Cartagena (en España) (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

José Manuel Lorca Planes, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 1st Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Granada
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 11,320 (4,372 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdecartagena.org/
Mailing Address: Palacio Episcopal, Plaza del Cardenal Belluga 1, 30001 Murcia, Espana
Telephone: 968.22.13.71
Fax: 968.21.21.72

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pedro Gallego, O.F.M. † ( 1241 Appointed - 1267 Died)
García Martínez † ( 1268 Appointed - 1278 Resigned)
Diego Martínez Magaz † (23 Dec 1278 Appointed - 16 Nov 1300 Died)
Martín Martínez Noloaquisino † (5 Dec 1301 Appointed - 30 Apr 1311 Died)
Juan Muñoz Gómez de Hinojosa † (6 Nov 1311 Appointed - )
Juan de Santo Domingo † (6 Nov 1311 Appointed - 8 Oct 1326 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Pedro Gómez Barroso † (3 Sep 1326 Appointed - 18 Dec 1327 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede)
Pedro Peñaranda † (23 Dec 1327 Appointed - 1349 Died)
Alfonso de Vargas † (24 Jul 1349 Appointed - 4 Aug 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Nicolás Yáñez Gutiérrez de Aguilar † (4 Aug 1361 Appointed - 1372 Died)
Guillén Gumiel † (24 Nov 1372 Appointed - 1383 Died)
Fernando Pedrosa † (12 Dec 1383 Appointed - 1402 Died)
Paolo di Santa María † (30 Jul 1403 Appointed - 18 Dec 1415 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Diego Badán, O.F.M. † (18 Dec 1415 Appointed - 2 Oct 1422 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Guterio Gómez † (2 Oct 1422 Appointed - 1 Apr 1446 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in Palaestina)
Diego de Comontes † (1 Apr 1446 Appointed - 1458 Died)
Lope de Ribas † (20 Mar 1459 Appointed - 1478 Died)
Rodrigo de Borja † (8 Jul 1482 Appointed - 11 Aug 1492 Elected, Pope (Roma {Rome}))
Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † (27 Mar 1493 Appointed - 20 Feb 1495 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Juan Ruiz de Medina † (20 Feb 1495 Appointed - 16 Mar 1502 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Juan Rodríguez Daza † (16 Mar 1502 Appointed - 4 Nov 1504 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Juan Fernández Velasco † (4 Nov 1505 Appointed - 22 Dec 1505 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Martín Fernández de Angulo Saavedra y Luna † (22 Dec 1508 Appointed - 30 Sep 1510 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg † (30 Sep 1510 Appointed - 30 Mar 1540 Died)
Juan Martínez Silíceo † (23 Feb 1541 Appointed - 8 Jan 1546 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Esteban Almeida † (16 Apr 1546 Appointed - 23 Mar 1563 Died)
Gonzalo Arias Gallego † (22 Aug 1565 Appointed - 28 Apr 1575 Died)
Gómez Zapata † (11 Apr 1576 Appointed - 8 Nov 1582 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Jerónimo Manrique de Lara † (19 Jan 1583 Appointed - 5 Apr 1591 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Sancho Dávila y Toledo † (26 Apr 1591 Appointed - 10 Jan 1600 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Juan Zúñiga † (23 Jan 1600 Appointed - 20 Dec 1602 Died)
Alfonso Coloma Sa † (13 Jan 1603 Appointed - 20 Apr 1606 Died)
Francisco Martínez de Cenicero † (13 Aug 1607 Appointed - 3 Aug 1615 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Francisco González Zárate (de Gamarra) † (17 Aug 1615 Appointed - 30 May 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Alfonso Márquez de Prado † (18 Jul 1616 Appointed - 9 Jul 1618 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Antonio Trejo de Sande Paniagua, O.F.M. † (9 Jul 1618 Appointed - 21 Dec 1636 Died)
Francisco de Manso Zuñiga y Sola † (5 Oct 1637 Appointed - 8 Oct 1640 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Mendo de Benavides † (19 Nov 1640 Appointed - 17 Oct 1644 Died)
Juan Vélez de Valdivielso † (21 Aug 1645 Appointed - 1 Jul 1648 Died)
Diego Martínez Zarzosa † (1 Mar 1649 Appointed - 31 Jan 1656 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Andrés Bravo de Salamanca † (18 Sep 1656 Appointed - 13 Mar 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Juan Bravo Lasprilla † (31 Jul 1662 Appointed - 17 Aug 1663 Died)
Mateo Sagade (Zaga de) Bugueiro † (28 Jan 1664 Appointed - 28 Aug 1672 Died)
Francisco de Rojas-Borja y Artés † (29 May 1673 Appointed - 17 Jun 1684 Died)
Antonio Medina Cachón y Ponce de León † (8 Apr 1685 Confirmed - 20 Sep 1694 Died)
Máximo Francisco Joániz de Echalaz † (16 May 1695 Appointed - 17 Nov 1695 Died)
Francisco Fernández de Angulo † (18 Jun 1696 Appointed - 29 Sep 1704 Died)
Luis Antonio Belluga y Moncada, C.O. † (9 Feb 1705 Appointed - 11 Sep 1724 Resigned)
Tomás José Ruiz Montes † (11 Sep 1724 Appointed - 11 Dec 1741 Died)
Juan Mateo López Sáenz, C.R.M. † (9 Jul 1742 Appointed - 14 Oct 1752 Died)
Diego Rojas y Contreras † (12 Mar 1753 Appointed - 10 Nov 1772 Died)
Manuel Rubín y Celis † (15 Mar 1773 Appointed - 9 Aug 1784 Died)
Manuel Felipe Miralles † (27 Jun 1785 Appointed - 15 Jul 1788 Died)
Victoriano López Gonzalo † (14 Dec 1789 Appointed - 21 Nov 1805 Died)
José Jiménez † (31 Mar 1806 Appointed - 1 Dec 1820 Died)
Antonio Posada Rubín de Celis † (24 Sep 1821 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1825 Resigned)
José Antonio Azpeitia y Sáenz de Santamaria † (21 Mar 1825 Confirmed - 1 Nov 1840 Died)
Mariano Benito Barrio y Fernández † (17 Dec 1847 Confirmed - 18 Mar 1861 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Francisco Landeira y Sevilla † (22 Jul 1861 Confirmed - 15 Sep 1876 Died)
Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez † (18 Dec 1876 Confirmed - 10 Jan 1884 Died)
Tomás Bryan y Livermore † (10 Nov 1884 Appointed - 11 Sep 1902 Died)
Vicente Alonso y Salgado, Sch. P. † (25 Jun 1903 Appointed - Jun 1930 Retired)
Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara † (28 Jan 1935 Appointed - 7 Nov 1949 Died)
Ramón Sanahuja y Marcé † (13 May 1950 Appointed - 22 Apr 1969 Retired)
Miguel Roca Cabanellas † (22 Apr 1969 Succeeded - 25 May 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Javier Azagra Labiano † (23 Sep 1978 Appointed - 20 Feb 1998 Retired)
Manuel Ureña Pastor (1 Jul 1998 Appointed - 2 Apr 2005 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Juan Antonio Reig Pla (24 Sep 2005 Appointed - 7 Mar 2009 Appointed, Bishop of Alcalá de Henares)
José Manuel Lorca Planes (18 Jul 2009 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1st Century	Erected		Diocese of Cartagena (en España) (erected)
14 July 1564	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartagena (en España)	Diocese of Orihuela (erected)
2 November 1949	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartagena (en España) (Albacete, Almansa, Casa Ibamez, Chinchilla, Ellin, Gorquera, and Teste) Diocese of Cuenca (La Boda (La Roda, Fuensanta. Madrigueras, Minaya, Gasas de Roldan, Montalvos, Tarazona de la Mancha, and Villalgordo del Jucar)) Diocese of Orihuela (Gaudete)	Diocese of Albacete (erected)
14 March 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartagena (en España) (Santiago de Villena, S. Maria de Villena, and Sax along with Encin)	Diocese of Orihuela
10 July 1957	Territory Lost	Diocese of Cartagena (en España) (Euercal-Overa) Archdiocese of Granada (Berja and Laujar) Diocese of Guadix (Piñara, Alba, Abrucena, Doña María, Escullar, and Ocaña)	Diocese of Almería

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

1950 843,350 843,350 100.0% 228 75 303 2,783 101 860 214 ap1951

1955 827,000 827,536 99.9% 344 74 418 1,978 175 920 221 ap1960

1969 854,866 856,866 99.8% 417 104 521 1,640 172 1,190 210 ap1971

1980 949,467 957,010 99.2% 364 104 468 2,028 184 1,279 293 ap1981

1990 983,949 1,058,000 93.0% 355 97 452 2,176 199 1,171 283 ap1991

1999 1,040,000 1,100,000 94.5% 402 99 501 2,075 155 1,027 289 ap2000

2000 1,040,000 1,115,068 93.3% 413 96 509 2,043 154 934 290 ap2001

2001 1,051,795 1,130,962 93.0% 400 90 490 2,146 143 962 293 ap2002

2002 1,053,762 1,149,328 91.7% 381 93 474 2,223 147 890 290 ap2003

2003 1,092,089 1,190,378 91.7% 384 87 471 2,318 145 949 291 ap2004

2004 1,127,469 1,226,993 91.9% 397 91 488 2,310 151 895 291 ap2005

2006 1,195,792 1,335,792 89.5% 395 91 486 2,460 143 894 291 ap2007

2013 1,253,282 1,474,449 85.0% 403 77 480 2,611 145 744 291 ap2014

2016 1,248,227 1,466,818 85.1% 434 77 511 2,442 132 656 291 ap2017

2019 1,250,100 1,470,273 85.0% 392 61 453 2,759 115 609 291 ap2020

2021 1,023,918 1,493,898 68.5% 365 48 413 2,479 95 573 292 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	843,350	843,350	100.0%	228	75	303	2,783	101	860	214	ap1951
1955	827,000	827,536	99.9%	344	74	418	1,978	175	920	221	ap1960
1969	854,866	856,866	99.8%	417	104	521	1,640	172	1,190	210	ap1971
1980	949,467	957,010	99.2%	364	104	468	2,028	184	1,279	293	ap1981
1990	983,949	1,058,000	93.0%	355	97	452	2,176	199	1,171	283	ap1991
1999	1,040,000	1,100,000	94.5%	402	99	501	2,075	155	1,027	289	ap2000
2000	1,040,000	1,115,068	93.3%	413	96	509	2,043	154	934	290	ap2001
2001	1,051,795	1,130,962	93.0%	400	90	490	2,146	143	962	293	ap2002
2002	1,053,762	1,149,328	91.7%	381	93	474	2,223	147	890	290	ap2003
2003	1,092,089	1,190,378	91.7%	384	87	471	2,318	145	949	291	ap2004
2004	1,127,469	1,226,993	91.9%	397	91	488	2,310	151	895	291	ap2005
2006	1,195,792	1,335,792	89.5%	395	91	486	2,460	143	894	291	ap2007
2013	1,253,282	1,474,449	85.0%	403	77	480	2,611	145	744	291	ap2014
2016	1,248,227	1,466,818	85.1%	434	77	511	2,442	132	656	291	ap2017
2019	1,250,100	1,470,273	85.0%	392	61	453	2,759	115	609	291	ap2020
2021	1,023,918	1,493,898	68.5%	365	48	413	2,479	95	573	292	ap2022