diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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of the
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of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain. The diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Seville
The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. The Diocese of Seville was founded in the 3rd century. It was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 4th century. The current archbishop is José Ángel Saiz Mene ...
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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Its jurisdiction covers the civil
province of Cádiz
Cádiz is a Provinces of Spain, province of southern Spain, in the southwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is the southernmost part of mainland Spain, as well as the southernmost part of conti ...
south to Guadalete river. Includes the
comarcas
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Campo de Gibraltar
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,
La Janda
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La Janda is composed of the following municipalities:
*Alcalá de los Gazules
* Barbate
*Benalup-Casas Viejas
*Conil de la Frontera
*Medin ...
Puerto de Santa María
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Places
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which is north to the mentioned Guadalete river and so belongs to diocese of Jerez de la Frontera. Valdelagrana neighbourhood of El Puerto de Santa María, as it south the River also is included in Cádiz diocese.
It also covers the Spanish Autónomous City of
Ceuta
Ceuta (, , ; ar, سَبْتَة, Sabtah) is a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa.
Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of several Spanish territorie ...
.
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, ...
is the residence of the bishop.
History
Cádiz was raised by
Urban IV
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to episcopal rank in 1263 at the request of king
Alfonso X
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, a year after its
Reconquista
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on the Moors. Its first bishop was Fray Juan Martinez. After the Christians had won from the Moors the Plaza (stronghold) de
Algeciras
Algeciras ( , ) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar ( es, Bahía de Algeci ...
, the ordinaries of Cádiz bore the title of ''Bishop of Cádiz and Algeciras'', granted by
Clement VI
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in 1352.
The see counted amongst its prelates in 1441 Cardinal Juan de Torquemada, an eminent Dominican theologian jurisconsult, who took a leading part in the
Council of Basle
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and
Council of Florence
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, and defended in his "Summe de Ecclesiâ" the direct power of the pope in temporal matters.
On 1816.01.25, the bishopric lost territory to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Gibraltar, which had become a British colony.
By the
Concordat
A concordat is a convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both,René Metz, ''What is Canon Law?'' (New York: Hawthorn Books, 1960 st Ed ...
of 1851, the
diocese of Ceuta
The Catholic diocese of Ceuta, first Portuguese and afterwards Spanish, existed from 1417 to 1879. It was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until 1675, with the end of the Iberian Union, when Ceuta chose to remain linked to the king of S ...
, also suffragan of Seville, was joined with that of Cádiz, whose bishop was regularly
Apostolic Administrator
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of Ceuta until the present dual name was adopted at the incorporation of Ceuta in 1933.
Bishop of Orense
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Pedro Fernández de Solís
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(15 Jun 1472 – 1495 Died)
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Luigi d'Aragona
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Pietro de Accolti de Aretio
Pietro Accolti (15 March 1455 – 11 December 1532), known as the "cardinal of Ancona", was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and judge of the Roman Rota.
Life
He was born in Florence on 15 March 1455, the son of the famous jurist Benedetto Accol ...
(6 Jun 1511 – 24 Jul 1521 Resigned)
* Benedetto de Accolti (24 Jul 1521 – 16 Mar 1523 Appointed,
Bishop of Cremona
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Luis García Haro de Sotomayor
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(25 Oct 1564 – 7 Aug 1587 Appointed,
Bishop of Málaga
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
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Antonio Zapata y Cisneros
Antonio Zapata y Cisneros, also listed as Zapata y Mendoza,Salvador Miranda (Madrid, 8 October 1550 – Madrid, c. 27 April 1635) was a Spanish bishop. He served as bishop of Cádiz and Pamplona, archbishop of Burgos, cardinal, councillor of s ...
(17 Aug 1587 – 13 May 1596 Appointed,
Bishop of Pamplona
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Maximiliano de Austria
Maximiliano de Austria (13 November 1555 – 1 July 1614) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (1603–1614), Bishop of Segovia (1601–1603), and Bishop of Cádiz (1596–1601). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in La ...
(23 Sep 1596 – 27 Aug 1601 Appointed,
Bishop of Segovia
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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Gómez Suárez Figueroa
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(20 Mar 1623 – 18 Jul 1633 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.
Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrero
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(16 Jul 1640 – 27 Nov 1641 Died)
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Francisco Guerra (bishop)
Francisco Guerra (1587 – 3 December 1657) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Plasencia (1655–1656) and Bishop of Cádiz (1642–1655).O.F.M. (16 Jun 1642 – 3 Apr 1656 Confirmed,
Bishop of Plasencia
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Fernando de Quesada
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O. Cist.
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(12 Feb 1663 – 23 Jun 1663 Died)
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Alfonso Vázquez de Toledo
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, O.F.M. (26 Nov 1663 – 30 Dec 1672 Died)
* Diego de Castrillo (28 May 1673 – 16 Nov 1676 Appointed,
Archbishop of Zaragoza
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Juan de Isla
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(8 Mar 1677 – 23 Sep 1680 Appointed,
Archbishop of Burgos
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O.S.Io.Hieros.
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(18 Jul 1696 – Dec 1714 Died)
*Lorenzo Armengual del Pino de la Mota (6 May 1715 – 15 May 1730 Died)
*Tomás del Valle, O.P. (12 Feb 1731 – Feb 1776 Died)
*Juan Bautista Cervera, O.F.M. Disc. (12 May 1777 – 11 Jan 1781 Died)
*José Escalzo y Miguel,
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(18 Jul 1783 – 17 Mar 1790 Died)
*Antonio Martínez de la Plaza (29 Nov 1790 – Oct 1800 Died)
*Francisco Javier Utrera (23 Feb 1801 – 27 Dec 1808 Died)
*Juan Acisclo de Vera y Delgado (15 Mar 1815 – 22 Jul 1818 Died)
*Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos (4 Jun 1819 – 20 Dec 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
*Domingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno,
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(21 Mar 1825 – 9 Mar 1853 Died)
*Juan José Arbolí y Acaso (22 Dec 1853 – 1 Feb 1863 Died)
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Félix María Arrieta y Llano
Félix María Arrieta y Llano (15 March 1811 – 29 December 1879) was a Spanish Bishop of Cadiz and Ceuta.
Biography
Félix María Arrieta was born in Cádiz in 1811 and became a priest in 1835 in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order ...
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O.F.M. Cap.
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(1 Oct 1863 – 17 Feb 1879 Resigned)
*Jaime Catalá y Albosa (28 Feb 1879 – 9 Aug 1883 Confirmed,
Bishop of Barcelona
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The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i ...
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*Vicente Calvo y Valero (27 Mar 1884 – 27 Jun 1898 Died)
*José María Rancés y Villanueva (28 Nov 1898 – 14 Jun 1917 Died)
*Marcial López y Criado (18 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1932 Died)
;Bishops of Cádiz y Ceuta
*Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez (12 Apr 1933 – 28 Jan 1937 Died)
*Tomás Gutiérrez Díez (10 Jun 1943 – 2 Apr 1964 Died)
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Antonio Añoveros Ataún
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Bishop of Málaga
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
Pedro Xague
Pedro Xague was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nisyros and Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz.
Biography
Pedro Xague born in Trujillo, Spain and ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. ''(in Latin)'' On 4 Sep 1560, he was appo ...
Jerónimo Clavijo
Jerónimo Clavijo was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nisyros and Auxiliary Bishop of Cádiz.
Biography
Jerónimo Clavijo was ordained a priest in the Order of Preachers. ''(in Latin)'' On 28 Apr 1564, he was appointed during ...