The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén ( la, Giennen(sis)) is a

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in the city of Jaén in the

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of Granada in Spain."Diocese of Jaén"
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History

* 7th century: Established as Diocese of Jaén

Leadership

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s of Jaén (Roman rite) *Domingo, O.P. (1236–1248 Died) :. . . * Pedro Pascual, O. de M. (27 Feb 1296 – 6 Dec 1300 Died) :. . . * Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña (1457–1474 Died)"Bishop Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016 * Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1475 – 15 Jan 1483 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla)"Archbishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 28, 2016 * Luis Osorio (1483–1496 Died)"Bishop Luis Osorio"
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, O.P. (14 Feb 1498 – 7 Feb 1500 Appointed

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)"Archbishop Diego de Deza, O.P."
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 8, 2016 * Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce (1500–1520 Died)"Bishop Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce"
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(30 Jul 1535 – 6 Jul 1537 Resigned) * Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Jaén) (14 Jun 1538 – 1543 Died) * Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) (9 Jan 1545 – 30 Apr 1554 Appointed Bishop of Sigüenza) * Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon (17 Jul 1555 – 28 Apr 1560 Died) * Diego de los Cobos Molina (4 Sep 1560 – 8 Sep 1565 Died) * Francisco Delgado López (bishop) (26 Apr 1566 – 2 Oct 1576 Died) *

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(29 Apr 1596 – 19 Apr 1599 Appointed

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(27 Apr 1750 – 10 Aug 1769 Died) *Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia (28 May 1770 – 23 Mar 1779 Died) *Agustín Rubín Cevallos (18 Sep 1780 – 8 Feb 1793 Died) *Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero (21 Feb 1794 – 27 May 1795 Died) *Diego Melo Portugal, O.S.A. (18 Dec 1795 – 22 Jan 1816 Died) *Andrés Esteban y Gómez (22 Jul 1816 – 17 Jun 1831 Died) *Diego Martínez Carlón y Teruel (24 Feb 1832 – 28 Aug 1836 Died) *José Escolano y Fenoi (17 Dec 1847 – 21 Jul 1854 Died) *Tomás Roda y Rodríguez (25 Sep 1857 – 11 Mar 1858 Died) *Andrés Rosales y Muñoz (25 Jun 1858 – 22 Sep 1864 Confirmed Bishop of Almería) * Antolín Monescillo y Viso (27 Mar 1865 – 22 Jun 1877 Confirmed Archbishop of Valencia) *Manuel María León González y Sánchez (22 Jun 1877 – 20 Oct 1896 Died) *

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(19 Apr 1897 – 16 Dec 1901 Appointed Bishop of Madrid) *Salvador Castellote y Pinazo (16 Dec 1901 – 6 Dec 1906 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla) *Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera (6 Dec 1906 – 29 Apr 1909 Confirmed

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) *Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (29 Apr 1909 – 19 Jun 1919 Died) *Manuel Basulto y Jiménez (18 Dec 1919 – 12 Aug 1936 Died) *Rafael García y García de Castro (29 Dec 1942 – 9 May 1953 Appointed Archbishop of Granada) *Felix Romero Menjibar (16 Jan 1954 – 2 Jul 1970 Appointed Archbishop of Valladolid) *Miguel Peinado Peinado (30 Apr 1971 – 31 May 1988 Retired) * Santiago García Aracil (31 May 1988 – 9 Jul 2004 Appointed Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz) *Ramón del Hoyo López (19 May 2005 – 9 April 2016) *Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (9 April 2016 – 25 October 2021) *Sebastián Chico Martínez (25 October 2021 – present)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaen Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain Dioceses established in the 7th century

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