Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo

For the diocese in Brazil, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Brazil. For the diocese in the United States, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo.

The Archdiocese of Toledo (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Spain.^[6][1] They are also the Primates of Spain. It was, according to tradition established in the 1st century by James the Great and was elevated to an archdiocese in 313 after the Edict of Milan. The incumbent Metropolitan Archbishop also bears the title Primate of Spain and since 1937 the title General Vicar of the Armies (but the pastoral care for the Spanish armed forces is now provided, since 1986, by the Military Archbishopric of Spain)

Archbishop's Palace (Palacio Arzobispal) in Toledo

Main entrance to the Cathedral

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Toletana[1] Archidiócesis Metropolitano de Toledo[1][2]
Location
Country	Spain
Territory	Province of Toledo, Parts of the Province of Cáceres and the Province of Badajoz
Ecclesiastical province	Toledo
Statistics
Area	19,333 km2 (7,465 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 719,482 636,477 (88.5%)
Parishes	270
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Mozarabic Rite Roman Rite
Established	1st century (as Diocese of Toledo) 4th century (as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo)
Cathedral	Primatial Cathedral of St Mary in Toledo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Francisco Cerro Chaves[3][4]
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Cerro Chaves[5][4]
Suffragans	Diocese of Albacete Diocese of Ciudad Real Diocese of Cuenca Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
Auxiliary Bishops	Ángel Fernández Collado
Bishops emeritus	Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Map
Website
architoledo.org

List

Bishops

1. Eugenius (1st century?) – legendary, supposedly a disciple of Dionysius the Areopagite
2. Melantius (286?–306?)

There are thought to have been bishops between and after these two, but their identities and dates of tenure are unknown.^{[citation needed]}

Archbishops

3. Patruinus (325–335)
4. Toribius (335–345)
5. Quintus (345–355)
6. Vincent (355–365)
7. Paulatus (365–375)
8. Natallus (375–385)
9. Audentius (385–395)
10. Asturius [es] (395–412)
11. Isicius (412–427)
12. Martin I (427–440)
13. Castinus (440–454)
14. Campeius (454–467)
15. Sinticius (467–482)
16. Praumatus (482–494)
17. Petrus I (494–508)
18. Celsus [es] (?–520)
19. Montanus [es] (523–531)^[7]
20. Julian I
21. Bacauda
22. Petrus II
23. Euphemius [es]
24. Exuperius
25. Adelphus
26. Conancius
27. Aurasius [es] (603–615)
28. Eladius (615–633)
29. Justus (633–636)
30. Eugenius I (636–646)
31. Eugenius II (646–657)
32. Ildefonso (657–667)
33. Quiricus (667–680)
34. Julian II (680–690)
35. Sisbert (690–693)
36. Felix (694–700)
37. Gunderic (700–710)
38. Sindered (711–?)
39. Sunirend [es]
40. Concordius [es]
41. Cixila (745/774–754/783)
42. Elipandus (754/783–808?)
43. Gumesind [es] (?–828)
44. Wistremir [es] (?–858)
    • (Eulogius 859; elected but did not take office)
45. Bonitus [es] (859–892)
46. Juan I [es] (892–926)
47. Ubayd Allah ben Qasim [es]

See vacant due to Muslim rule (Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba)

48. Pascual I [es] (1058–1080)
    • Vacant
49. Bernard de Sedirac (1086–1124)
50. Raymond de Sauvetât (1124–1152)
51. Juan II (1152–1166)
52. Cerebruno (1167–1180)
53. Pedro III de Cardona (1181–1182)
54. Gonzalo I Petrez (1182–1191)
55. Martín II López de Pisuerga (1192–1208)
56. Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada (1209–1247)
57. Juan III Medina de Pomar (1248–1248)
58. Gutierre I Ruiz Dolea (1249–1250)
59. Infante Sancho of Castile (1251–1261)
60. Domingo Pascual (1262–1265)
61. Infante Sancho of Aragon (1266–1275)
62. Fernando I Rodriguez de Covarubias (1276–1280)
63. Gonzalo II Pérez Gudiel (1280–1299)
64. Gonzalo III Diaz Palomeque (1299–1310)
65. Gutierre II Gomez de Toledo (1310–1319)
66. Juan III, Infante of Aragon (1319–1328); also Latin Patriarch of Alexandria
67. Jimeno de Luna (1328–1338)
68. Gil Alvarez de Albornoz (1338–1350)
69. Gonzalo IV de Aguilar (1351–1353)
70. Blas Fernandez de Toledo (1353–1362)
71. Gómez Manrique (bishop) (1362–1375)
72. Pedro IV Tenorio (1375–1399)
    • Vacant
73. Pedro V de Luna (1403–1414)
74. Sancho III de Rojas (1415–1422)
75. Juan IV Martinez de Contreras (1423–1434)
76. Juan V de Cerezuela (1434–1442)
77. Gutierre III Alvarez de Toledo (1442–1445)
78. Alfonso Carillo de Acuna (1446–1482)
79. Pedro VI Gonzalez de Mendoza (1482–1495)
80. Francisco I Ximénez de Cisneros (1495–1517)
81. Guillermo de Croy (1517–1521)
    • Vacant
82. Alonso III Fonseca (1523–1534)
83. Juan VI Pardo Tavera (1534–1545)
84. Juan VII Martinez Silecio (1545–1557)
85. Bartolomé Carranza (1558–1576)
86. Gaspar I de Quiroga y Vela (1577–1594)
87. Albert of Austria (1595–1598), later Archduke of Austria
88. García Loaysa y Girón (1598–1599)
89. Bernardo II de Sandoval y Rojas (1599–1618)
    • Vacant
90. Ferdinand of Austria (Apostolic Administrator, 1620–1641)
    • Vacant
91. Gaspar II de Borja y Velasco (1645)
92. Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval (1646–1665)
93. Pascual II de Aragon (1666–1677)
94. Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero (1677–1709)
    • Vacant
95. Francisco Valero y Losa (1715–1720)
96. Diego de Astorga y Céspedes (1720–1724)
    • Vacant
97. Luis I de Borbon y Farnesio (1735–1754)
98. Luis II Fernandez de Cordoba (1755–1771)
99. Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana (1772–1800)
100. Luis María de Borbón y Vallabriga, 14th Count of Chinchón (1800–1823)
101. Pedro Inguanzo y Rivero [es] (1824–1836)
     • Vacant
102. Juan José Bonel y Orbe (1849–1857)
103. Cirilo Alameda y Brea [es] (1857–1872)
     • Vacant
104. Juan Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove [es] (1875–1884)
105. Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón (1885–1886)
106. Miguel Payá y Rico [es] (1886–1891)
107. Antolín Monescillo y Viso (1892–1898)
108. Bl. Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (1898–1909)
109. Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia (1909–1913)
110. Victoriano Guisasola y Menendez (1913–1920)
111. Enrique Almaraz y Santos (1920–1921)
112. Enrique Reig y Casanova (1922–1927)
113. Pedro Segura y Sáenz (1927–1931)
     • Vacant
114. Isidro Goma y Tomas (1933–1940)
115. Enrique Pla y Deniel (1941–1968)
116. Vicente Enrique y Tarancón (1969–1972)
117. Marcelo Gonzalez Martin (1972–1995)
118. Francisco Alvarez Martínez (1995–2002)
119. Antonio Cañizares Llovera (2002–2008)
120. Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (2009–2019)
121. Francisco Cerro Chaves (2019–present)

Auxiliary bishops in the archdiocese

• Pedro del Campo (1516–1551)^[8]
• Pedro Ruiz de la Camera (1524)^[9]
• Guillermo (1539)^[10]
• Pedro Oriona (1549–1560)^[11]
• Diego de la Calzada (1578)^[12]
• Melchor Soria Vera (1602–1643)^[13]
• Juan Avellaneda Manrique (1611)^[14]
• Diego Pereda (1621–1634)^[15]
• Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet (1621–1625), appointed Bishop of Barbastro^[16]
• Francisco Olivares Maldonado (1626–1632)^[17]
• Julián Alvear (Alvera) (1631)^[18]
• Juan Boldames Ibáñez (1632–1633)^[19]
• Miguel Avellán (1633–1650)^[20]
• Pedro Orozco (1643)^[21]
• Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero (1646–1652)^[22]
• Rodrigo de Mandia y Parga, (1652–1663), appointed Bishop of Almería^[23]
• Miguel Pérez Cevallos (1660–1681)^[24]
• Antonio del Buffalo (1661–1666)^[25][26]
• Luis de Morales (bishop) (1661–1679)^[27]
• Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales (1680–1703)^[28]
• Alfonso de Santa Cruz (1683–1698)^[29]
• Benito Madueño y Ramos (1698–1739)^[30]
• Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui (1703–1712)
• Dionisio Francisco Mellado Eguíluz (1716)
• Andrés Núñez Monteagudo (1739–1761)
• Juan Antonio Pérez Arellano (1739–1756)
• Juan Francisco Manrique Lara (1749–1754)
• Augstín González Pisador (1754–1760)
• Juan Manuel Argüelles (1761–1770)
• Felipe Pérez Santa María (1761–1795)
• Miguel González Bobela (1771–1775)
• Francisco Mateo Aguiriano Gómez (1776–1790)
• Atanasio Puyal y Poveda (1790–1814)
• Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont (1795–1800)
• Buenaventura Moyano Rodríguez (1800–1801)
• Alfonso Aguado y Jaraba (1802–1815)
• Luis Gregorio López Castillo (1815–1825)
• Juan Arciniega (1816–1835)
• Pablo García Abella (1827–1833)
• Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista (1861–1875)
• Juan Francisco Bux y Loras (1882–1883)
• Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro (1883–1885)
• Valeriano Menéndez y Conde (1887–1894)
• José Ramón Quesada y Gascón (1894–1898)
• Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera (1899–un 1902)
• Isidoro Badía y Sarradell (1903–1907)
• Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1907–1913)
• Antonio Álvaro y Ballano (1913–1914)
• Juan Bautista Luis y Pérez (1915–1921)
• Mateo Colom y Canals (1921–1922)
• Rafael Balanzá y Navarro (1923–1928)
• Feliciano Rocha Pizarro (1928–1935)
• Gregorio Modrego y Casaus (1936–1942)
• Eduardo Martinez González (1942–1950)
• Francisco Miranda Vicente (1951–1960)
• Anastasio Granados García (1960–1970)
• Rafael Palmero Ramos (1987–1996)
• Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina (1997–2003)
• Joaquín Carmelo Borobia Isasa (2004–2010)
• Ángel Rubio Castro (2004–2007)
• Ángel Fernández Collado (2013–present)

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Albacete
• Diocese of Ciudad Real
• Diocese of Cuenca
• Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara

See also

• Council of Elvira
• Councils of Toledo
• Patriarch of the West Indies
• Grand Inquisitor
• Mozarabic Rite
• Roman Catholicism in Spain

References

1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
2. "Historia".
3. "Arzobispo de Toledo, Primado de España".
4. "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.12.2019" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
5. "Arzobispo de Toledo, Primado de España".
6. "Archdiocese of Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
7. Smith, William George; Wace, Henry (1882). A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuation of 'The Dictionary of the Bible'. John Murray.
8. "Bishop Pedro del Campo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
9. "Bishop Pedro Ruiz de la Camera, OP" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
10. "Bishop Guillermo, OP" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
11. "Bishop Pedro Oriona, OdeM" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
12. "Bishop Diego de la Calzada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
13. "Bishop Melchor Soria Vera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
14. "Bishop Juan Avellaneda Manrique" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
15. "Bishop Diego Pereda, OS" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
16. "Bishop Alfonso de Requeséns Fenollet, OFM" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
17. "Bishop Francisco Olivares Maldonado, OSA" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
18. "Bishop Julián Alvear (Alvera)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
19. "Bishop Juan Boldames Ibáñez, OCD" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
20. "Bishop Miguel Avellán, OFM" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
21. "Bishop Pedro Orozco, OFM" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 12, 2016
22. "Bishop Francisco Villagutiérrez Chumacero, OSA Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
23. "Bishop Rodrigo de Mandia y Parga" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
24. "Bishop Miguel Pérez Cevallos" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
25. "Bishop Antonio del Buffalo, OFM" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
26. "Bishop Antonio Geremia de Bufalo, OFM" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
27. "Bishop Luis de Morales, OSA" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
28. "Bishop Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
29. "Bishop Alfonso de Santa Cruz" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016
30. "Bishop Benito Madueño y Ramos" Catholic-Hierarchy. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 12, 2016

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