558)
Antonio Fernando José de Echánove y Zaldívar † (Archbishop: 13 Mar 1826 to 14 Nov 1854)
Juan Emanuel de Espinosa, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 26 Nov 1663 to 12 Feb 1679)
Juan Estelrich † (Auxiliary Bishop: 17 May 1610 to 14 Nov 1622)
Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1490 to 21 Nov 1511)
Francisco Fleix y Soláns † (Archbishop: 22 Sep 1864 to 28 Jul 1870)
Pedro Folch y Cardona † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1515 to 11 Apr 1530)
Isidro Gomá y Tomás † (Priest: 8 Jun 1895 to 20 Jun 1927)
Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinos †
Juan Guzmán, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1627 to 6 Jun 1633)
Juan Hoces † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1624 to 22 May 1626)
Espárago de La Barca † (Archbishop: 23 Feb 1215 to 3 Mar 1233)
Juan Lario y Lancis † (Archbishop: 20 Aug 1764 to 6 Sep 1777)
José Llinás y Aznar, O. de M. † (Archbishop: 11 Oct 1694 to 15 Nov 1710)
Fernando de Loaces (Loazes), O.P. † (Archbishop: 26 Apr 1560 to 28 Apr 1567)
Sancho López de Ayerbe, O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 30 Oct 1346 to 22 Aug 1357)
Antolín López y Peláez † (Archbishop: 18 Jul 1913 to 23 Dec 1918)
Jimeno de Luna † (Archbishop: 26 Mar 1317 to 17 Aug 1328)
Jaime Mas †
José Ramón Silvestre Masiá y Vidiella, O.F.M. Obs. †
Juan de Moncada † (Archbishop: 30 Jul 1612 to 3 Nov 1622)
Guillem de Montgrí † (Archbishop: 1234 to 1237)
Romualdo Antonio Mon y Velarde † (Archbishop: 26 Sep 1803 to 23 Sep 1816)
José Mora † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Dec 1683 to 1707)
Bernardo Olivella † (Archbishop: 24 May 1272 to 29 Oct 1287)
Antonio Palau y Térmens †
Antonio Pérez, O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 28 Nov 1633 to 1 May 1637)
Juan Perez † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1498)
Lorenzo Pérez † (Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jan 1502 to 9 Dec 1542)
Esteban José Pérez Fernández † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1874 to 5 Jul 1875)
Miguel Ponte, O.F.M. Conv. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Jun 1543)
José Pont y Gol † (Archbishop: 23 Nov 1970 to 11 Apr 1983)
Domingo Ram i Lanaja, C.R.S.A. † (Administrator: 24 Mar 1434; Archbishop: 4 Jul 1440 to 7 Mar 1444)
Francisco Robuster Sala †
Cristóbal Robuster y Senmanat †
Benito de Rocaberti † (Archbishop: 9 Aug 1251 to 2 May 1268)
Guillermo de Rocaberti † (Archbishop: 12 Apr 1309 to 25 Feb 1315)
Ramón de Rocabertí † (Archbishop: Mar 1199 to 6 Jan 1215)
Adolfo Rodríguez Vidal †
Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1653 to 23 Apr 1663)
Francisco Roures, O.P. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1544 to 24 May 1558)
Gil Ruiz de Lihori, C.R.S.A. †
Manuel Samaniego Jaca † (Archbishop: 1 Dec 1721 to 20 Sep 1728)
José Sanchís y Ferrandis (Jerez), O. de M. † (Archbishop: 27 Nov 1679 to 26 Mar 1694)
Joaquín Santiyán y Valdivieso † (Archbishop: 1 Mar 1779 to 5 Jul 1783)
St. Pedro Sanz y Jordá, O.P. †
Ramón Strauch y Vidal, O.F.M. Obs. †
Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1720 to 24 Mar 1721)
Rodrigo de Tello † (Archbishop: 6 Oct 1288 to 16 Dec 1307)
Juan Terés † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Feb 1575 to 22 May 1579; Archbishop: 17 Mar 1587 to 10 Jul 1603)
Ramón Torrella Cascante † (Archbishop: 11 Apr 1983 to 20 Feb 1997)
Guillermo de Torroja † (Archbishop: 25 Jun 1172 to 7 Mar 1174)
Bernardo Tort † (Archbishop: May 1146 to 28 Jun 1163)
Pedro de Urrea † (Archbishop: 1445 to 9 Sep 1489)
Íñigo Vallterra Sánchez de Heredia † (Archbishop: 28 May 1380 to 17 Feb 1407)
Juan Vich Manrique de Lara † (Archbishop: 10 May 1604 to 4 Mar 1612)
Francisco de Asís Vidal y Barraquer † (Priest: 17 Sep 1899 to 10 Nov 1913; Archbishop: 7 May 1919 to 13 Sep 1943)
Tomás Vidal y de Nin, O. Cist. †
Berenguer de Vilademuls † (Archbishop: 21 Mar 1174 to 16 Feb 1194)
José Raimundo Benito Vilamitjana y Vila † (Archbishop: 28 Feb 1879 to 3 Sep 1888)
Francisco Virgili †
Gonzalo de Yxart † (Archbishop: 18 Apr 1431 to 11 Nov 1433)
Pedro Zagarriga † (Archbishop: 15 Jun 1407 to 31 Dec 1418)
Jerónimo Zolivera † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Feb 1672 to 11 Jan 1683)
Cesáreo † (Archbishop: 956 to 981)
Gregorio , O.S.B. † (Archbishop: 1143 to 25 Mar 1146)
St. Olegario † (Archbishop: 21 Mar 1118 to 6 Mar 1137)

Source(s)

Diocese of Tarragona
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 76, to Page 77
Archdiocese of Tarragona
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 478, and Page 479
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 248
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 308
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 328
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 369
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 394
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 359
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 864, and Page 865

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