The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Vallisoletanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 It was erected as the Diocese of Valladolid by

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by Pope Pius IX on July 4, 1857, with the suffragan sees of Ávila,

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, and Zamora. The seat of the archbishop is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Valladolid also houses the National Sanctuary of the Gran Promesa.

List of Ordinaries of Valladolid

Bartolomé de la Plaza Bartolomé de la Plaza (died 1602) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Santiago de Cuba (1597–1602). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Bartolomé de la Plaza was born in Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor. On 10 ...

(18 December 1596 – 10 October 1600 Died) *

Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz Juan Bautista de Acevedo y Muñoz (1555 – 8 June 1608) was Bishop of Valladolid from 1601 to 1606 and Grand Inquisitor of Spain from 1603 to 1608. Biography Juan Bautista de Acevedo y Muñoz was born in Hoz de Anero, Trasmiera in 1555, the s ...

(30 April 1601 – 28 April 1606 Resigned) * Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada (13 August 1607 – 18 July 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia) * Francisco Sobrino Morillas (5 September 1616 – 8 January 1618 Died) * Juan Fernández Valdivieso (22 October 1618 – May 1619 Died) * Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (29 July 1619 – 13 February 1623 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)"Bishop Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016 * Alfonso López Gallo (29 May 1624 – 1 July 1627 Died) * Juan Torres de Osorio (19 July 1627 – 23 September 1632 Died) * Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, O.S.H. (31 January 1633 – 1645 Resigned) * Juan Merino López, O.F.M. (18 Feb 1647 – 24 Sep 1663 Died) *

Francisco de Seijas Losada 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 ...

(23 June 1664 – 20 June 1670 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca) * Jacinto de Boada y Montenegro (22 December 1670 – 13 May 1671 Died) *

Gabriel de la Calle y Heredia In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek language, Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin language, Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic language, Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, transli ...

(1 July 1671 – 1682 Resigned) *

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(24 May 1683 – 28 July 1707 Died) *Andrés Orueta Barasorda (3 October 1708 – 3 March 1716 Died) *José de Talavera Gómez de Eugenio, O.S.H. (2 September 1716 – 5 November 1727 Died) *Julián Domínguez y Toledo (10 May 1728 – 2 June 1743 Died) *Martín Delgado Cenarro y Lapiedra (23 September 1743 – 22 December 1753 Died) *Isidoro Cossío y Bustamente Diaz Santos (16 September 1754 – 26 February 1768 Resigned) *Manuel Rubín y Celis (14 March 1768 – 15 March 1773 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España)) *Antonio Joaquín Soria (13 September 1773 – 29 October 1784 Died) *Manuel Joaquín Morón (26 September 1785 – 27 February 1801 Died) * Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea (29 Mar 1802 – 21 Apr 1803 Died) *Vicente José Soto y Valcárce (26 September 1803 – 16 Feb 1818 Died) *Juan Baltasar Toledano (12 Jul 1824 – 27 May 1830 Died) *Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra (28 February 1831 – 26 June 1856 Died) *Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta (3 August 1857 – 16 March 1863 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sevilla) *Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove (1 October 1863 – 5 July 1875 Confirmed,

Archbishop of Toledo This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana).

) *Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. (17 September 1875 – 6 June 1881 Died) * Benito Sanz y Forés (18 Nov 1881 – 30 Dec 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla) *Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (30 December 1889 – 14 September 1891 Died) *

Antonio María Cascajares y Azara Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (2 March 1834 – 27 July 1901) was a Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid, archbishop of Valladolid and archbishop-elect of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Zaragoza ...

(17 December 1891 – 18 April 1901 Appointed,

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) * José María Cos y Macho (18 April 1901 – 17 December 1919 Died) *Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui (22 April 1920 – 16 May 1937 Died) *Antonio García y García (4 February 1938 – 15 May 1953 Died) *José García y Goldaraz (25 August 1953 – 2 July 1970 Retired) *Felix Romero Menjibar (2 July 1970 – 21 September 1974 Died) *

José Delicado Baeza José Delicado Baeza (January 18, 1927 – March 17, 2014) was a Roman Catholic archbishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1951, Baeza was appointed bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo, Spain in 1969 and then archbishop of the Roman Ca ...

(18 April 1975 – 28 August 2002 Retired) * Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (28 August 2002 – 16 April 2009 Appointed,

Archbishop of Toledo This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana).

) *

Ricardo Blázquez Pérez Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name * Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portu ...

(13 March 2010 – 17 June 2022 Retired) * Luis Javier Argüello García (17 June 2022 – present)

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List of Ordinaries of Valladolid

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