Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Spain

For the archdiocese in Mexico, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León. For the diocese in Nicaragua, see Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua.

Diocese of León Dioecesis Legionensis Diócesis de León
León Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Oviedo
Metropolitan	Oviedo
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 315,452 314,172 (99.6%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Way in León
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Julián López Martín
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jesús Sanz Montes
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of León (Latin: Legionen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.

History

• 4th century: Established as Diocese of León

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Real Basílica de San Isidoro de León, León

Bishops of León

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• Oveco Núñez (927/928–950)

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• Pedro I (c.1087–c.1111)
• Diego (1112/3–1130)

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• Gonzalo Osorio Villalobos (6 Nov 1301 - 12 Jul 1313 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
• Pierre Benoît ou de Guémené (Pierre Benoît de Guémené)(Pierre de Nantes)(1328 - ?) on 14 Jul 1349 Appointed, Bishop of Saint-Malo)
• Juan del Campo (2 Dec 1332 - 24 May 1344 Died)
• Diego Ramírez de Guzmán (1344-1354)
• Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, O.S.A. (31 Aug 1360 - 19 Nov 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Toul)
• Juan de Mella (12 Apr 1434 - Did Not Take Effect)
• Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (31 Jul 1460 - 26 Jan 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
• Giacopo Antonio Venier (16 Sep 1464 - 6 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Rodrigo de Vergara (6 Oct 1469 - 18 Jun 1478 Died)
• Luis Velasco (1478 - 1484 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Iñigo Manrique de Lara ( 1484 - 1485 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Alonso de Valdivieso ( 1485 - 21 May 1500 Died)
• Francisco Desprats (4 Dec 1500 - 10 Sep 1504 Died)
• Juan de Vera (14 May 1505 - 4 May 1507 Died)
• Francesco Alidosi ( 1507 - 24 May 1511 Died)
• Luigi d'Aragona (6 Jun 1511 - 17 Dec 1516 Resigned)
• Esteban Gabriel Merino (17 Dec 1516 - 12 Jun 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Pedro Manuel (12 Jun 1523 - 17 Jun 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
• Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (8 Jan 1535 - 21 May 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
• Fernando Valdés (30 May 1539 - 29 Oct 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (29 Oct 1539 - 2 Jun 1542 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Esteban Almeida (2 Jun 1542 - 16 Apr 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
• Juan Fernández Temiño (19 Jul 1546 - 9 Nov 1556 Died)
• Andrés de la Cuesta (10 Dec 1557 - 1564 Died)
• Juan de San Millán (28 Jul 1564 - 11 Apr 1578 Died)
• Francisco Trujillo Garcia (5 Sep 1578 - 14 Nov 1592 Died)
• Juan Alonso Moscoso (30 Aug 1593 - 9 May 1603 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga)
• Andrés de Casso, O.P. (12 Jun 1603 - 13 May 1607 Died)
• Francisco Terrones del Caño (3 Mar 1608 - 13 Mar 1613 Died)
• Alonso González Aguilar (23 Sep 1613 - 2 Dec 1615 Died)
• Juan Llano Valdés (5 Sep 1616 - 9 Aug 1622 Died)
• Juan Molina Alvarez (20 Mar 1623 - Nov 1623 Died)
• Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, O.S.H. (16 Sep 1624 - 31 Jan 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Valladolid)
• Bartolomé Santos de Risoba (26 Sep 1633 - 9 Dec 1649 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. (10 Jan 1650 - 28 Aug 1656 Confirmed, Bishop of Segovia)
• Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) (18 Sep 1656 - 14 Sep 1659 Died)
• Juan Bravo Lasprilla (7 Jun 1660 - 31 Jul 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
• Juan Vande-Escarth y Briceño, O.S.H. (12 Jan 1665 - 6 Apr 1672 Died)
• Juan Álvarez Osorio (12 Dec 1672 - 22 Jan 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Juan Aparicio Navarro (7 Oct 1680 - 6 Nov 1696 Died)
• José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez (3 Jun 1697 - 7 Apr 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada (28 Apr 1704 - 13 Jun 1714 Confirmed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera (17 Sep 1714 - 17 Apr 1718 Died)
• Martín Zalayeta Lizarza (27 May 1720 - 11 Sep 1728 Died)
• Juan Fernández Zapata (3 Aug 1729 - 12 Oct 1729 Died)
• Francisco de la Torre Herrera (24 Jul 1730 - 1 Feb 1735 Died)
• José de Llupiá y Roger, O.S.B. (19 Dec 1735 - 21 Nov 1752 Died)
• Alfonso Fernández Pantoja (9 Apr 1753 - 6 Nov 1761 Died)
• Pascual de los Herreros (23 Aug 1762 - 3 Mar 1770 Died)
• Baltasar Yusta y Navarro (10 Sep 1770 - 17 Feb 1777 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero Mota (15 Dec 1777 - 3 Apr 1800 Died)
• Pedro Luis Blanco (11 Aug 1800 - 22 Nov 1811 Died)
• Ignacio Ramón Roda (19 Dec 1814 - 4 Jan 1823 Died)
• Joaquín Abarca Blanque (27 Sep 1824 - 21 Jun 1844 Died)
• Joaquín Barbajero y Villar (17 Jan 1848 - 26 Feb 1863 Died)
• Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo (1 Oct 1863 - 19 Sep 1869 Died)
• Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera (5 Jul 1875 - 15 Mar 1883 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
• Francisco Xavier Caminero y Muñoz (27 Mar 1885 - 13 Apr 1885 Died)
• Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas (10 Jun 1886 - 1 Oct 1904 Retired)
• Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (27 Mar 1905 - 29 Apr 1909 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Ramón Guillamet y Coma (29 Apr 1909 - 18 Jul 1913 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• José Álvarez y Miranda (18 Jul 1913 - 4 Mar 1937 Died)
• Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (12 Feb 1938 - 10 Jun 1943 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)
• Luis Almarcha Hernández (10 Jul 1944 - 4 Apr 1970 Retired)
• Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta (9 Jul 1971 - 16 Feb 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Bilbao)
• Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (22 Aug 1979 - 28 Jul 1983 Resigned)
• Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá (28 Jul 1983 - 9 Feb 1987 Resigned)
• Antonio Vilaplana Molina (9 Feb 1987 - 19 Mar 2002 Retired)
• Julián López Martín (19 Mar 2002 Appointed - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Kingdom of León
• Leonese language

Sources

• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website