The Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix ( la, Guadicen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...

bishopric in the

Ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United State ...

of the Metropolitan of

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

, southern Spain and a Latin

titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

under its Ancient name of Acci. Its

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

episcopal see is Nuestra Señora de la Anunciación, dedicated to Our Lady of the

Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...

, in the city of

Guadix Guadix (; Local pronunciation: aˈðih is a city and municipality in southern Spain, in the province of Granada. The city lies at an altitude of 913 metres, on the centre of the Hoya of Guadix, a high plain at the northern foothills of the Sie ...

, administrative province of Granada. It was commenced in 1710, on the site occupied by the principal mosque, and completed in 1796. The diocese also has an (also Marian) co-cathedral, Nuestra Señora Santa María de la Encarnación, dedicated to Our Lady of the Incarnation (of Christ), in Baza, built as cathedral of the absorbed

Diocese of Baza 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 associate ...

(Basti, suppressed circa 700). The

Seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...

of St. Torquatus was founded by Bishop Juan José Fonseca in 1595. King

Charles IV of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Charles III of Spain , mother =Maria Amalia of Saxony , birth_date =11 November 1748 , birth_place =Palace of Portici, Portici, Naples , death_date = , death_place = ...

founded a hospice in 1803, and the ancient Jesuit college had become a hospital before the early 20th century.

Statistics

The modern diocese of Guadix comprises the greater part of the

Province of Granada Granada is a province of southern Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Albacete, Murcia, Almería, Jaén, Córdoba, Málaga, and the Mediterranean Sea (along the Costa Tropical). ...

and a portion of the

Province of Almería Almería (, also , ) is a province of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is bordered by the provinces of Granada, Murcia, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital is the homonymous city of Almería. Almería has an area of . With 701, ...

. As per 2014, it pastorally served 102,000 Catholics (97.3% of 104,871 total) on 5,677 km² in 74 parishes and 67 missions with 58 priests (55 diocesan, 3 religious), 114 lay religious (8 brothers, 106 sisters) and 4 seminarians.

Bishopric of Acci

The first bishopric was established in 47 AD. The legend of the

Seven Apostolic Men According to Christian tradition, the Seven Apostolic Men (''siete varones apostólicos'') were seven Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. This group includes Torquatus, Caecilius, Ctesiphon, ...

, preserved in the Mozarabic Missal, places the episcopal see of

St. Torquatus Saint Torquatus ( es, Santo Torcuato) is venerated as the patron saint of Guadix, Spain. Tradition makes him a Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of ''Acci'', identified as Guadix, and beca ...

(bishop from 47), one of the seven, in Ancient

Acci Acci ( grc, Ἄκκι) was an ancient inland city of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the borders of Baetica. Under the Ancient Rome, Romans, and with the Jus Latinum, it was a colony with the full name of Colonia Julia Gemella Accitana. Its coins are n ...

, now called Guadix el Viejo, 6 km northwest of the modern city of Guadix, where the matron Luparia built a

baptistery In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Old French ''baptisterie''; Latin ''baptisterium''; Greek , 'bathing-place, baptistery', from , baptízein, 'to baptize') is the separate centrally planned structure surrounding the baptismal ...

and primitive church. From then until 303, when Felix presided at the

Council of Elvira The Synod of Elvira ( la, Concilium Eliberritanum, es, Concilio de Elvira) was an ecclesiastical synod held at Elvira in the Roman province of Hispania Baetica, now Granada in southern Spain.. Its date has not been exactly determined but is belie ...

, no record is preserved of the Accitanian bishops.Ramón Ruiz Amadó, "Guadix" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1914)
/ref> However one names one called Atanasia and one Emiliano (136? – ?) Liliolus attended the Third

Council 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 "thi ...

in 589, and the names of the Accitanian bishops are to be found among those who attended the other Toletan councils; Clarencius at the fourth and fifth; Justus at the sixth; Julian at the eighth; Magnarius at the ninth and tenth; and Ricila, the last bishop whose name has come down to us before the Muslim invasion, at subsequent ones. In 741 it was suppressed, due to the Moorish conquest of Andalusia. In the

Mozarabic Mozarabic, also called Andalusi Romance, refers to the medieval Romance varieties spoken in the Iberian Peninsula in territories controlled by the Islamic Emirate of Córdoba and its successors. They were the common tongue for the majority of ...

period the diocese of Acci continued to exist.

Isidorus Pacensis The ''Chronicle of 754'' (also called the ''Mozarabic Chronicle'' or ''Continuatio Hispana'') is a Latin-language history in 95 sections, written by an anonymous Mozarab (Christian) chronicler in Al-Andalus. The ''Chronicle'' contains the earlie ...

mentions Frodoarius, who presided seven years over the see. Quiricus assisted at the Council of Córdoba in 839. The

Almohades The Almohad Caliphate (; ar, خِلَافَةُ ٱلْمُوَحِّدِينَ or or from ar, ٱلْمُوَحِّدُونَ, translit=al-Muwaḥḥidūn, lit=those who profess the unity of God) was a North African Berber Muslim empire fo ...

, in the 12th century, destroyed this together with the other Andalusian sees.

Titular see of Acci

By right of

postliminium The principle of postliminium, as a part of public international law, is a specific version of the maxim '' ex injuria jus non oritur'', providing for the invalidity of all illegitimate acts that an occupant may have performed on a given territory ...

, the apostolic rank possessed by the see of Acci previous to the Islamic invasion is attributed to that of Guadix. The ''

Annuario Pontificio The ''Annuario Pontificio'' (Italian for ''Pontifical Yearbook'') is the annual directory of the Holy See of the Catholic Church. It lists the popes in chronological order and all officials of the Holy See's departments. It also provides names ...

'' gives the date of foundation of the diocese of Guadix as 1st century AD. It also lists the ancient see of Acci as a

titular see A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

(one that no longer has a diocesan bishop), thus distinguishing it from the bishopric of Guadix, so there are two parallel titles and lists of incumbents. Since the Ancient diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as Latin

Titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Acci, Latin adjective Accitan(us), it has had the following incumbents, so far all of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''including an

Eastern Catholic The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous ('' sui iuris'') particular churches of t ...

'': *

Henryk Gulbinowicz Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz (17 October 1923 – 16 November 2020) was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1976 to 2004. Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 1985. In 2020, he was banned from making publi ...

, (1970.01.12 – 1976.01.03) as

Apostolic Administrator An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic admi ...

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

(

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

, then USSR) (1970.01.12 – 1976.01.03); later Metropolitan Archbishop of

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

(Breslau,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

) (1976.01.03 – 2004.04.03), created

Cardinal-Priest A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa Santa Maria Immacolata in Grottarossa is a Catholic church in Rome's Grottarossa area, along the ancient Via Flaminia. It has been under the titular possession of Wilton Gregory of Washington since his elevation to the cardinalate in 2020. Hist ...

(1985.05.25 – ...) * Joseph Phan Văn Hoa (1976.03.30 – death 1987.10.06) as

Coadjutor Bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

Quy Nhon Quy Nhon ( vi, Quy Nhơn ) is a coastal city in Bình Định province in central Vietnam. It is composed of 16 wards and five communes with a total of . Quy Nhon is the capital of Bình Định province. As of 2019 its population was 457,400. H ...

(

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

) (1976.03.30 – 1987.10.06) * Vilhelms Nukšs (1987.11.23 – death 1993.02.27), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Liepāja (

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, then USSR) (1987.11.23 – 1991), then Auxiliary Bishop of

Archdiocese of Riga The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Riga is an archdiocese administered from the capital city of Riga in Latvia.Heinrich Fasching Heinrich Fasching (24 May 1929 – 1 June 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1954, Fasching was named titular bishop of ''Acci'' and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten Sankt Pölt ...

(1993.05.24 – death 2014.06.01), first as Auxiliary Bishop of Diocese of Sankt Pölten (

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

) (1993.05.24 – retired 2004.10.07), then on emeritate * '' Hryhoriy Komar (2014.06.25 – ...), Auxiliary Bishop of Sambir–Drohobych of the Ukrainians (

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

).''

Bishopric of Guadix

An effective diocese was not restored until the time of the Catholic sovereigns. Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza, Archbishop of Toledo, erected the new see of Guadix on 21 May 1492, in virtue of the Apostolic commission of

Innocent VIII Pope Innocent VIII ( la, Innocentius VIII; it, Innocenzo VIII; 1432 – 25 July 1492), born Giovanni Battista Cybo (or Cibo), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 August 1484 to his death in July 1492. Son of th ...

granted on 4 August 1486. It comprised the territory of the old dioceses of Acci and Basti. The

collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons: a non-monastic or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a ...

at Baza, the new name of Basti, was reluctant to accept rule from Guadix. As a compromise, the collegiate church was given authority, under the bishop, over twelve parishes, and the name of the bishopric was changed to Diocese Guadix-Baza, indicating a union of two dioceses under a single bishop. This continued until 1851, when the collegiate church became a simple parish church and the diocese resumed the name of Diocese of Guadix. In 1957 it lost territory to the

Diocese of Almeria 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 associate ...

Bishops of Guadix

* Pedro (?–1401) * Nicolás,

Friars Minor The Order of Friars Minor (also called the Franciscans, the Franciscan Order, or the Seraphic Order; postnominal abbreviation OFM) is a mendicant Catholic religious order, founded in 1209 by Francis of Assisi. The order adheres to the teachin ...

(O.F.M.) (1401–1417) * Pedro (1417–1434) * Fernando de Atienza, O.F.M. (19 Feb 1434 – 1472 Died) * Pedro (1475.06.03 – 1485.04.01) * García de Quijada, O.F.M. (21 May 1490 – ?1522 Died) * Pedro González Manso (31 August 1523 – 26 Oct 1524 ? 1524.10.26), next Bishop of

Bishop of Tui The Diocese of Tui-Vigo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.

((1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1532.03.13), Bishop of

Osma Burgo de Osma-Ciudad de Osma is the third-largest municipality in the province of Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It has a population of about 5,250. It is made up of two parts: *the smaller Ciudad de Osma (city ...

(Spain) (1532.03.13 – death 1537.02.12) * Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (14 Nov 1524 – 22 Jan 1529), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

) (Andalusia, southern Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29), Metropolitan Archbishop of (Santiago de) Compostela (northern Spain) (1542.03.29 – 1545.11.02), created

with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – death 1545.11.02) * Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. (22 Jan 1528 – 11 April 1537), next Bishop of

Mondoñedo Mondoñedo () is a small town and municipality in the Galician province of Lugo, Spain. , the town has a population of 4,508. Mondoñedo occupies a sheltered valley among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains. Despite being the core ...

) (Spain) (1537.04.11 – death 1545.04.03) *

Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz (1480 – 1560) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Zamora (1546–1560) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Guadix (1537–1546). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz was born in Ciudad ...

(11 April 1537 – 9 April 1546), next Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1546.04.09 – 1560) *

Martín Pérez de Ayala Martín Pérez de Ayala (11 November 1504 – 5 August 1566) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Valencia (1564–1566), ''(in Latin)'' Bishop of Segovia (1560–1564), ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Guadix (1548–1560). ''(i ...

(16 May 1548 – 17 July 1560), next Bishop of

Segovia Segovia ( , , ) is a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Segovia. Segovia is in the Inner Plateau (''Meseta central''), near the northern slopes of th ...

(1560.07.17 – 1564.09.06), Metropolitan Archbishop of

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

(southern Spain) (1564.09.06 – 1566.08.05) *

Melchor Alvarez de Vozmediano Melchor may refer to: * Melchor (name) * Melchor Island in Chile *Melchor Ocampo, Nuevo León, a municipality in Mexico *Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico, a town and municipality in Mexico *Villa de Tututepec de Melchor Ocampo, a town and municipalit ...

(4 Sep 1560 – retired 1570), died 1597 * Julián Ramirez, Military Order of Saint James the Sword (O.S.) (15 Dec 1574 – death 1581), Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1564.09.06 – 1566.08.05) *

Juan Alonso Moscoso ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(6 July 1582 – 30 August 1593), next Bishop of Bishop of León (Spain) (1593.08.30 – 1603.05.09), Bishop of

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

(Spain) (1603.05.09 – death 1614.08.21) * Juan Fonseca (15 Nov 1593 – death 16 Nov 1604), founded the

of St. Torquatus *

Juan Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva Juan Nicolás Orozco Covarrubias y Leiva (1544 – 23 June 1610) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Guadix (1606–1610) ''(in Latin)'' and Bishop of Agrigento (1594–1606). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography Juan Oro ...

(16 Jan 1606 – death 23 June 1610), previously Bishop of

Agrigento Agrigento (; scn, Girgenti or ; grc, Ἀκράγας, translit=Akrágas; la, Agrigentum or ; ar, كركنت, Kirkant, or ''Jirjant'') is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy and capital of the province of Agrigento. It was one of ...

(

Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...

, Italy) (1594.12.02 – 1606.01.16) *

Juan Nicolás Valdés de Carriazo ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(10 Oct 1611 – death 9 March 1617), previously Bishop of

Islas Canarias The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

(

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

, Spain) (1610.04.26 – 1611.10.10) * Jerónimo Herrera Salazar (2 Oct 1617 – death 30 July 1619) * Plácido Tosantos Medina,

Benedictine Order , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

(O.S.B.) (6 April 1620 – 12 Feb 1624), next Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1624.04.27 – death 1624.08.30) * Juan Arauz Díaz, O.F.M. (7 Oct 1624 – death 16 August 1635) *

Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrero ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

(28 Jan 1636 – 16 July 1640), next Bishop of

Cádiz Cádiz (, , ) is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the Province of Cádiz, one of eight that make up the autonomous community of Andalusia. Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...

(Andalusia, Spain) (1640.07.16 – death 1641.11.27) * Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (bishop) (13 August 1640 – 13 July 1643) next Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1643.07.13 – death 1643.10.17) *

Francisco Pérez Roya Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(3 August 1643 – death 25 April 1648), previously Bishop of Perpignan–Elne (southern France) (1638.06.21 – 1643.08.03) * Bernardino Rodríguez de Arriaga,

Augustinians Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...

(O.S.A.) (7 Dec 1648 – death 4 Dec 1651) *

Diego Serrano Sotomayor Diego is a Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The name also has several patronymic derivations, listed below. The etymology of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: ''Tiago'' and ''Didacus''. Et ...

Mercedarians The Royal, Celestial and Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of the Captives ( la, Ordo Beatae Mariae de Mercede Redemptionis Captivorum, abbreviated O. de M.), also known as the Mercedarians, is a Catholic mendicant order es ...

(O. de M.) (29 April 1652 – death 5 Oct 1652), previously Bishop of Solsona (Spain) (1635.12.03 – 1639.05.30), Bishop of

Segorbe Segorbe is a municipality in the mountainous coastal province of Castelló, autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The former Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli now houses the city's mayor. Segorbe's bull-running week (''semana de Toros'') in Se ...

(Spain) (1639.05.30 – 1652.04.29) * ? José de Láyñez y Gutiérrez, O.S.A. (17 March 1653 – death 14 Oct 1667) * ? Diego de Silva y Pacheco, O.S.B. (28 Feb 1668 – 27 May 1675 Appointed,

Bishop of Astorga The Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga ( la, Asturicensis) is a diocese whose seat is in the city of Astorga, in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain.Clemente Alvarez López,

Dominican Order The Order of Preachers ( la, Ordo Praedicatorum) abbreviated OP, also known as the Dominicans, is a Catholic mendicant order of Pontifical Right for men founded in Toulouse, France, by the Spanish priest, saint and mystic Dominic of Cal ...

(O.P.) (15 July 1675 – 17 June 1688 Died) * ? Juan de Villacé y Vozmediano (27 Sep 1688 – 13 April 1693 Appointed,

Bishop of Plasencia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia ( la, Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.

) * Pedro de Palacios y Tenorio, O.P. (8 June 1693 – ?death 1700 ? 31 July 1702 Resigned) * Juan Feyjóo González de Villalobos,

Carmelite Order , image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Ca ...

(O. Carm.) (31 July 1702 – death Feb 1706), previously

Prior General Prior (or prioress) is an ecclesiastical title for a superior in some religious orders. The word is derived from the Latin for "earlier" or "first". Its earlier generic usage referred to any monastic superior. In abbeys, a prior would be low ...

of Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites) (1692–1698) * Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. (13 Sep 1706 – 16 Sep 1720), next Bishop of

Plasencia Plasencia () is a walled market city in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Western Spain. , it has a population of 41,047. Situated on the bank of the Jerte River, Plasencia has a historic quarter that is a consequence of the city's stra ...

(Spain) (1720.09.16 – death 1720.11.12) * Felipe de los Tueros Huerta (3 Feb 1721 – 20 Jan 1734), next Archbishop of

(Spain) (1734.01.20 – death 1751.09.12) * Francisco Salgado Quirago (24 March 1734 – death April 1744) * Andrés Licht Barrera (25 Jan 1745 – 17 Jan 1750 Resigned), died 1751 * Miguel (a S. Iosepho) Valejo Berlanga,

Trinitarians , logo = Trynitarze.svg , logo_size = 150px , logo_caption = Flag of the Trinitarians , image = Signumordinis.gif , image_size = 200px , caption = Mosaic of Jesus Christ us ...

(O.SS.T.) (19 Jan 1750 – death 17 May 1757) * Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (19 Dec 1757 – 8 March 1773), next Archbishop of

Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, as the destination of the Way of St ...

(Spain) (1773.03.08 – death 1782.04.16) * Bernardo Lorca Quiñones,

Hieronymites The Hieronymites, also formally known as the Order of Saint Jerome ( la, Ordo Sancti Hieronymi; abbreviated OSH), is a Catholic cloistered religious order and a common name for several congregations of hermit monks living according to the Rule o ...

(O.S.H.) (15 March 1773 – death 19 Jan 1793) * Raimundo Melchor Magi Gómez, O. de M. (14 Oct 1797 – death 26 Sep 1803) * Marcos Cabello y López, O.S.A. (20 August 1804 – death 6 Sep 1819) * Juan José Cordón Leyva (3 May 1824 – death 3 April 1827) * José Uraga Pérez (28 Jan 1828 – death 3 Sep 1840 * ''

Cardinal Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos (1840 – 1847.06.21), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Gua ...

(Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain) (1824.12.20 – death 1847.06.21), created

S. Maria del Popolo it, Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo , image = 20140803 Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo Rome 0191.jpg , caption = The church from Piazza del Popolo , coordinates = , image_size ...

(1831.02.28 – 1847.06.21); previously Bishop of

(Andalusia, Spain) (1819.06.04 – 1824.12.20)'' * Antonio Lao y Cuevas (7 Jan 1850 – death 14 July 1850), previously Bishop of

Teruel Teruel () is a city in Aragon, located in eastern Spain, and is also the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 35,675 in 2014 making it the least populated provincial capital in the country. It is noted for its harsh climate, with a ...

(Spain) (1847.12.17 – 1850.05.14) * Juan José Arbolí y Acaso (18 March 1852 – 22 Dec 1853), next Bishop of

(Spain) (1853.12.22 – death 1863.02.01) * Mariano Martínez Robledo y Robledo (7 April 1854 – death 3 Feb 1855) * Antonio Rafael Domínguez y Valdecañas (25 Sep 1857 – death 21 Dec 1865) * Mariano Brezmes y Arredondo (25 June 1866 – 17 Sep 1875), next Bishop of Astorga (1875.09.17 – death 1885.11.11) * Vicente Pontes y Cantelar, O.S.A. (17 Sep 1875 – 18 March 1893 Died) * Maximiliano Fernández del Rincón y Soto Dávila (21 May 1894 – death 24 July 1907), previously Bishop of

(Spain) (1891.06.01 – 1894.05.21) and

Albarracín Albarracín () is a Spanish town, in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of Aragon. According to the 2007 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 1075 inhabitants. Albarracín is the capital of the mountainous Sier ...

(Spain) (1891.06.01 – 1894.05.21) * Timoteo Hernández y Mulas (19 Dec 1907 – death 19 March 1921) * Ángel Marquina y Corrales (6 Sep 1922 – 1 Jan 1928 Died), previously Bishop of

(Canaries, Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1922.09.06) * Blessed Manuel Medina y Olmos (2 Oct 1928 – death 30 August 1936), previously

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

Amorium Amorium was a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor which was founded in the Hellenistic period, flourished under the Byzantine Empire, and declined after the Arab sack of 838. It was situated on the Byzantine military road from Constantinople to Cilic ...

(1925.12.14 – 1928.10.02) as Auxiliary Bishop of

(Andalusia, Spain) (1925.12.14 – 1928.10.02) *''

Agustín Parrado García (1939–1942), while Metropolitan Archbishop of

(Spain) (1934.04.04 – death 1946.10.08); previously Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1925.05.20 – 1934.04.04) and Apostolic Administrator of Jaén (Spain) (1936 – 1942.12.29); later created

S. Agostino S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet. S may also refer to: History * an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer (historian), Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics * Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s ...

(1946.02.22 – 1946.10.08)'' * Rafael Alvarez Lara (10 June 1943 – 10 March 1965), next Bishop of

Mallorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

(Balearic Spain) (1965.03.10 – retired 1973.04.13); died 1996 *

Gabino Díaz Merchán Gabino Díaz Merchán (26 February 1926 – 14 June 2022) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, theologian, and philosopher who has been Archbishop of Oviedo from 1969 to 2002 and the President of Episcopal Conference of Spain from 1981 to 198 ...

(23 July 1965 – 4 August 1969), next Archbishop of

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located ap ...

(Spain) (1969.08.04 – retired 2002.01.07), President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1981–1987) *

Antonio Dorado Soto Antonio Dorado Soto (June 18, 1931 – March 17, 2015) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1956, Dorado Soto was named bishop of Guadix in 1970. He was then named bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta in 1973 and finally ...

(31 March 1970 – 1 Sep 1973), next Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain) (1973.09.01 – 1993.03.26), Bishop of

(Balearic Spain) (1993.03.26 – retired 2008.10.10); died 2015 * Ignacio Noguer Carmona (10 Sep 1976 – 19 Oct 1990), next

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The rias ...

(Spain) (1990.10.19 – 1993.10.27), succeeding as Bishop of Huelva (1993.10.27 – retired 2006.07.17); died 2019 * Juan García-Santacruz Ortiz (31 March 1992 – retired 3 December 2009); died 2011 * Ginés Ramón García Beltrán (3 December 2009 – 3 January 2018), appointed Bishop of

Getafe Getafe () is a municipality and a city in Spain belonging to the Community of Madrid. , it has a population of 180,747, the region's sixth most populated municipality. Getafe is located 13 km south of Madrid's city centre, within a flat ar ...

* Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar (30 October 2018 – present)

References

Sources and external links

Official website

GCatholic - Guadix, with Google map and satellite photo

Catholic Hierarchy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guadix, Roman Catholic Diocese Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain Dioceses established in the 1st century