Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén

Diocese of Jaén Dioecesis
Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Granada
Statistics
Area	13,497 km2 (5,211 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 660,284 655,000 (99.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, Baeza (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady)
Co-cathedral	Catedral de la Asunción de María, Jaén (Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady)
Current leadership
Bishop	Ramón del Hoyo López

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén (Latin: Giennen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Jaén in the Ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.

History

• 7th century: Established as Diocese of Jaén

Leadership

• Bishops of Jaén (Roman rite)
  • Peter Pascual (1296 - 1299)
  • Diego de Deza, O.P. (1498 - 1500)
  • Esteban Gabriel Merino (12 Jun 1523 - 28 Jul 1535)
  • Francisco Mendoza (14 Jun 1538 - 1543)
  • Pedro Pacheco Ladrón de Guevara (9 Jan 1545 - 30 Apr 1554 )
  • Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon (17 Jul 1555 - 28 Apr 1560 )
  • Diego de los Cobos Molina (4 Sep 1560 - 8 Sep 1565 )
  • Francisco Delgado López (26 Apr 1566 - 2 Oct 1576 )
  • Diego Deza Tello (11 Sep 1577 - 13 Sep 1579 )
  • Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza (27 May 1580 - 9 Jun 1595 )
  • Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas (18 Mar 1596 - 19 Apr 1599)
  • Sancho Dávila Toledo (10 Jan 1600 - 20 Jul 1615 )
  • Francisco Martínez de Cenicero (3 Aug 1615 - 1619 )
  • Francisco Martínez Cenicero (13 Aug 1615 - 28 Nov 1617 )
  • Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval (29 Apr 1619 - 28 May 1646 )
  • Juan Queipo de Llano Flores (8 Feb 1647 - 1 Nov 1647 )
  • Fernando Andrade Castro (6 Jul 1648 - 21 Feb 1664 )
  • Benito Omañana ( 1708 - 19 Mar 1712 )
  • Rodrigo Marín Rubio (28 May 1714 - 10 Feb 1732 )
  • Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (21 Jul 1732 - 5 May 1738)
  • Andrés Cabrejas Molina (5 May 1738 - 4 Sep 1746 )
  • Juan Domingo Manzano Carvajal (4 May 1739 - 5 Sep 1750 )
  • Francisco Castillo Vintimilla (31 Jul 1747 - 15 Nov 1749 )
  • Benito Marín, O.S.B. (27 Apr 1750 - 10 Aug 1769 )
  • Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia (28 May 1770 - 23 Mar 1779 )
  • Agustín Rubín Cevallos (18 Sep 1780 - 8 Feb 1793 )
  • Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero (21 Feb 1794 - 27 May 1795 )
  • Diego Melo Portugal, O.S.A. (18 Dec 1795 - 22 Jan 1816 )
  • Andrés Esteban Gómez (22 Jul 1816 - 17 Jun 1831 )
  • Diego Martínez Carlón y Teruel (24 Oct 1831 - 28 Aug 1836 )
  • José Escolano Fenoy (17 Dec 1847 - 21 Jul 1854 )
  • Tomás Roda Rodríguez (20 Dec 1857 - 11 Mar 1858 )
  • Andrés Rosales Muñoz (25 Jun 1858 - 27 Jul 1864)
  • Antolín Monescillo y Viso (27 Mar 1865 - 22 Jun 1878 )
  • Manuel María León González y Sánchez (22 Jun 1877 - 20 Oct 1896)
  • Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (19 Apr 1897 - 16 Dec 1901 )
  • Salvador Castellote y Pinazo (26 Dec 1901 - 6 Dec 1906)
  • Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera (6 Dec 1906 - 29 Apr 1909 )
  • Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (29 Apr 1909 - 19 Jun 1919 )
  • Manuel Basulto y Jiménez (18 Dec 1919 - 12 Aug 1936 )
  • Rafael García y García de Castro † (29 Dec 1942 - 9 May 1953 )
  • Felix Romero Menjibar † (16 Jan 1954 - 2 Jul 1970 )
  • Miguel Peinado Peinado † (30 Apr 1971 - 31 May 1988 )
  • Santiago García Aracil (31 May 1988 - 9 Jul 2004)
  • Ramón del Hoyo López (19 May 2005 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Source

• Catholic Hierarchy