Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia

Diocese of Segovia Dioecesis Segobiensis
Location
Country	Spain
Metropolitan	Valladolid
Statistics
Area	6,949 km2 (2,683 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 150,701 146,200 (97.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen,
Current leadership
Bishop	Ángel Rubio Castro

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia (Latin: Segobien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Segovia in the Ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.

History

• 6th century: Established as Diocese of Segovia

Leadership

• Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. † (22 Dec 1508 - 20 Jun 1519 )
• Diego Ribera de Toledo † (29 Oct 1511 - 6 Feb 1543 )
• Antonio Ramírez de Haro † (6 Aug 1543 - 16 Sep 1549 )
• Gaspar Zúñiga Avellaneda † (27 Jun 1550 - 21 Oct 1558 )
• Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † (21 Oct 1558 - 15 May 1560 )
• Martín Pérez de Ayala † (17 Jul 1560 - 6 Sep 1564 )
• Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † (25 Oct 1564 - 6 Sep 1577 )
• Francisco Sancho Allepuz † (21 Jun 1577 - 23 Jun 1578 )
• Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade † (11 Sep 1577 - 25 Sep 1579 )
• Luis Tello Maldonado † (22 Jun 1580 - 11 Jun 1581 )
• Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla † (8 Nov 1582 - 13 Oct 1586 )
• Francisco Ribera Obando, O.S.A. † (17 Dec 1586 - 15 Sep 1587 )
• Andrés Pacheco † (2 Dec 1587 - 13 Aug 1601 )
• Maximiliano de Austria † (27 Aug 1601 - 21 Apr 1603 )
• Pedro Castro Nero † (13 Aug 1603 - 12 Sep 1611 )
• Antonio Idiáquez Manrique † (4 Feb 1613 - 17 Nov 1615 )
• Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada † (18 Jul 1616 - 1 Sep 1617 )
• Alfonso Márquez de Prado † (9 Jul 1618 - 7 Nov 1621 )
• Iñigo Brizuela Artiaga, O.P. † (6 May 1622 - 1624 )
• Melchor Moscoso Sandoval † (29 May 1624 - 1626 )
• Mendo de Benavides † (18 Jul 1633 - 19 Nov 1640 )
• Pedro Neila † (12 Jun 1645 - 1648 )
• Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † (28 Aug 1656 - 16 Aug 1660 )
• Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata † ( 1694 - 1699 )
• Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval † ( 1699 - 4 Nov 1727 )
• Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba † (8 Mar 1728 - 29 May 1742 )
• Diego García Medrano † (24 Sep 1742 - Mar 1752 )
• Manuel Murillo Argáiz † (13 Jul 1752 - 1 Jun 1765 )
• Juan José Martínez Escalzo † (5 Jun 1765 - 6 Dec 1773 )
• Alfonso Marcos Llanes † (6 Jun 1774 - 15 Dec 1783)
• Juan Francisco Jiménez del Río † (14 Feb 1785 - 18 Dec 1795 )
• José Sáenz Santamaría † (24 Jul 1797 - 14 Jan 1813 )
• Isidoro Pérez Celis, O.S. Cam. † (19 Aug 1814 - 20 Jan 1827 )
• Isidoro Bonifacio López Pulido, O.S.B. † (21 May 1827 - 3 Dec 1827 )
• Juan Nepomuceno Lera Cano † (18 Apr 1828 - 23 Jun 1831 )
• Joaquín Briz, O.P. † (25 Oct 1831 - 23 Jan 1837 )
• Francisco de La Puente, O.P. † (3 Jul 1848 - 15 Nov 1854 )
• Rodrigo Moreno Echevarría Briones, O.S.B. † (25 Sep 1857 - 1875 )
• Antonio García y Fernández † (3 Apr 1876 - 5 Feb 1890 )
• José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero † (26 Jun 1890 - 24 Mar 1898 )
• José Ramón Quesada y Gascón † (24 Mar 1898 - 13 Sep 1900 )
• José Cadena y Eleta † (8 Apr 1901 - 14 Nov 1904 )
• Julián Miranda y Ristuer † (14 Nov 1904 - 24 Jun 1913 )
• Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui † (28 May 1914 - 22 Apr 1920 )
• Manuel de Castro y Alonso † (9 Jul 1920 - 21 May 1928 )
• Luciano Pérez Platero † (5 Feb 1929 - 9 Dec 1944 )
• Daniel Llorente y Federico † (9 Dec 1944 - 11 Dec 1969 )
• Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez † (11 Dec 1969 - 12 May 1995 )
• Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. (12 May 1995 - 3 Nov 2007 )
• Ángel Rubio Castro (3 Nov 2007 - )

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Source

• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website