The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca ( la, Conchen(sis)) is a

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located in the city of Cuenca in the

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of Toledo in Spain."Diocese of Cuenca"
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History

* July 5, 1183: Established as Diocese of Cuenca

Leadership

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s of Cuenca (Roman rite) *Juan Yáñez (1183–1195) * St. Julian of Cuenca (1196 – 1208 Died)"Bishop Julián"
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(1272 – 27 Sep 1275 Appointed,

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"Gonzalo Cardinal Gudiel"
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Pedro Gomez Barroso Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

(4 Mar 1373 – 1378 Appointed,

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)"Bishop Pedro Gomez Barroso"
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(1407–1418) :. . . *

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, O.P. (7 Apr 1445 – 30 May 1469 Died)"Bishop Lope Barrientos, O.P."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 * Giacopo Antonio Venier (6 Oct 1469 – 3 Aug 1479 Died) * Raffaele Sansone Riario (13 Aug 1479 – 8 Jul 1482 Appointed, Administrator of Salamanca) * Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. (1482 – 1485 Appointed,

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Alfonso de Fonseca Alfonso de Fonseca (1422–1505) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Osma (1493–1505), Bishop of Cuenca (1485–1493),

(26 Aug 1485 – 24 May 1493 Appointed,

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)"Bishop Alfonso de Fonseca "
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 * Raffaele Sansone Riario (24 May 1493 – 9 Jul 1521 Died) * Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal (1518 – 1537 Died)"Bishop Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal"
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(Sr.) (24 May 1538 – 13 Feb 1542 Died) *

Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (, Villaescusa de Haro, Cuenca, Spain – January 22, 1547, Valladolid, Spain) was bishop of Santo Domingo ''(in Latin)'' and president of the Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo from 1528 to 1531. He was al ...

(Arellano) (2 Jun 1542 – 22 Jan 1547 Died) "Bishop Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano)"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 2, 2016 * Pedro Castro Lemos (5 Jun 1555 – 1 Aug 1561 Died) *

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, O.F.M. (4 May 1562 – 16 Nov 1571 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba) *

Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Ávila, 13 January 1512 – 20 November 1594) was a prominent Catholic official who rose to become General Inquisitor of Spain, from 1573 to 1594, and Archbishop of Toledo from 1577 ...

(17 Dec 1571 – 6 Sep 1577 Appointed,

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Rodrigo de Castro Osorio Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, (Valladolid, March 5, 1523 – Seville, 1600) was Cardinal-Bishop of Zamora (1574–1578) and Diocese of Cuenca (1578–1581), Archbishop of Seville, (1581–1600), a member of the Council of State of Spain and t ...

(de Lemos) (13 Jun 1578 – 20 Oct 1581 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla) *

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(8 Nov 1582 – 1 Feb 1587 Died) * Juan Fernández Vadillo (7 Aug 1587 – 1 Sep 1595 Died) *

Pedro Portocarrero (bishop) Pedro Portocarrero (died 1600) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1597–1600), Bishop of Córdoba (1594–1597), and Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (1589–1594). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography Pedro Port ...

(28 May 1597 – 20 Sep 1600 Died)"Bishop Pedro Portocarrero"
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''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 18, 2016 * Andrés Pacheco (13 Aug 1601 – 1622 Resigned) *

Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (1574–1653) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1623–1653) and Bishop of Valladolid (1619–1623).

(13 Feb 1623 – 11 Jun 1653 Died)"Bishop Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga"
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Francisco de Zárate y Terán Francisco de Zárate y Terán (1610 – 21 December 1679) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Cuenca (1664–1679) and Bishop of Segovia (1661–1664). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Francisco de Zárate y Terán was born in Madrid, S ...

(28 Jan 1664 – 21 Dec 1679 Died)"Bishop Francisco de Zárate y Terán"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016 * Alonso Antonio de San Martín (21 Oct 1681 – 5 Jul 1705 Died)"Bishop Alonso Antonio de San Martín"
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) *Juan María Valero y Nacarino (27 Mar 1882 – 16 Nov 1890 Died) *Pelayo González y Conde (1 Jun 1891 – 18 Nov 1899 Died) *Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía (19 Apr 1900 – 1921 Retired) *Cruz Laplana y Laguna (30 Nov 1921 Appointed – 7 Aug 1936 Died) *Inocencio Rodríguez Díez (10 Jun 1943 – 13 Apr 1973 Retired) * José Guerra Campos (13 Apr 1973 – 26 Jun 1996 Retired) *Ramón del Hoyo López (26 Jun 1996 – 19 May 2005 Appointed,

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) *José María Yanguas Sanz (23 Dec 2005 – )

Auxiliary bishops

* García de Sahagún, O. de M. (11 Mar 1501 –)Episcopologio Español, Volume 1500, Page 19, Number 17. * García Gil Manrique (5 Mar 1618 – 30 Aug 1627)"Bishop García Gil Manrique"
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Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Cuenca (1652–?) and Titular Bishop of ''Usula'' (1652–?). ''(in Latin)''Roman Catholicism in Spain , native_name_lang = , image = Sevilla Cathedral - Southeast.jpg , imagewidth = 300px , alt = , caption = Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in Seville , abbreviation = , type ...

Cuenca Cathedral Cuenca Cathedral is a Gothic cathedral in the city of Cuenca, located in the Province of Cuenca in the Castile-La Mancha region of south-eastern central Spain. The building is one of the earliest Spanish examples of Gothic architecture, bui ...

References

Sources

Catholic Hierarchy
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