The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta () is a
Latin Church
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diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Spain
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. The diocese is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Seville.
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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 ...
south to Guadalete river. Includes the
comarcas Campo de Gibraltar,
La Janda and
Bahía de Cádiz except most of
Puerto de Santa María 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 (, , ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast. Bordered by Morocco, it lies along the boundary between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta is one of th ...
.
Cádiz
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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, 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
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, the ordinaries of Cádiz bore the title of ''Bishop of Cádiz and Algeciras'', granted by
Clement VI 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 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
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of 1851, the diocese of Ceuta, also suffragan of Seville, was joined with that of Cádiz, whose bishop was regularly
diocese of Ceuta"> ...
of 1851, the diocese of Ceuta, also suffragan of Seville, was joined with that of Cádiz, whose bishop was regularly Apostolic Administrator of Ceuta until the present dual name was adopted at the incorporation of Ceuta in 1933.
(27 Jul 1440 – 11 Jul 1442 Appointed, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense">Bishop of Orense)
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*Pedro Fernández de Solís">Order of Preachers">O.P. (27 Jul 1440 – 11 Jul 1442 Appointed, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense">Bishop of Orense)
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*Pedro Fernández de Solís (15 Jun 1472 – 1495 Died)
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*Luigi d'Aragona (10 Feb 1511 – 6 Jun 1511 Appointed, Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Spain, Administrator of León)
*Pietro de Accolti de Aretio (6 Jun 1511 – 24 Jul 1521 Resigned)
*Benedetto Accolti the Younger, Benedetto de Accolti (24 Jul 1521 – 16 Mar 1523 Appointed,