Roman Catholic Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño

Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño Dioecesis Calaguritanus et Calceatensis - Lucroniensis
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Pamplona y Tudela
Statistics
Area	5,033 km2 (1,943 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 301,084 273,101 (90.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral de El Salvador y Santa María, Santo Domingo de la Calzada & Catedral de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Calahorra
Co-cathedral	Concatedral de Santa María de la Redonda, Logroño
Current leadership
Bishop	Juan José Omella Omella

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño (Latin: Calaguritan(us) et Calceaten(sis) – Lucronien(sis)) is a diocese located in the cities of Calahorra, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Logroño in the Ecclesiastical province of Pamplona y Tudela in Spain.

History

• 463: Established as Diocese of Calahorra
• 1232: Renamed as Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada
• 9 March 1959: Renamed as Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada – Logroño

Leadership

Concatedral de Santa María de la Redonda

Bishops of Calahorra y La Calzada since 1453

• Pedro González de Mendoza (1453-1467)
• Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo (1468-1469)
• Juan Díaz de Coca (1470-1477)
• Pedro de Aranda (1477-1494)
• Juan de Ortega (1499-1503)
• Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. † (5 May 1503 - 22 Dec 1508 )
• Juan Fernández Velasco † (22 Dec 1505 - 22 Jul 1514 )
• Juan Castellanos de Villalba † (25 May 1515 - 23 Aug 1522 )
• Alonso de Castilla Zúniga † (11 Mar 1523 - 1 Mar 1541 )
• Antonio Ramírez de Haro † (27 Jun 1541 - 6 Aug 1543 )
• Juan Yanes † (24 Sep 1543 Appointed - 24 Dec 1544 )
• Juan Bernal Díaz de Luco † (17 Apr 1545 - 6 Sep 1556 )
• Diego Fernández de Córdoba Velasco † (1 Oct 1557 - 15 Sep 1558 )
• Juan Quiñones Guzmán † (2 Aug 1559 - 14 Sep 1576 )
• Juan Ochoa Salazar † (11 Sep 1577 - 7 Aug 1587 )
• Antonio Manrique, O.F.M. † (7 Aug 1587 - 30 Jan 1588 )
• Pedro Portocarrero † (20 Mar 1589 - 12 Jan 1594 )
• Pedro Manso Zuñiga † (23 Mar 1594 - 12 Sep 1612 )
• Pedro González del Castillo † (17 Feb 1614 - 5 Aug 1627 )
• Miguel Ayala † (5 May 1628 - 19 Aug 1632 Died)
• Gonzalo Chacón Velasco y Fajardo † (31 Jan 1633 - 27 May 1642)
• Juan Piñeiro Osorio † (13 Jul 1643 - 24 Dec 1647)
• Juan Juániz de Echalar † (16 Dec 1647 - 13 Oct 1656 )
• Martín López de Ontiveros † (18 Jun 1657 - 16 Apr 1658 )
• Francisco Antonio de Borja-Centelles y Ponce de Léon (18 Jul 1701 - 3 Apr 1702 )
• Ildefonso de Mena y Borja † (8 May 1702 - 4 Oct 1714 )
• Antonio Horcasitas Avellaneda † (18 Mar 1715 - 21 Dec 1716 )
• José Espejo Cisneros † (2 Jul 1717 - 1 Apr 1747 )
• Diego Rojas Contreras † (6 May 1748 - 12 Mar 1753 )
• Andrés Porras Termes † (26 Sep 1753 - 16 Jul 1764 Died)
• Juan Luengo Pinto † (17 Dec 1764 - 17 Apr 1784 Died)
• Pedro Luis Ozta Múzquiz † (27 Jun 1785 - 20 Jan 1789 Died)
• Francisco Mateo Aguiriano Gómez † (29 Mar 1790 - 21 Sep 1813 )
• Atanasio Puyal Poveda † (26 Sep 1804 - 21 Oct 1827 )
• Ignacio Ribes Mayor † (23 Jun 1828 - 23 Nov 1831 )
• Pablo García Abella, C.O. † (18 Dec 1832 - 17 Jan 1848 )
• Gaspar Cos Soberón † (3 Jul 1840 - 15 Dec 1848 Died)
• Miguel José Irigoyen † (20 May 1850 - 18 Feb 1852 Died)
• Cipriano Juárez Berzosa † (27 Sep 1852 - 19 May 1861 )
• Antolín Monescillo y Viso † (22 Jun 1861 - 27 Mar 1865 )
• Fabián Sebastián Arenzana Magdaleno † (25 Sep 1865 - 5 Nov 1874 )
• Gabino Catalina del Amo † (5 Jul 1875 - 10 Jan 1882 Died)
• Antonio María Cascajares y Azara † (27 Mar 1884 - 17 Dec 1891 )
• Fidel García Martínez † (25 Aug 1927 - 7 May 1953 )

Bishops of Calahorra y La Calzada – Logroño

• Abilio del Campo y de la Bárcena † (7 May 1953 - 20 Dec 1976 )
• Francisco Alvarez Martínez (20 Dec 1976 - 12 May 1989 )
• Ramón Búa Otero (14 Sep 1989 - 15 Sep 2003 )
• Juan José Omella Omella (8 Apr 2004 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Source

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

External links

• Página de Calahorra