Ciudad Rodrigo (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

José Luis Retana Gozalo, Bishop
Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 25 May 1175
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 4,264 (1,646 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Obispado, Diez de Taravilla 15, 37500 Ciudad Rodrigo [Salamanca], Espana
Telephone: 923.46.08.43
Fax: 923.46.30.28

Past and Present Ordinaries

Alfonso † (1 Dec 1300 Appointed - )
Juan † (27 Jul 1324 Appointed - )
Alfonso † (28 Jun 1344 Appointed - )
Fernando Pedrosa † (15 Jan 1382 Appointed - 12 Dec 1383 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
André Dias de Escobar, O.S.B. † (25 May 1410 Appointed - 4 Sep 1422 Appointed, Bishop of Ajaccio)
Sante † (19 Mar 1431 Appointed - 14 Jan 1433 Appointed, Bishop of Minervino Murge)
Alfonso Sánchez de Valladolid † (14 Jan 1433 Appointed - )
Alfonso Palenzuela, O.F.M. † (22 Aug 1460 Appointed - 20 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Alfonso de Paradinas † (20 Oct 1469 Appointed - 15 Oct 1485 Died)
Pedro Beltrán (Bertrandi) † (19 Oct 1485 Appointed - 1 Jun 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Tuy)
Diego de Muros (Moiras), O. de M. † (1 Jun 1487 Appointed - 1492 Died)
Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna † (23 Jan 1493 Appointed - 6 Sep 1499 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Diego de Peralta † (6 Sep 1499 Appointed - 1501 Died)
Valeriano Ordóñez Villaquirán † (24 Sep 1501 Appointed - 22 Dec 1508 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Francisco Bobadilla † (22 Jan 1509 Appointed - 18 Nov 1510 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Francisco Ruiz, O.F.M. † (18 Nov 1509 Appointed - 14 Jul 1514 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Juan Pardo de Tavera † (14 Jul 1514 Appointed - 31 Dec 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
Pedro Portocarrero † (31 Dec 1523 Appointed - 26 Jun 1525 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Gonzalo Maldonado † (3 Jul 1525 Appointed - 29 Jun 1530 Died)
Pedro Fernández Manrique † (14 Dec 1530 Appointed - 11 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) † (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - 21 May 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Antonio Ramírez de Haro † (18 Aug 1539 Appointed - 27 Jun 1541 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Francisco de Navarra y Hualde † (22 May 1542 Appointed - 14 Dec 1545 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Juan Aceres † (8 Jan 1546 Appointed - 31 Jul 1549 Died)
Pedro Ponce de Léon † (27 Jun 1550 Appointed - 26 Jan 1560 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † (26 Jan 1560 Appointed - 25 Oct 1564 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Segovia)
Diego de Simancas † (15 Dec 1564 Appointed - 3 Dec 1568 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Andrés Pérez † (10 Dec 1568 Appointed - 1583 Died)
Pedro Vélez Guevara † (9 Jan 1584 Appointed - 1585 Died)
Bernardo de Rojas y Sandoval † (8 Jan 1586 Appointed - 16 Mar 1588 Appointed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Pedro Maldonado † (23 Mar 1588 Appointed - 1591 Died)
Martín de Salvatierra † (15 May 1591 Appointed - 1604 Died)
Pedro Ponce de Léon, O.P. † (31 Aug 1605 Appointed - 29 Mar 1610 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Antonio Idiáquez Manrique † (26 May 1610 Appointed - 4 Feb 1613 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo † (12 Aug 1613 Appointed - 23 May 1622 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
Francisco de Arriba † (5 Sep 1622 Appointed - 1623 Died)
Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. † (10 May 1623 Appointed - 1 Jul 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Martín Fernández Portocarrero † (19 Jul 1624 Appointed - 1625 Died)
Juan de la Torre Ayala † (7 Jan 1626 Appointed - 13 Jun 1638 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias † (11 Apr 1639 Appointed - 18 Oct 1645 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Juan Pérez Delgado † (3 Dec 1646 Appointed - 11 Oct 1655 Confirmed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Diego de Tejada y la Guardia † (31 Jan 1656 Appointed - 6 May 1658 Appointed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Diego Riquelme y Quirós † (2 Dec 1658 Appointed - 19 Dec 1661 Confirmed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Antonio Rodríguez Castañon † (13 Feb 1662 Appointed - 7 Mar 1667 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Miguel de Cárdenas, O. Carm. † (18 Jul 1667 Appointed - 22 Feb 1671 Died)
Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T. † (16 Nov 1671 Appointed - 13 Sep 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Juan de Andaya y Sotomayor † (10 Jan 1678 Appointed - 13 Nov 1678 Died)
Sebastián Catalán † (17 Jul 1679 Appointed - Sep 1687 Died)
José González Blázquez, O. de M. † (31 May 1688 Appointed - 24 Jan 1695 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Francisco Manuel de Zúñiga Sotomayor y Mendoza, O.S.A. † (21 Mar 1695 Appointed - 14 Dec 1712 Died)
José Díez Santos de San Pedro † (28 May 1714 Confirmed - 24 Oct 1719 Died)
Gregorio Téllez, O.F.M. Conv. † (3 Feb 1721 Appointed - 2 Mar 1738 Retired)
Clemente Comenge Avio † (3 Mar 1738 Appointed - 12 Dec 1747 Died)
Pedro Gómez de la Torre † (2 Dec 1748 Appointed - 24 May 1756 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
José Francisco Biguezal † (24 May 1756 Appointed - 2 Dec 1762 Died)
Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero Mota † (18 Jul 1763 Appointed - 15 Dec 1777 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Agustín de Alvarado y Castillo † (14 Dec 1778 Appointed - 21 Jul 1781 Died)
Ildefonso Molina y Santaella † (17 Feb 1783 Appointed - 4 Dec 1784 Died)
Benito (Francesco Xavier Michael) de Uría y Valdés, O.S.B. † (26 Sep 1785 Appointed - 23 Jun 1810 Died)
Pedro Manuel Ramírez de la Piscina † (19 Dec 1814 Appointed - 21 Aug 1835 Died)
Jesús Enciso Viana † (2 Feb 1950 Appointed - 30 May 1955 Appointed, Bishop of Mallorca)
José Bascuñana y López † (11 Jun 1955 Appointed - 20 May 1964 Appointed, Bishop of Solsona)
Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo † (7 Jul 1964 Appointed - 7 Jan 1988 Retired)
Antonio Ceballos Atienza † (7 Jan 1988 Appointed - 10 Dec 1993 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta)
Julián López Martín (15 Jul 1994 Appointed - 19 Mar 2002 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Atilano Vicente Rodríguez Martínez (26 Feb 2003 Appointed - 2 Feb 2011 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara)
Cecilio Raúl Berzosa Martínez (2 Feb 2011 Appointed - 16 Jan 2019 Resigned)
José Luis Retana Gozalo (15 Nov 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
25 May 1175	Erected		Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (erected)
12 June 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo (Cáceres)	Archdiocese of Cape Coast
12 June 1958	Territory Added	Diocese of Salamanca (Aldeanueva de la Sierra, Anaya de Huebra, Gallegos de Huebra, Avililla de la Sierm, Mieza, Muñoz, San Muñoz, Sanchón de la Sagrada, la Sagrada, Tamames, Villares of Yeltes, Pedro Alvaro, and Vilvestre)	Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 140,000 140,000 100.0% 122 122 1,147 116 111 ap1951

1970 71,187 71,187 100.0% 139 139 512 189 115 ap1971

1980 56,155 56,168 100.0% 109 109 515 140 119 ap1981

1990 49,135 49,192 99.9% 108 108 454 127 119 ap1991

1999 43,717 44,477 98.3% 100 100 437 142 120 ap2000

2000 42,992 43,742 98.3% 92 92 467 134 121 ap2001

2001 42,314 43,025 98.3% 90 90 470 133 121 ap2002

2002 41,320 42,034 98.3% 86 86 480 130 121 ap2003

2003 44,631 45,605 97.9% 83 83 537 135 121 ap2004

2004 44,587 45,614 97.7% 80 80 557 138 121 ap2005

2006 44,487 45,474 97.8% 80 80 556 139 121 ap2007

2013 39,202 40,580 96.6% 69 69 568 94 120 ap2014

2016 37,047 38,261 96.8% 64 64 578 103 120 ap2017

2019 35,115 36,325 96.7% 56 56 627 84 120 ap2020

2021 32,900 33,846 97.2% 53 53 620 75 120 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	140,000	140,000	100.0%	122	122	1,147	116	111	ap1951
1970	71,187	71,187	100.0%	139	139	512	189	115	ap1971
1980	56,155	56,168	100.0%	109	109	515	140	119	ap1981
1990	49,135	49,192	99.9%	108	108	454	127	119	ap1991
1999	43,717	44,477	98.3%	100	100	437	142	120	ap2000
2000	42,992	43,742	98.3%	92	92	467	134	121	ap2001
2001	42,314	43,025	98.3%	90	90	470	133	121	ap2002
2002	41,320	42,034	98.3%	86	86	480	130	121	ap2003
2003	44,631	45,605	97.9%	83	83	537	135	121	ap2004
2004	44,587	45,614	97.7%	80	80	557	138	121	ap2005
2006	44,487	45,474	97.8%	80	80	556	139	121	ap2007
2013	39,202	40,580	96.6%	69	69	568	94	120	ap2014
2016	37,047	38,261	96.8%	64	64	578	103	120	ap2017
2019	35,115	36,325	96.7%	56	56	627	84	120	ap2020
2021	32,900	33,846	97.2%	53	53	620	75	120	ap2022