Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia

Diocese of Plasencia Dioecesis Placentinus in Hispania
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Mérida-Badajoz
Statistics
Area	10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 272,654 266,724 (97.8%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (New Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary)
Co-cathedral	Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo
Current leadership
Bishop	Amadeo Rodríguez Magro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Placentin(us) in Hispania) is a diocese located in the city of Plasencia in the Ecclesiastical province of Mérida-Badajoz in Spain.

History

• 1189: Established as Diocese of Plasencia

Leadership

The cathedral of Plasencia

• Juan de Carvajal † (10 Aug 1446 - 6 Dec 1469 )
• Gómez de Toledo Solís † (22 Dec 1508 - 1521 )
• Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal † (25 May 1524 - 27 Apr 1559 )
• Pedro Ponce de Léon † (26 Jan 1560 - 17 Jan 1573 )
• Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. † (4 Jun 1574 - 13 Jun 1578 )
• Francisco Tello Sandoval † (13 Jun 1578 - 8 Jul 1580 )
• Andrés de Noronha † (11 Sep 1581 - 3 Aug 1586 )
• Juan Ochoa Salazar † (7 Aug 1587 - 9 Mar 1594 )
• Pedro González Acevedo † (5 Dec 1594 - 20 Nov 1609 )
• Enrique Enríquez, O.S.A. † (21 Jun 1610 - 22 Jan 1622 )
• Sancho Dávila Toledo † (11 Jul 1622 - 6 Dec 1626 )
• Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. † (18 Jul 1623 - 5 Oct 1639 )
• Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera † (27 Jan 1627 - 22 Oct 1634 )
• Cristóbal Lobera Torres † (2 Dec 1630 - 21 Oct 1632 )
• Diego Arce Reinoso † (8 Oct 1640 - 1652 )
• Juan Lozano, O.S.A. † (26 Apr 1677 - 3 Jul 1679 )
• Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata † ( 1699 - 1703 )
• Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros † (22 May 1713 - Apr 1715 )
• Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras † (23 Sep 1715 - 3 Jul 1720 )
• Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. † (16 Sep 1720 - 12 Nov 1720 )
• Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova, O.P. † (28 May 1721 - 14 Jul 1738 )
• Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas † (19 Dec 1738 - 25 Jun 1742 )
• Plácido Bailés Padilla, O.S.A. † (26 Nov 1742 - Jan 1747 )
• Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez † (21 Jul 1747 - 27 Jul 1749 )
• José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo † (13 Feb 1750 - 1755 )
• Pedro Gómez de la Torre † (24 May 1756 - Aug 1759 )
• Juan Francisco Manrique Lara † (21 Apr 1760 - 18 Jan 1765 )
• Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón † (5 Jun 1765 - 14 Apr 1766 )
• José González Laso Santos de San Pedro † (21 Jul 1766 - 1803 )
• Lorenzo Igual Soria † (16 May 1803 - 14 Sep 1814 )
• Antonio Carrillo Mayoral † (10 Jul 1815 - 19 Mar 1826 )
• Cipriano Sánchez Varela † (3 Jul 1826 - 13 Mar 1848 )
• José Avila Lamas † (27 Sep 1852 - 27 Sep 1857 )
• Bernardo Conde Corral, O. Praem. † (21 Dec 1857 - 16 Mar 1863 )
• Gregoria María López Zaragoza † (21 Dec 1863 - 3 May 1869 )
• Pedro Casas y Souto † (23 Sep 1875 - 26 Jul 1906 Died)
• Francisco Jarrín y Moro † (6 Dec 1906 - 3 Nov 1912 Died)
• Manuel Torres y Torres † (18 Jul 1913 - 4 Jul 1914 Died)
• Angel Regueras y López † (26 May 1915 - 26 Oct 1923 )
• Justo Rivas Fernández † (18 Dec 1924 - 16 Jul 1930 )
• Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † (28 Jan 1935 - 16 Aug 1945 )
• Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo † (16 Feb 1946 - 14 Nov 1973 )
• Antonio Vilaplana Molina † (17 Sep 1976 - 9 Feb 1987 )
• Santiago Martínez Acebes † (5 Jan 1988 - 30 Oct 1992)
• Carlos López Hernández (15 Mar 1994 - 9 Jan 2003 )
• Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (3 Jul 2003 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website