Coria-Cáceres (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D., Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Name Changed: 9 April 1957
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 10,052 (3,882 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://diocesiscoriacaceres.es
Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de Santa Maria 1, 10003 Caceres, Espana
Telephone: 927.24.52.50
Fax: 927.21.40.24

Historical Details

Diocese of Coria
- Latin Name: Cauriensis
- Erected: 1142
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Toledo
- Country: Spain

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meiras † ( 1317 Appointed - 1324 Died)
Alfonso † ( 1344 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, C.R.S.A. † (20 Feb 1348 Appointed - 31 Aug 1360 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Rodrigo † (24 Apr 1360 Appointed - 1365 Died)
Diego , O.F.M. † (10 Dec 1365 Appointed - 1368 Died)
Gil † (28 Feb 1368 Appointed - 1371 Died)
Guglielmo Belvaisii, O.F.M. † (3 Sep 1371 Appointed - )
García de Castronuño, O.P. † (30 Jul 1403 Appointed - 1420 Died)
Martin Galos † (15 Jul 1420 Appointed - 1436 Died)
Alfonso de Villegas † ( 1436 Appointed - 1437 Died)
Pedro López de Miranda † (24 Jan 1438 Appointed - 11 Oct 1443 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Juan de Carvajal † (11 Oct 1443 Appointed - 10 Aug 1446 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza † ( 1444 Appointed - 1449 Died)
Fernando Lopez de Lorden † (30 Jan 1455 Appointed - 18 Mar 1457 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Iñigo Manrique de Lara † (18 Mar 1457 Appointed - 10 May 1475 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Francisco de Toledo † (10 May 1475 Appointed - 9 Feb 1479 Died)
Juan de Ortega, O.S.H. † (16 Jun 1479 Appointed - 1485 Died)
Diego de Fonseca † (27 Jan 1486 Appointed - 1487 Died)
Vasco Ramírez † (18 May 1487 Appointed - 1488 Died)
Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo (Jimenez de Prexamo) † (23 Jan 1489 Appointed - 1495 Died)
César de Borja (Borgia) † ( 1495 Appointed - 6 Sep 1499 Resigned)
Juan López † (6 Sep 1499 Appointed - 5 Aug 1501 Died)
François Busleiden † (26 Nov 1501 Appointed - 23 Aug 1502 Died)
Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna † (5 May 1503 Appointed - 1517 Died)
Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena † (4 Nov 1517 Appointed - 9 Sep 1519 Appointed, Administrator of Coutances)
Carlos Lalaing † ( 1520 Appointed - 1524 Resigned)
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga † ( 1528 Appointed - 2 Mar 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Guillermo Valdenese † (2 May 1529 Appointed - 23 May 1530 Died)
Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. † (5 Dec 1530 Appointed - 1532 Resigned)
Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla † (14 Feb 1533 Appointed - 27 Jun 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Diego Enríquez de Almansa † (14 Jul 1550 Appointed - Oct 1565 Died)
Diego Deza Tello † (26 Apr 1566 Appointed - 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Pedro Serrano Téllez † (11 Sep 1577 Appointed - 22 Sep 1578 Died)
Pedro García Galarza † (9 Jan 1579 Appointed - 6 May 1604 Died)
Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa † (10 Dec 1603 Appointed - 8 Sep 1621 Died)
Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo † (23 May 1622 Appointed - 16 Feb 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. † (8 Mar 1632 Appointed - 16 Sep 1635 Died)
Antonio González Acevedo † (5 Oct 1637 Appointed - 14 Mar 1642 Died)
Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés † (13 Jul 1643 Appointed - 17 Oct 1643 Died)
Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. Obs. † (2 May 1644 Appointed - 28 Jun 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza † (13 Sep 1649 Appointed - 1655 Died)
Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez † (14 May 1655 Appointed - 9 Jul 1657 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Diego López de la Vega † (28 Jan 1658 Appointed - 5 Jun 1659 Died)
Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. † (10 Nov 1659 Confirmed - 2 Jul 1663 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas † (27 Aug 1663 Appointed - 1664 Died)
Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala † (23 Jun 1664 Appointed - 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco † (3 Jun 1669 Appointed - 1 Jul 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera † (28 Sep 1671 Appointed - 30 Aug 1672 Died)
Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. † (30 Jan 1673 Appointed - 5 May 1673 Died)
Bernardino León de la Rocha † (25 Sep 1673 Appointed - 4 Jan 1675 Died)
Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. † (27 May 1675 Appointed - 21 Jul 1683 Died)
Juan de Porras y Atienza † (24 Apr 1684 Appointed - 28 Jul 1704 Died)
Miguel Pérez Lara † (9 Feb 1705 Appointed - 1710 Died)
Luis de Salcedo y Azcona † (22 May 1713 Confirmed - 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † (5 Oct 1716 Appointed - 15 Oct 1731 Died)
Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín † (9 Jun 1732 Appointed - 24 Sep 1742 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
José Francisco Magdaleno † (24 Sep 1742 Appointed - 5 Feb 1749 Died)
José Cepeda † (19 Jan 1750 Appointed - Did Not Take Effect)
Juan José García Alvaro † (25 May 1750 Appointed - Jan 1784 Died)
Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 4 May 1789 Died)
Juan Alvarez Castro † (29 Mar 1790 Appointed - 29 Aug 1809 Died)
Blas Jacobo Beltrán † (10 Jul 1815 Appointed - 28 Apr 1821 Died)
Joaquín López y Sicilia † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Ramón Montero † (15 Mar 1830 Confirmed - 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Manuel Anselmo Nafría † (17 Jan 1848 Confirmed - 28 Jan 1851 Died)
Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 14 Feb 1858 Died)
Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez † (25 Jun 1858 Appointed - 6 Oct 1864 Died)
Esteban José Pérez Fernández † (25 Sep 1865 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1868 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. † (24 Sep 1868 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1884 Died)
Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre † (10 Nov 1884 Appointed - 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez † (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 19 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Ramón Peris Mencheta † (21 May 1894 Appointed - 6 Jan 1920 Died)
Pedro Segura y Sáenz † (10 Jul 1920 Appointed - 20 Dec 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Dionisio Moreno y Barrio † (2 Dec 1927 Appointed - 10 Dec 1934 Died)
Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. † (1 May 1935 Appointed - 10 Apr 1942 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Francisco Cavero y Tormo † (9 Dec 1944 Appointed - 10 Apr 1949 Died)
Manuel Llopis Ivorra † (2 Feb 1950 Appointed - 16 Mar 1977 Retired)
Jesús Domínguez Gómez † (16 Mar 1977 Appointed - 26 Oct 1990 Died)
Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 Appointed - 16 Oct 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Albacete)
Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 Appointed - 27 Dec 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. (7 Dec 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Coria
1142	Erected		Diocese of Coria (erected)
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
9 April 1957	Name Changed	Diocese of Coria	Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
30 April 1958	Territory Added	Diocese of Badajoz (Montânchez in Cáceres)	Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
30 April 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (San Vicente de Alcántara and Puebla de Obando in Badajoz)	Diocese of Badajoz
12 June 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ávila (Guijo de Avila, Cespedosa, Bercimulle, Gallegos del Solmirón, Armenteros, Rágama, Oantaracillo, Bóveda del Bio Almar, Mancera de Abajo, Salmoral, Iñigos-Blasco, and Novaombela) Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Salamanca)	Diocese of Salamanca
12 June 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ávila (Santibáñez de Béjar, Puente de Congosto, Navamorales, El Tejado, El Gordo, and Berrocalejo) Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Santa María de Baños de Montemayor)	Diocese of Plasencia

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

Diocese of Coria

1950 260,825 260,825 100.0% 156 13 169 1,543 22 286 131 ap1951

Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

1970 260,770 260,770 100.0% 194 26 220 1,185 34 398 150 ap1971

1980 245,202 245,202 100.0% 166 23 189 1,297 27 362 151 ap1981

1990 236,000 237,000 99.6% 160 25 185 1,275 29 330 157 ap1991

1999 235,068 238,670 98.5% 163 23 186 1,263 1 62 310 157 ap2000

2000 241,846 248,752 97.2% 163 26 189 1,279 1 59 301 158 ap2001

2001 244,431 250,969 97.4% 170 16 186 1,314 1 53 310 157 ap2002

2002 242,962 252,606 96.2% 164 18 182 1,334 1 54 305 157 ap2003

2003 245,160 256,206 95.7% 161 19 180 1,362 1 30 302 157 ap2004

2004 252,010 264,090 95.4% 162 21 183 1,377 1 32 307 159 ap2005

2006 251,701 263,430 95.5% 147 23 170 1,480 1 34 298 160 ap2007

2013 248,097 251,160 98.8% 151 28 179 1,386 7 35 270 161 ap2014

2016 232,520 235,951 98.5% 150 21 171 1,359 8 25 242 161 ap2017

2019 228,780 232,160 98.5% 142 43 185 1,236 10 56 222 161 ap2020

2021 208,300 217,265 95.9% 136 22 158 1,318 8 35 214 160 ap2022

2023 207,400 217,300 95.4% 132 22 154 1,346 8 35 214 160 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Coria
1950	260,825	260,825	100.0%	156	13	169	1,543		22	286	131	ap1951
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
1970	260,770	260,770	100.0%	194	26	220	1,185		34	398	150	ap1971
1980	245,202	245,202	100.0%	166	23	189	1,297		27	362	151	ap1981
1990	236,000	237,000	99.6%	160	25	185	1,275		29	330	157	ap1991
1999	235,068	238,670	98.5%	163	23	186	1,263	1	62	310	157	ap2000
2000	241,846	248,752	97.2%	163	26	189	1,279	1	59	301	158	ap2001
2001	244,431	250,969	97.4%	170	16	186	1,314	1	53	310	157	ap2002
2002	242,962	252,606	96.2%	164	18	182	1,334	1	54	305	157	ap2003
2003	245,160	256,206	95.7%	161	19	180	1,362	1	30	302	157	ap2004
2004	252,010	264,090	95.4%	162	21	183	1,377	1	32	307	159	ap2005
2006	251,701	263,430	95.5%	147	23	170	1,480	1	34	298	160	ap2007
2013	248,097	251,160	98.8%	151	28	179	1,386	7	35	270	161	ap2014
2016	232,520	235,951	98.5%	150	21	171	1,359	8	25	242	161	ap2017
2019	228,780	232,160	98.5%	142	43	185	1,236	10	56	222	161	ap2020
2021	208,300	217,265	95.9%	136	22	158	1,318	8	35	214	160	ap2022
2023	207,400	217,300	95.4%	132	22	154	1,346	8	35	214	160	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Juan Alvarez Castro † (Bishop: 29 Mar 1790 to 29 Aug 1809)
Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. † (Bishop: 1 May 1935 to 10 Apr 1942)
Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, C.R.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 Feb 1348 to 31 Aug 1360)
Blas Jacobo Beltrán † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1815 to 28 Apr 1821)
Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1716 to 15 Oct 1731)
Guglielmo Belvaisii, O.F.M. † (Archbishop (Personal Title): 3 Sep 1371)
César de Borja (Borgia) † (Administrator: 1495 to 6 Sep 1499)
Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera † (Bishop: 28 Sep 1671 to 30 Aug 1672)
François Busleiden † (Administrator: 26 Nov 1501 to 23 Aug 1502)
Juan de Carvajal † (Bishop: 11 Oct 1443 to 10 Aug 1446)
Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1603 to 8 Sep 1621)
García de Castronuño, O.P. † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1403 to 1420)
Francisco Cavero y Tormo † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1944 to 10 Apr 1949)
Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1732 to 24 Sep 1742)
José Cepeda † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1750 - Did Not Take Effect)
Diego Deza Tello † (Bishop: 26 Apr 1566 to 11 Sep 1577)
Jesús Domínguez Gómez † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1977 to 26 Oct 1990)
Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena † (Administrator: 4 Nov 1517 to 9 Sep 1519)
Diego Enríquez de Almansa † (Bishop: 14 Jul 1550 to Oct 1565)
Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza † (Bishop: 1444 to 1449)
Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco † (Bishop: 3 Jun 1669 to 1 Jul 1671)
Diego de Fonseca † (Bishop: 27 Jan 1486 to 1487)
Martin Galos † (Bishop: 15 Jul 1420 to 1436)
Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1659 to 2 Jul 1663)
Juan José García Alvaro † (Bishop: 25 May 1750 to Jan 1784)
Pedro García Galarza † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1579 to 6 May 1604)
Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez † (Bishop: 25 Jun 1858 to 6 Oct 1864)
Antonio González Acevedo † (Bishop: 5 Oct 1637 to 14 Mar 1642)
Isidoro Clemente Gutiérrez, O.P. †
Carlos Lalaing † (Bishop: 1520 to 1524)
Bernardino León de la Rocha † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1673 to 4 Jan 1675)
Manuel Llopis Ivorra † (Bishop: 2 Feb 1950 to 16 Mar 1977)
Juan López † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Sep 1520)
Juan López † (Administrator: 6 Sep 1499 to 5 Aug 1501)
Diego López de la Vega † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1658 to 5 Jun 1659)
Fernando Lopez de Lorden † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1455 to 18 Mar 1457)
Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga † (Bishop: 1528 to 2 Mar 1529)
Pedro López de Miranda † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1438 to 11 Oct 1443)
Joaquín López y Sicilia † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 15 Mar 1830)
Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 30 Jan 1673 to 5 May 1673)
José Francisco Magdaleno † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1742 to 5 Feb 1749)
Iñigo Manrique de Lara † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1457 to 10 May 1475)
Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1785 to 4 May 1789)
Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meiras † (Bishop: 1317 to 1324)
Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla † (Bishop: 14 Feb 1533 to 27 Jun 1550)
Ramón Montero † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1830 to 4 Oct 1847)
Dionisio Moreno y Barrio † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1927 to 10 Dec 1934)
Alvaro Moscoso †
Manuel Anselmo Nafría † (Bishop: 17 Jan 1848 to 28 Jan 1851)
Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 24 Sep 1868 to 16 Mar 1884)
Pedro Ordóñez y Flórez †
Juan de Ortega, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 16 Jun 1479 to 1485)
Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna † (Bishop: 5 May 1503 to 1517)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez † (Bishop: 10 Jun 1886 to 19 Jan 1893)
Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala † (Bishop: 23 Jun 1664 to 4 Feb 1669)
Esteban José Pérez Fernández † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1865 to 22 Jun 1868)
Miguel Pérez Lara † (Bishop: 9 Feb 1705 to 1710)
Ramón Peris Mencheta † (Bishop: 21 May 1894 to 6 Jan 1920)
Juan de Porras y Atienza † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1684 to 28 Jul 1704)
Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1643 to 17 Oct 1643)
Francisco de los Ángeles (Enrique) Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 5 Dec 1530 to 1532)
Vasco Ramírez † (Bishop: 18 May 1487 to 1488)
Francisco Ribera Obando, O.S.A. †
Feliciano Rocha Pizarro †
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1632 to 16 Sep 1635)
Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo † (Bishop: 23 May 1622 to 16 Feb 1632)
Luis de Salcedo y Azcona † (Bishop: 22 May 1713 to 1 Jul 1716)
Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. † (Bishop: 27 Sep 1852 to 14 Feb 1858)
Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez † (Bishop: 14 May 1655 to 9 Jul 1657)
Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 27 May 1675 to 21 Jul 1683)
Pedro Segura y Sáenz † (Bishop: 10 Jul 1920 to 20 Dec 1926)
Pedro Serrano Téllez † (Bishop: 11 Sep 1577 to 22 Sep 1578)
Bl. Marcelo Spínola y Maestre † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1884 to 10 Jun 1886)
Francisco de Toledo † (Bishop: 10 May 1475 to 9 Feb 1479)
Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. Obs. † (Bishop: 2 May 1644 to 28 Jun 1649)
Guillermo Valdenese † (Bishop: 2 May 1529 to 23 May 1530)
Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1663 to 1664)
Pedro de Villalobos, O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Jul 1475 to 1487)
Alfonso de Villegas † (Bishop: 1436 to 1437)
Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo (Jimenez de Prexamo) † (Bishop: 23 Jan 1489 to 1495)
Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza † (Bishop: 13 Sep 1649 to 1655)
Juan de Zuazola †
Alfonso † (Bishop: 1344 to 1348)
Diego , O.F.M. † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1365 to 1368)
Gil † (Bishop: 28 Feb 1368 to 1371)
Rodrigo † (Bishop: 24 Apr 1360 to 1365)

Source(s)

Diocese of Coria
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 178
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 123
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 160
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 142, and Page 143
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 151, and Page 152
- Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 157
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 29, to Page 31
Diocese of Coria-Cáceres
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 821, and Page 822
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 707, to Page 709
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 38, to Page 40

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