The Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca ( la, Dioecesis Salmantina) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
located in the city of
Salamanca
Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...
in the
Ecclesiastical province
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of
Valladolid
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Salamanca" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
History
The See of Salamanca is of unknown origin. St. Secundus is said to have founded the Diocese of Avila. Signatures of bishops of Salamanca are found in the
Councils of Toledo
From the 5th century to the 7th century AD, about thirty synods, variously counted, were held at Toledo (''Concilia toletana'') in what would come to be part of Spain. The earliest, directed against Priscillianism, assembled in 400. The "th ...
; in the third council is that of Eleutherius; at the coronation of King Gondemar, that of Teveristus; in the fourth and sixth of Hiccila; in the seventh, eighth and tenth, of Egeretus; in the Provincial Council of Mérida (metropolis of Salamanca) the signature of Justus;in the twelfth of Toledo that of Providentius; in the thirteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth, of Holemund, probably contemporaneous with the Muslim invasion.
Alfonso I the Catholic pushed his conquests as far as Salamanca, and Ordoño I of Asturias captured the city, but its bishops continued to reside in
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensiv ...
, where the Church of San Julian, outside the walls of Oviedo, was assigned to them. Bishop Quindulfus (802) signed a royal deed of gift.
Ramiro II of León
Ramiro II (c. 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a King of León from 931 until his death. Initially titular king only of a lesser part of the kingdom, he gained the crown of León (and with it, Galicia) after su ...
, who defeated the Muslim forces at
Simancas
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, gave the churches of the city to Don Jerónimo, the count's master, and built the Cathedral of S. Maria. The celebrated bishop, comrade of the Cid Campeador, died in 1120 and was interred in the newly built basilica, to which he left the "Christ of the Battles" (Cristo de las Batallas).
Later bishops were:
*Gerardo; Munio, a partisan of Alfonso of Aragon;
*Berengario, consecrated in 1135 and transferred to
Santiago de Compostela
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in 1151;
*Navarro;
*Ordoño Gonzalo;
* Pedro Suárez de Deza, praised by Pope Alexander III for learning and prudence;
*Vitalis, who maintained the validity of
Alfonso IX
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university of Salamanca
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and the most ancient and famous convents of Dominicans,
Franciscans
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, and
Clarisses
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. In October, 1310, the see being vacant, fifteen prelates of the ancient Province of Lusitania, presided over by the Archbishop of Santiago, assembled in the
cathedral of Salamanca
The New Cathedral ( es, Catedral Nueva) is, together with the Old Cathedral, one of the two cathedrals of Salamanca, Spain. It was constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in two styles: late Gothic and Baroque. Building began in 1513 ...
to try the case of the Knights Templar, and found them innocent in Spain of all the atrocities with which they were charged.
Bishop Juan Lucero accompanied King
Alfonso XI
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to the conquest of
Algeciras
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. Later on he became subservient to the caprices of Pedro I the Cruel and annulled (1354) his marriage with
Blanche of Bourbon
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Marriage
On 3 June 1353, aged 14, she married in person at Valladolid, Spai ...
in order to unite him with Juana de Castro. Lucero's successor, Alsonso Barrasa, on the contrary, supported Henry of Trastamare against Pedro. In May, 1382, a council was held at Salamanca to take action in the matter of the schism of Avignon, and Castile decided in favour of the antipope. In another council (1410) Salamanca again recognized Peter de Luna (Benedict XIII) as pope. At this time
Vincent Ferrer
Vincent Ferrer, OP ( ca-valencia, Sant Vicent Ferrer , es, San Vicente Ferrer, it, San Vincenzo Ferreri, german: Sankt Vinzenz Ferrer, nl, Sint-Vincent Ferrer, french: Saint Vincent Ferrier; 23 January 1350 – 5 April 1419) was a Kingdom of V ...
laboured to convert the Jews of Salamanca; from 1460 to 1478
John of Sahagun
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preached in the diocese.
Special churches
*Minor Basilicas:
** Basílica de Santa Teresa,
Alba de Tormes
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*Quindulf (c. 830)
*Duclidius I (c. 876)
*Sebastian I (c. 880)
*Fredesind (c. 898)
*Duclidius II (c. 921)
*Theodomund (c. 960)
*Salvatus (c. 973)
*Sebastian II (c. 987)
*Gonzalo I (c. 1022)
Leonese–Castilian period
*
Jerome
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(1102–1120)
*
Gerald
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Alonso Pérez
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Diego
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...
Pedro Pérez
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Nuño Fernández
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Alfonso
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(1306–1309)
*
Peter V Peter V may refer to:
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*Peter V of Aragon (IV of Barcelona) (1429–1466), Constable of Portugal and Grand Master of the Order of Aviz
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Lorenzo I
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(1382–c. 1387)
*Peter (VI) (1387–c. 1389)
* Carlos de Guevara (1389–1392)
*
Diego de Anaya Maldonado
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Et ...
Diego Meléndez de Valdés
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(1483–1491), elect, never consecrated
*
Hernando de Talavera
Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H. (c. 1430 – 14 May 1507) was a Spanish clergyman and councilor to Queen Isabel of Castile. He began his career as a monk of the Order of Saint Jerome, was appointed the queen's confessor and with her support and ...
(apostolic administrator 1483–1485), named bishop of Ávila
* Pedro Díaz de Toledo (apostolic administrator 1485–1491)
Modern period
*
Oliviero Carafa
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(16 Nov 1491 – 23 Jun 1494 Resigned)
*
Diego de Deza
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Deza wa ...
Bishop of Jaén
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016
*
Francisco Bobadilla
Francisco de Cabrera y Bobadilla (died 29 August 1529) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Salamanca (1510–1529) and Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (1509–1510). ''(in Latin)''Luis Cabeza de Vaca
Luis Cabeza de Vaca (died November 22, 1550) served as Bishop of Palencia, (1537–1550), Bishop of Salamanca (1530–1537), and Bishop of Islas Canarias (1523–1530). ''(in Latin)''Bishop of Palencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia ( la, Palentin(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.
Bishop of Cuenca
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Bishop of Málaga
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
* Diego Ordonez, O.F.M. (6 Jul 1615 – 22 Dec 1615 Died)
*
Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera
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(5 Sep 1616 – 17 Mar 1621 Appointed,
Bishop of Pamplona
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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Bishop of Pamplona
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Bishop of Málaga
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Francisco de Seijas Losada
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Archbishop of Granada
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)
* Francisco Calderón de la Barca Nieto (20 Jul 1693 – 25 Feb 1712 Died)
*Silvestre García Escalona (13 Jun 1714 – 20 Apr 1729 Died)
*José Sancho Granado (23 Dec 1729 – 30 Sep 1748 Died)
*José Zorrilla de Sanmartín (20 Jan 1749 – 30 Sep 1762 Died)
* Felipe Beltrán Serrano (18 Jul 1763 – 30 Nov 1783 Died)
*Andrés José Barco Espinosa (27 Jun 1785 A – 17 Apr 1794 Died)
*Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo (12 Sep 1794 – 18 Dec 1797 Appointed,
Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
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*Anastasio Rodrigo Yusto (25 Sep 1857 – 20 Sep 1867 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
* Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. (13 Mar 1868 – 16 Jan 1874 Appointed,
Bishop of Barcelona
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The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i ...
)
*Narciso Martínez Izquierdo (16 Jan 1874 – 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Bishop of Madrid)
* Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.S.A. (27 Mar 1885 – 17 May 1904 Died)
*Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.S.A. (14 Nov 1904 – 22 Jan 1913 Died)
*Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (18 Jul 1913 – 27 Jul 1923 Appointed,
Patriarch of the West Indies
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)
*Ángel Regueras y López (26 Oct 1923 – 28 Dec 1924 Died)
*Francisco Frutos y Valiente (14 Dec 1925 – 24 Jan 1933 Died)
* Enrique Pla y Deniel (28 Jan 1935 – 31 Oct 1941 Appointed,
Archbishop of Toledo
This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana).
)
*Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (10 Apr 1942 – 29 Apr 1964 Died)
*Mauro Rubio Repullés (7 Jul 1964 – 12 May 1995 Retired)
* Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (12 May 1995 – 28 Aug 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
*Carlos López Hernández (9 Jan 2003 – 15 Nov 2021 Retired)
*José Luis Retana Gozalo (15 Nov 2021 – present)
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Spain
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Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Spain
The Diocese of León ( la, Legionen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.
Leonese language
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