Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Spain

For the archdiocese in Mexico, see Roman Catholic Archdiocese of León. For the diocese in Nicaragua, see Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Nicaragua. For the diocese of Léon in France, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Quimper.

The Diocese of León (Latin: Dioecesis Legionensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.^[1][2]

Diocese of León Dioecesis Legionensis Diócesis de León
León Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Oviedo
Metropolitan	Oviedo
Statistics
Area	9,620 km2 (3,710 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 312,196 305,860 (97.9%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	4th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Way in León
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal
Metropolitan Archbishop	Jesús Sanz Montes
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

• 4th century: Established as Diocese of León

Special churches

• Minor Basilicas:
  • Real Basílica de San Isidoro de León, León

Bishops of León

• Basilides [es] (deposed 254)
• Savinus (254–???)
• ...
• Decentius [es] (fl. 315)
• ...
• Suintila (792)
• Quintila (811-820)
• Cixila I (853-855)
• Frunimio I (854–874), first bishop of León.^[3]
• Mauro (878–886)^[4]
• Vincent (899–900)
• Froilán [es] (900–904)
• Sisnando (905–914?)
• Cixila II (911 – 914/15). Died in 938. Retired in 916 to the Monastery of San Cosme y San Damián in Abellar (León) which he had founded.
• Frunimio II (915–924)^[5]
• Oveco Núñez (927–950),^[6] Carriedo Tejedo calls him the 6th Bishop^[7]
• Gonzalo (950/1 – 966)^[7]
• Velasco (966 – 973/4)^[7]
• Sisnando Puricélliz (974–980), possibly brother of noblemen Sancho and Aznar Puricélliz^[7]
• Velasco (again, 980/1)^[7]
• Sisnando Baroncélliz (981/2)^[7]
• Sabarico (981/2)^[7]
• Fortis (fl. 984)^[7]
• Sabarico (again, 985–991)^[7]
• Fruela (991/2 – 1006)^[7]
• Nuño (1007–1026)
• Servando (1026–1040)
• Cipriano (1040–1057)
• Aloito (1057–1063)
• Pelayo Tedóniz (1065– )^[8]
• Pedro I (c.1087 – 1111/2)^[9]
• Maurice Bourdin (1111–1112/3), usurped the see from Pedro for a brief time^[9]
• Diego (1112/3 – 1130)^[9]
• Arias Gundesíndiz (1130–1135)^[9][10]
• Pedro (II) Anáyaz (1135–1139)^[9][10]
• Juan Albertínez (1139–1181)^[9]
• Manrique de Lara (1181–1205)^[9]
• Pedro Muñiz (May 1205 – 1206/07), appointed archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in early 1207. Died on 29 January 1224.^[11]
• Pelayo Pérez (February 1207 – 1208),^[11] died before consecration^[9]
• Rodrigo Álvarez (1208–1232)^[9]
• Martín Alonso (1232–1234)
• Arnaldo (1234–1235)
• Juan (1237–1238)
• Martín Arias (1238–1242)
• Nuño Álvarez (1242–1252)
• Martín Fernández (1254–1289)
• Fernando Ruiz de Cabañas (1289–1301)
• Gonzalo de Hinojosa (6 November 1301 – 12 July 1313 appointed Bishop of Burgos), died on 15 May 1327^[12]
• Juan Soares (1313)
• Juan Fernández (1316), elect
• Sede vacanta (1316–1318)
• García de Ayerbe (April 1318 – 4 September 1332)
• Juan del Campo (2 December 1332 – 24 May 1344 Died)^[13]
• Diego Ramírez de Guzmán (1344–1354)^[14]
• Pedro Raimundo (1354–1360)
• Pedro de Barreira, O.S.A. (31 August 1360 – 19 November 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Toul)
• Alfonso (1375–1376)
• Juan Ramírez de Guzmán [es] (1376–1378)
• Fernando (1378–1380])
• Aleramo (1382–1401?)
• Alonso de Argüello [es] (1403–1415), transferred to Palencia
• Álvaro Núñez de Isorna [es] (1415–1418), transferred to Cuenca
• Juan Rodríguez Villalón (1418)
• Alonso de Cusanza [es] (1424–1435)
• Giovanni Berardi (1435–1437), in commendam
• Juan de Mella (12 April 1434 – Did Not Take Effect)
• ...
• Juan de Pontibus (ca. 1446)
• Pedro Cabeza de Vaca (1448–1459)
• Fortún Velázquez de Cuéllar [es] (1460)
• Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (31 July 1460 – 26 January 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
• Giacopo Antonio Venier (16 September 1464 – 6 October 1469 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Rodrigo de Vergara (6 October 1469 – 18 June 1478 Died)
• Luis Velasco (1478–1484 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba)
• Iñigo Manrique de Lara (bishop) (1484–1485 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba)^[15]
• Alonso de Valdivieso (1485 – 21 May 1500 Died)
• Francisco Desprats (4 December 1500 – 10 September 1504 Died)
• Juan de Vera (14 May 1505 – 4 May 1507 Died)
• Francesco Alidosi (1507 – 24 May 1511 Died)
• Luigi d'Aragona (6 June 1511 – 17 December 1516 Resigned)
• Esteban Gabriel Merino (17 December 1516 – 12 June 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Pedro Manuel (12 June 1523 – 17 June 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)^[16]
• Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (8 January 1535 – 21 May 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
• Fernando Valdés (30 May 1539 – 29 October 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (29 October 1539 – 2 June 1542 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Esteban Almeida (2 June 1542 – 16 April 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena)
• Juan Fernández Temiño (19 July 1546 – 9 November 1556 Died)
• Andrés de la Cuesta (10 December 1557 – 1564 Died)
• Juan de San Millán (28 July 1564 – 11 April 1578 Died)^[17]
• Francisco Trujillo Garcia (5 September 1578 – 14 November 1592 Died)
• Juan Alonso Moscoso (30 August 1593 – 9 May 1603 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga)
• Andrés de Casso, O.P. (12 June 1603 – 13 May 1607 Died)
• Francisco Terrones del Caño (3 March 1608 – 13 March 1613 Died)
• Alonso González Aguilar (23 September 1613 – 2 December 1615 Died)
• Juan Llano Valdés (5 September 1616 – 9 August 1622 Died)
• Juan Molina Alvarez (20 March 1623 – Nov 1623 Died)
• Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, O.S.H. (16 September 1624 – 31 January 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Valladolid)
• Bartolomé Santos de Risoba (26 September 1633 – 9 December 1649 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. (10 January 1650 – 28 August 1656 Confirmed, Bishop of Segovia)^[18]
• Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) (18 September 1656 – 14 September 1659 Died)
• Juan Bravo Lasprilla (7 June 1660 – 31 July 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena)
• Juan Vande-Escarth y Briceño, O.S.H. (12 January 1665 – 6 April 1672 Died)
• Juan Álvarez Osorio (12 December 1672 – 22 January 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Juan Aparicio Navarro (7 October 1680 – 6 November 1696 Died)
• José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez (3 June 1697 – 7 April 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada (28 April 1704 – 13 June 1714 Confirmed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera (17 September 1714 – 17 April 1718 Died)
• Martín Zalayeta Lizarza (27 May 1720 – 11 September 1728 Died)
• Juan Fernández Zapata (3 August 1729 – 12 October 1729 Died)
• Francisco de la Torre Herrera (24 July 1730 – 1 February 1735 Died)
• José de Llupiá y Roger, O.S.B. (19 December 1735 – 21 November 1752 Died)
• Alfonso Fernández Pantoja (9 April 1753 – 6 November 1761 Died)
• Pascual de los Herreros (23 August 1762 – 3 March 1770 Died)
• Baltasar Yusta y Navarro (10 September 1770 – 17 February 1777 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero Mota (15 December 1777 – 3 April 1800 Died)
• Pedro Luis Blanco (11 August 1800 – 22 November 1811 Died)
• Ignacio Ramón Roda (19 December 1814 – 4 January 1823 Died)
• Joaquín Abarca Blanque (27 September 1824 – 21 June 1844 Died)
• Joaquín Barbajero y Villar (17 January 1848 – 26 February 1863 Died)
• Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo (1 October 1863 – 19 September 1869 Died)
• Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera (5 July 1875 – 15 March 1883 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
• Francisco Xavier Caminero y Muñoz (27 March 1885 – 13 April 1885 Died)
• Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas (10 June 1886 – 1 October 1904 Retired)
• Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (27 March 1905 – 29 April 1909 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Ramón Guillamet y Coma (29 April 1909 – 18 July 1913 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• José Álvarez y Miranda (18 July 1913 – 4 March 1937 Died)
• Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (12 February 1938 – 10 June 1943 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)
• Luis Almarcha Hernández (10 July 1944 – 4 April 1970 Retired)
• Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta (9 July 1971 – 16 February 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Bilbao)
• Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (22 August 1979 – 28 July 1983 Resigned)
• Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá (28 July 1983 – 9 February 1987 Resigned)
• Antonio Vilaplana Molina (9 February 1987 – 19 March 2002 Retired)
• Julián López Martín (19 March 2002 Appointed – 21 October 2020 Retired)
• Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal (21 October 2020 Appointed – )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Kingdom of León
• Leonese language

References

1. "Diocese of León" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 4 December 2015
2. "Diocese of León" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
3. Carriedo Tejedo 2009, p. 29.
4. Carriedo Tejedo 2009, p. 53.
5. Carriedo Tejedo 2009, n. 7, p. 29 and p. 53.
6. Carriedo Tejedo 2009, p. 54.
7. Carriedo Tejedo 2002, p. 156.
8. Carriedo Tejedo, Manuel (1999). "El gallego Pelayo Tedóniz: monje de Celanova (desde 1040), diácono compostelano (desde 1056) y obispo de León (desde 1065)". Compostellanum: Revista de la Archidiócesis de Santiago de Compostela (in Spanish). 44 (1–2): 67–75. ISSN 0573-2018.
9. Richard A. Fletcher (1978), The Episcopate in the Kingdom of León in the Twelfth Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 68.
10. Reglero de la Fuente 2009, p. 507.
11. Cavero Domínguez, Gregoria (2015). "Pedro Muñiz, obispo de León (1205 – 1206 y arzobispo compostelano (1207 – 1224". Estudios en homenaje al proferor Emilio Cabrera (in Spanish). Córdoba: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Córdoba. pp. 111 –&#32, 121.
12. Ordás Díaz, Pablo (2017). "¿Don Gonzalo Osorio de Villalobos o don Gonzalo de Hinojosa?". E-Spania. Revue interdisciplinaire d'études hispaniques médiévales et modernes (in Spanish) (26). doi:10.4000/e-spania.26454. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
13. Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan del Campo" retrieved 15 January 2016
14. Pablo Ordás Díaz, "Cloister-phobia: The Neglected Art History of León Cathedral's Cloister" The Medieval Colloquium, Columbia University (2/19/2014), p. 10.
15. "Bishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 August 2016
16. "Archbishop Pedro Manuel" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
17. "Bishop Juan de San Millán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved 2 September 2016
18. "Bishop Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 March 2016

Bibliography

• Carriedo Tejedo, Manuel (2009). "Locus Sancti Martini (SS. VIII – XIII)" (PDF). Estudios Mindonienses. Anuario de estudios histórico-Teológicos de la Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol (in Spanish) (25). Mondoñedo: Cabildo de la Catedral. Mondoñedo. Centro de Estudios de la Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol. Fundación Caixa Galicia: 27–78.
• Carriedo Tejedo, Manuel (2002). "Un obispo desconocido de León: Sisnando Baroncélliz (Año 982)". In Morán Suárez, María Antonia; Rodríguez López, María del Carmen (eds.). La documentación para la investigación : homenaje a José Antonio Martín Fuertes (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. 1. León: Universidad de León. pp. 129–156.
• Reglero de la Fuente, Carlos (2009). "Los primeros arcedianos leoneses (1070 – 1181)". Castilla y el mundo feudal. Homenaje al profesor Julio Valdeón (in Spanish). Vol. I. Valdivieso, María Isabel del Val and Martínez Sopena, Pascual (Dirs.). Valladolid: Junta de Castilla y León. Universidad de Valladolid. ISBN 978-84-9718-582-0.

External links

• Official website
• Catholic Hierarchy

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