Mondoñedo-Ferrol (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Fernando García Cadiñanos, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 9 March 1959
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 4,524 (1,747 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.mondonedoferrol.org/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza da Catedral 8, 27740 Mondoñedo [Lugo], Espana; Casa de la Iglesia, Calle Miramar s/n, 15401 El Ferrol [A Coruna]; Apartado 176, 15480 El Ferrol [A Coruna], Espana
Telephone: 982.52.10.06; 981.35.32.95
Fax: 982.52.11.56; 981.35.14.33

Historical Details

Diocese of Mondoñedo
- Latin Name: Mindoniensis
- Erected: 1114
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
- Country: Spain

Past and Present Ordinaries

Nuño Alfonso † (23 Mar 1112 Ordained Bishop - 26 Jun 1136 Died)
Rabinato † ( 1176 Appointed - 10 Jul 1199 Died)
Pelayo de Cebeyra † (Dec 1199 Appointed - 3 Nov 1218 Died)
Martín Duniense † (5 Jan 1219 Appointed - 5 Jun 1248 Resigned)
Juan de Sebastián † (11 Oct 1248 Appointed - 2 Mar 1261 Died)
Nuño Pérez † (Jul 1261 Appointed - 9 Feb 1286 Died)
Álvaro Gómez † (11 Aug 1286 Appointed - 18 Mar 1297 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Rodrigo Vázquez † (23 Dec 1297 Appointed - Jul 1318 Died)
Gonzalo † (14 Jan 1319 Appointed - 1326 Died)
Juan † (14 Feb 1327 Appointed - 1329 Died)
Álvaro Pérez de Viedma † (27 Feb 1329 Appointed - 4 Feb 1343 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Vasco † (4 Feb 1343 Appointed - 18 Oct 1346 Died)
Alfonso Sánchez † (23 Mar 1347 Appointed - 13 Nov 1366 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Francisco † (27 Jan 1367 Appointed - 7 May 1393 Died)
Lope de Mendoza † (16 Jun 1393 Appointed - 1399 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Álvaro Núñez de Isorna † ( 1400 Appointed - 19 Aug 1415 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Gil Soutelo † (19 Aug 1415 Appointed - 25 Jun 1426 Died)
Pedro Henríquez de Castro † (15 Jun 1431 Appointed - 21 Aug 1445 Died)
Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña † (10 Nov 1445 Appointed - 22 Apr 1457 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Frederico Fadrique de Guzmán † (22 Apr 1457 Appointed - 1492 Died)
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce † (20 Mar 1493 Appointed - 4 Dec 1495 Appointed, Bishop of Lugo)
Pedro de Munébrega † (27 Jun 1496 Appointed - 1505 Died)
Diego de Muros † (4 Apr 1505 Appointed - 1 Oct 1512 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Diego Pérez Villamuriel † (1 Oct 1512 Appointed - 1520 Died)
Juan Loaysa † (8 Jun 1524 Appointed - 1525 Died)
Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado † (10 Jul 1525 Appointed - 20 Mar 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) † (6 Sep 1532 Appointed - 11 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. Obs. † (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - 3 Apr 1545 Died)
Diego Soto Valera † (27 Nov 1545 Appointed - 21 Aug 1549 Died)
Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † (17 Jul 1550 Appointed - 21 Oct 1558 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. † (23 Jan 1559 Appointed - 2 Jul 1566 Died)
Gonzalo de Solórzano † (13 Jan 1567 Appointed - 18 Feb 1570 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Antonio Luján Luján, O.F.M. † (20 Feb 1570 Appointed - 7 Oct 1570 Died)
Juan de Liermo Hermosa † (4 Jun 1574 Appointed - 8 Jan 1582 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Isidoro Caja de la Jara † (20 Dec 1582 Appointed - 26 May 1593 Died)
Gonzalo Gutiérrez Montilla † (16 Nov 1593 Appointed - 18 Sep 1598 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Diego González Samaniego † (1 Feb 1599 Appointed - 22 Oct 1611 Died)
Alfonso Mesía de Tovar † (18 Jun 1612 Appointed - 27 Feb 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Pedro Fernández Zorrilla † (23 Mar 1616 Appointed - 23 Jul 1618 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Rafael Díaz de Cabrera, O.SS.T. † (6 Aug 1618 Appointed - 30 Sep 1630 Died)
Francisco Villafañe † (12 May 1631 Appointed - 5 Sep 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
Antonio Valdés Herrera † (19 Dec 1633 Appointed - 23 Jun 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga † (21 Jun 1638 Appointed - 14 Aug 1644 Died)
Juan Juániz de Echalar † (31 Jul 1645 Confirmed - 16 Dec 1647 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. † (13 Jan 1648 Appointed - 4 Sep 1662 Died)
Dionisio Pérez Escobosa † (23 Apr 1663 Confirmed - 9 Jul 1668 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Luis Tello de Olivares † (26 Nov 1668 Appointed - 16 May 1671 Died)
Sebastián de Arévalo y Torres, O.F.M. † (16 May 1672 Appointed - 20 Apr 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
Gabriel Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. † (25 May 1682 Appointed - 22 Oct 1689 Died)
Miguel Quijada, O. Cist. † (27 Sep 1690 Appointed - 31 May 1698 Died)
Manuel Francisco Navarrete y Ladrón de Guevara † (1 Jun 1699 Appointed - 18 May 1705 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Juan Antonio Muñoz Salcedo, O.S.H. † (20 Jul 1705 Appointed - 5 May 1728 Died)
Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. † (21 Sep 1728 Appointed - 18 Oct 1751 Died)
Juan Manuel de Escobar y de la Carrera † (24 Apr 1752 Appointed - 27 Jul 1752 Died)
Carlos Antonio Riomol y Quiroga † (17 Nov 1752 Appointed - 1 Mar 1761 Died)
José Francisco Losada Quiroga † (23 Nov 1761 Appointed - 30 Jun 1779 Died)
Francisco Cuadrillero Mota † (11 Dec 1780 Appointed - 23 Mar 1797 Died)
Andrés Aguiar Caamaño † (18 Dec 1797 Appointed - 12 Nov 1815 Died)
Bartolomé Cienfuegos † (22 Jul 1816 Appointed - 22 Jan 1827 Died)
Franciso López Borricón † (25 Jun 1827 Appointed - 10 Dec 1839 Died)
Tomás Iglesias y Bárcones † (20 May 1850 Confirmed - 31 Aug 1852 Resigned)
Telmo Maceira † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 28 Sep 1855 Confirmed, Bishop of Tuy)
Ponciano Arciniega † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 3 Sep 1868 Died)
Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista † (5 Jul 1875 Confirmed - 6 Feb 1877 Died)
José Manuel Palacios y López † (25 Jun 1877 Confirmed - 2 Dec 1885 Died)
José María Cos y Macho † (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 14 Feb 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba)
Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez † (30 Dec 1889 Appointed - 2 Jul 1905 Died)
Juan José Solís y Fernández † (14 Dec 1905 Appointed - 24 Feb 1931 Died)
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro † (1 May 1935 Appointed - 8 Aug 1944 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † (25 Nov 1945 Appointed - 4 Jun 1949 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Mariano Vega Mestre † (5 Oct 1950 Appointed - 24 Apr 1957 Died)
Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † (12 Sep 1957 Appointed - 18 Nov 1968 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias † (2 Jul 1970 Appointed - 20 May 1985 Resigned)
José Gea Escolano † (15 May 1987 Appointed - 6 Jun 2005 Retired)
Manuel Sánchez Monge (6 Jun 2005 Appointed - 6 May 2015 Appointed, Bishop of Santander)
Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, C.M.F. (16 Mar 2016 Appointed - 21 Oct 2020 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Fernando García Cadiñanos (1 Jul 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Mondoñedo
1114	Erected		Diocese of Mondoñedo (erected)
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mondoñedo (Camarinas, Jomes, and Miño)	Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Mondoñedo (Mellid with 6 parishes in Lugo)	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Lugo (Begonte with 4 parishes)	Diocese of Mondoñedo
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Oviedo (Taramundi, Buron, and Suarna in Lugo)	Diocese of Mondoñedo
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
9 March 1959	Name Changed	Diocese of Mondoñedo	Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

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

Diocese of Mondoñedo

1950 320,750 321,400 99.8% 345 42 387 828 66 174 401 ap1951

Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

1970 348,000 .0% 274 38 312 0 53 540 420 ap1971

1980 325,900 327,000 99.7% 294 25 319 1,021 33 476 421 ap1981

1990 340,000 342,000 99.4% 217 27 244 1,393 35 406 424 ap1991

1999 355,000 360,000 98.6% 209 18 227 1,563 23 302 424 ap2000

2000 357,000 362,000 98.6% 205 17 222 1,608 22 287 424 ap2001

2001 358,000 364,000 98.4% 209 14 223 1,605 21 296 420 ap2002

2002 360,000 366,000 98.4% 214 11 225 1,600 19 225 424 ap2003

2003 298,073 301,095 99.0% 183 17 200 1,490 35 258 426 ap2004

2004 286,097 288,998 99.0% 181 23 204 1,402 29 303 426 ap2005

2013 291,100 292,200 99.6% 147 11 158 1,842 15 211 422 ap2014

2016 271,541 273,376 99.3% 138 10 148 1,834 14 213 422 ap2017

2019 263,524 265,415 99.3% 115 10 125 2,108 13 175 422 ap2020

2021 259,936 261,879 99.3% 103 8 111 2,341 12 164 422 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Mondoñedo
1950	320,750	321,400	99.8%	345	42	387	828	66	174	401	ap1951
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
1970		348,000	.0%	274	38	312	0	53	540	420	ap1971
1980	325,900	327,000	99.7%	294	25	319	1,021	33	476	421	ap1981
1990	340,000	342,000	99.4%	217	27	244	1,393	35	406	424	ap1991
1999	355,000	360,000	98.6%	209	18	227	1,563	23	302	424	ap2000
2000	357,000	362,000	98.6%	205	17	222	1,608	22	287	424	ap2001
2001	358,000	364,000	98.4%	209	14	223	1,605	21	296	420	ap2002
2002	360,000	366,000	98.4%	214	11	225	1,600	19	225	424	ap2003
2003	298,073	301,095	99.0%	183	17	200	1,490	35	258	426	ap2004
2004	286,097	288,998	99.0%	181	23	204	1,402	29	303	426	ap2005
2013	291,100	292,200	99.6%	147	11	158	1,842	15	211	422	ap2014
2016	271,541	273,376	99.3%	138	10	148	1,834	14	213	422	ap2017
2019	263,524	265,415	99.3%	115	10	125	2,108	13	175	422	ap2020
2021	259,936	261,879	99.3%	103	8	111	2,341	12	164	422	ap2022

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

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Andrés Aguiar Caamaño † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 12 Nov 1815)
Nuño Alfonso † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1112 to 26 Jun 1136)
Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias † (Bishop: 2 Jul 1970 to 20 May 1985)
Ponciano Arciniega † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1857 to 3 Sep 1868)
Sebastián de Arévalo y Torres, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 16 May 1672 to 20 Apr 1682)
Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † (Bishop: 12 Sep 1957 to 18 Nov 1968)
Benjamín de Arriba y Castro † (Bishop: 1 May 1935 to 8 Aug 1944)
Rafael Balanzá y Navarro † (Apostolic Administrator: 28 Feb 1931 to 19 Jun 1935)
Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 17 Jul 1550 to 21 Oct 1558)
Isidoro Caja de la Jara † (Bishop: 20 Dec 1582 to 26 May 1593)
Pelayo de Cebeyra † (Bishop: Dec 1199 to 3 Nov 1218)
Bartolomé Cienfuegos † (Bishop: 22 Jul 1816 to 22 Jan 1827)
José María Cos y Macho † (Priest: Sep 1862; Bishop: 10 Jun 1886 to 14 Feb 1889)
Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista † (Bishop: 5 Jul 1875 to 6 Feb 1877)
Francisco Cuadrillero Mota † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1780 to 23 Mar 1797)
Rafael Díaz de Cabrera, O.SS.T. † (Bishop: 6 Aug 1618 to 30 Sep 1630)
Martín Duniense † (Bishop: 5 Jan 1219 to 5 Jun 1248)
Juan Manuel de Escobar y de la Carrera † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1752 to 27 Jul 1752)
Frederico Fadrique de Guzmán † (Bishop: 22 Apr 1457 to 1492)
Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez † (Bishop: 30 Dec 1889 to 2 Jul 1905)
Pedro Fernández Zorrilla † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1616 to 23 Jul 1618)
José Gea Escolano † (Bishop: 15 May 1987 to 6 Jun 2005)
Álvaro Gómez † (Bishop: 11 Aug 1286 to 18 Mar 1297)
Diego González Samaniego † (Bishop: 1 Feb 1599 to 22 Oct 1611)
Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1537 to 3 Apr 1545)
Gonzalo Gutiérrez Montilla † (Bishop: 16 Nov 1593 to 18 Sep 1598)
Pedro Henríquez de Castro † (Bishop: 15 Jun 1431 to 21 Aug 1445)
Tomás Iglesias y Bárcones † (Bishop: 20 May 1850 to 31 Aug 1852)
Juan Juániz de Echalar † (Bishop: 31 Jul 1645 to 16 Dec 1647)
Juan de Liermo Hermosa † (Bishop: 4 Jun 1574 to 8 Jan 1582)
Juan Loaysa † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1524 to 1525)
Franciso López Borricón † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1827 to 10 Dec 1839)
José Francisco Losada Quiroga † (Bishop: 23 Nov 1761 to 30 Jun 1779)
Antonio Luján Luján, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1570 to 7 Oct 1570)
Telmo Maceira † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 28 Sep 1855)
Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1559 to 2 Jul 1566)
Lope de Mendoza † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1393 to 1399)
Alfonso Mesía de Tovar † (Bishop: 18 Jun 1612 to 27 Feb 1616)
Pedro de Munébrega † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1496 to 1505)
Juan Antonio Muñoz Salcedo, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 20 Jul 1705 to 5 May 1728)
Diego de Muros † (Bishop: 4 Apr 1505 to 1 Oct 1512)
Manuel Francisco Navarrete y Ladrón de Guevara † (Bishop: 1 Jun 1699 to 18 May 1705)
Álvaro Núñez de Isorna † (Bishop: 1400 to 19 Aug 1415)
Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) † (Bishop: 6 Sep 1532 to 11 Apr 1537)
José Manuel Palacios y López † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1877 to 2 Dec 1885)
Nuño Pérez † (Bishop: Jul 1261 to 9 Feb 1286)
Álvaro Pérez de Viedma † (Bishop: 27 Feb 1329 to 4 Feb 1343)
Dionisio Pérez Escobosa † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1663 to 9 Jul 1668)
Diego Pérez Villamuriel † (Bishop: 1 Oct 1512 to 1520)
Miguel Quijada, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1690 to 31 May 1698)
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † (Bishop: 25 Nov 1945 to 4 Jun 1949)
Gabriel Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. † (Bishop: 25 May 1682 to 22 Oct 1689)
Carlos Antonio Riomol y Quiroga † (Bishop: 17 Nov 1752 to 1 Mar 1761)
Alfonso Sánchez † (Bishop: 23 Mar 1347 to 13 Nov 1366)
Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1638 to 14 Aug 1644)
Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 21 Sep 1728 to 18 Oct 1751)
Juan de Sebastián † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1248 to 2 Mar 1261)
Juan José Solís y Fernández † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1905 to 24 Feb 1931)
Gonzalo de Solórzano † (Bishop: 13 Jan 1567 to 18 Feb 1570)
Diego Soto Valera † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1545 to 21 Aug 1549)
Gil Soutelo † (Bishop: 19 Aug 1415 to 25 Jun 1426)
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce † (Bishop: 20 Mar 1493 to 4 Dec 1495)
Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1525 to 20 Mar 1532)
Luis Tello de Olivares † (Bishop: 26 Nov 1668 to 16 May 1671)
Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 13 Jan 1648 to 4 Sep 1662)
Antonio Valdés Herrera † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1633 to 23 Jun 1636)
Rodrigo Vázquez † (Bishop: 23 Dec 1297 to Jul 1318)
Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1445 to 22 Apr 1457)
Mariano Vega Mestre † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1950 to 24 Apr 1957)
Francisco Villafañe † (Bishop: 12 May 1631 to 5 Sep 1633)
Francisco † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1367 to 7 May 1393)
Gonzalo † (Bishop: 14 Jan 1319 to 1326)
Juan † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1327 to 1329)
Rabinato † (Bishop: 1176 to 10 Jul 1199)
Vasco † (Bishop: 4 Feb 1343 to 18 Oct 1346)

Source(s)

Diocese of Mondoñedo
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 343
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 193
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 245
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 243
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 268, and Page 269
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 289
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 50, to Page 53
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 612, and Page 613

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