Orense (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

José Leonardo Lemos Montanet, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 5th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 5,281 (2,039 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.obispadodeourense.com/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Rua Progreso 26, 32003 Ourense, Espana
Telephone: 988.366.141
Fax: 988.366.142

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pedro † ( 1088 Appointed - 1096 Resigned)
Diego † (Jun 1100 Appointed - 1132 Died)
Martín † ( 1132 Appointed - 9 Nov 1156 Died)
Fernando Méndez † (15 Sep 1213 Appointed - 18 Jul 1218 Died)
Lorenzo † (30 Nov 1218 Appointed - 15 Dec 1248 Died)
Juan Díaz † ( 1249 Appointed - 1276 Died)
Pedro Yañez de Novo † (2 Aug 1286 Appointed - 1308 Died)
Rodrigo Pérez † (7 Oct 1308 Appointed - 1311 Died)
Gonzalo Daza y Osorio † (30 Apr 1311 Appointed - 1319 Died)
Gonzalo Núñez de Novoa † (25 Sep 1319 Appointed - 16 May 1332 Died)
Vasco Pérez Mariño † ( 1332 Appointed - 14 Jan 1343 Died)
Álvaro Pérez de Viedma † (4 Feb 1343 Appointed - 1351 Died)
Jean de Cardaillac † (8 Jun 1351 Appointed - 18 Jun 1361 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
Alfonso Pérez Noya, O.F.M. † (23 Aug 1361 Appointed - 1366 Died)
Juan Sierra † (15 Jan 1367 Appointed - 3 Oct 1370 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Juan García Manrique † (5 Jan 1371 Appointed - 5 Oct 1375 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Martín † (5 Oct 1375 Appointed - 1381 Died)
Pascual Garcia † (29 Jan 1382 Appointed - 19 Oct 1390 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Diego de Anaya Maldonado † (28 Jun 1390 Appointed - 16 Oct 1392 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Pedro Díaz † (16 Oct 1392 Appointed - 1394 Died)
Juan Gonzalez Fernandez de Illescas † (4 Nov 1394 Appointed - 17 Mar 1395 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Pedro † (17 Mar 1395 Appointed - 1408 Died)
Francisco Alfonso † (13 Nov 1408 Appointed - 1419 Died)
Alfonso de Cusanca, O.P. † (6 Mar 1420 Appointed - 28 Jul 1424 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Álvaro Pérez Barreguín † (28 Jul 1424 Appointed - 1425 Died)
Diego Rapado † (20 Jul 1425 Appointed - 11 Jul 1442 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Juan de Torquemada, O.P. † (11 Jul 1442 Appointed - 10 Nov 1445 Resigned)
García Martínez de Baamonde † (10 Nov 1445 Appointed - 27 Mar 1447 Appointed, Bishop of Lugo)
Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. † (27 Mar 1447 Appointed - 19 Oct 1461 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Juan de Torquemada, O.P. † (26 Jan 1463 Appointed - 8 Jun 1466 Resigned)
Alonso López de Valladolid † (8 Jun 1466 Appointed - 1469 Died)
Juan de Deza † (27 Feb 1469 Appointed - 1470 Died)
Diego de Fonseca † (28 Feb 1470 Appointed - 27 Jan 1486 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
Antonio Gentile Pallavicini † (27 Jan 1486 Appointed - 10 Sep 1507 Died)
Luigi d’Aragona † (Sep 1507 Appointed - 7 Jun 1508 Resigned)
Pietro Isvalies (Isuali) † (7 Jun 1508 Appointed - 22 Sep 1511 Died)
Orlando Carretto della Rovere † (1 Oct 1511 Appointed - 1527 Died)
Fernando Valdés † (12 Jan 1530 Appointed - 1 Jul 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Rodrigo Mendoza Manrique † (12 Jul 1532 Appointed - 11 Jul 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Antonio Ramírez de Haro † (11 Jul 1537 Appointed - 18 Aug 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
Fernando Niño de Guevara † (18 Aug 1539 Appointed - 22 Mar 1542 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Francisco Manrique de Lara † (29 Mar 1542 Appointed - 24 Apr 1556 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Francisco Blanco Salcedo † (12 Jun 1556 Appointed - 13 Apr 1565 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Fernando de Tricio Arenzana † (13 Apr 1565 Appointed - 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada † (7 Jul 1578 Appointed - 27 Jul 1587 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Pedro González Acevedo † (27 Jul 1587 Appointed - 5 Dec 1594 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Miguel Ares Canaval † (19 Dec 1594 Appointed - 1 Jan 1611 Died)
Sebastián Bricianos, O.F.M. † (17 Aug 1611 Appointed - 5 Jan 1617 Died)
Pedro Ruiz Valdivieso † (2 Oct 1617 Appointed - Jun 1621 Died)
Juan de la Torre Ayala † (25 Oct 1621 Appointed - 7 Jan 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
Juan Venido Castilla, O.F.M. Obs. † (19 Jan 1626 Appointed - 17 Mar 1631 Died)
Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor † (12 May 1631 Appointed - 9 Jan 1634 Confirmed, Bishop of Zamora)
Luis García Rodríguez † (23 Jan 1634 Appointed - 9 Feb 1637 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Juan Velasco Acevedo † (2 Mar 1637 Appointed - 8 Feb 1642 Died)
Antonio Paiño Sevilla † (13 Jul 1643 Confirmed - 18 Aug 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
Alfonso de Sanvítores de la Portilla, O.S.B. † (1 Sep 1653 Appointed - 27 Jan 1659 Confirmed, Bishop of Zamora)
José de la Peña García de Ceniceros † (21 Apr 1659 Appointed - 27 Aug 1663 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Francisco Rodríguez Castañón † (12 Nov 1663 Confirmed - 12 Dec 1667 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. † (30 Jan 1668 Appointed - 30 Jan 1673 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
Diego Ros de Medrano † (29 May 1673 Appointed - 24 Mar 1694 Died)
Damián Francisco Cornejo, O.F.M. † (13 Sep 1694 Appointed - 17 Nov 1706 Resigned)
Juan Arteaga Dicastillo † (11 Apr 1707 Appointed - 17 Sep 1707 Died)
Marcelino Siuri Navarro † (3 Oct 1708 Appointed - 1 Oct 1717 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Juan Muñoz de la Cueva, O.SS.T. † (1 Oct 1717 Appointed - 2 Jun 1728 Died)
Andrés Cid de San Pedro Fernández, O. Cist. † (15 Nov 1728 Appointed - 8 Jun 1734 Died)
Juan de Zuazo y Tejada, O.M. † (27 Feb 1736 Appointed - 4 Apr 1736 Died)
Ramón Francisco Agustín Eura, O.S.A. † (27 Jan 1738 Appointed - 11 Dec 1763 Died)
Francisco Galindo Sanz, O.M. † (4 May 1764 Appointed - 23 Feb 1769 Died)
Alonso Francos Arango † (11 Sep 1769 Appointed - 11 Feb 1775 Died)
Pedro Benito Antonio Quevedo y Quintano † (15 Apr 1776 Appointed - 28 Mar 1818 Died)
Dámaso Egidio Iglesias y Lago † (21 Dec 1818 Appointed - 13 Nov 1840 Died)
Pedro José Zarandia y Endara † (17 Dec 1847 Appointed - 5 Sep 1851 Confirmed, Bishop of Huesca)
Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta † (18 Mar 1852 Appointed - 3 Aug 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
José Ávila Lamas † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 2 Jan 1866 Died)
José La Cuesta Maroto † (25 Jun 1866 Confirmed - 5 Mar 1871 Died)
Cesáreo Rodrigo y Rodríguez † (23 Sep 1875 Confirmed - 1895 Died)
Pascual Carrascosa y Gabaldón † (2 Dec 1895 Appointed - 15 May 1904 Died)
Eustaquio Ilundáin y Esteban † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 16 Dec 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Florencio Cerviño y González † (7 Mar 1921 Appointed - 31 Jan 1941 Died)
Francisco Blanco Nájera † (8 Aug 1944 Appointed - 15 Jan 1952 Died)
Ángel Temiño Sáiz † (8 Oct 1952 Appointed - 15 May 1987 Retired)
José Diéguez Reboredo † (15 May 1987 Appointed - 7 Jun 1996 Appointed, Bishop of Tui-Vigo)
Carlos Osoro Sierra (27 Dec 1996 Appointed - 7 Jan 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Oviedo)
Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (3 Aug 2002 Appointed - 28 Jan 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Tui-Vigo)
José Leonardo Lemos Montanet (16 Dec 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
5th Century	Erected		Diocese of Orense (erected)
20 April 1926	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orense (Santas and Candosa (in Espiñeira))	Diocese of Lugo
14 April 1953	Territory Added		Diocese of Orense (Clarify boundaries) Diocese of Tuy (Clarify boundaries)
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Astorga (3 parishes Castro Caldelas in Orense, San Pedro de Gudiña in Lugo)	Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Beariz, Girazga, and Lebozán)	Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Tuy (Ribadavia, 12 parishes, Padrenda and Desteriz (in Orense))	Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orense (Bubal with 5 parishes, Torbeo (Lugo))	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orense (12 Parishes in Zamora)	Diocese of Astorga
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Lugo (San Pedro de Espiñeira (in Orense))	Diocese of Orense
21 December 1959	Territory Added	Diocese of Astorga (Parishes of Cañizo, Navea, Castromil de Castilla, and Carracedo de la Sierra and villages of Ventas de la Capilla and Ventas de Bolaño)	Diocese of Orense
21 December 1959	Territory Lost	Diocese of Orense (Parish of Celeiros)	Diocese of Astorga

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

1950 408,565 410,260 99.6% 520 52 572 714 85 263 684 ap1951

1970 380,335 381,061 99.8% 560 74 634 599 109 504 656 ap1971

1980 385,200 386,000 99.8% 480 78 558 690 124 351 734 ap1981

1990 316,513 317,628 99.6% 427 55 482 656 89 315 737 ap1991

1999 311,715 312,450 99.8% 379 41 420 742 109 358 735 ap2000

2000 311,670 312,400 99.8% 372 40 412 756 117 354 735 ap2001

2001 310,795 311,530 99.8% 366 38 404 769 101 349 735 ap2002

2002 311,652 312,400 99.8% 359 37 396 787 97 346 735 ap2003

2003 314,107 315,407 99.6% 360 36 396 793 97 357 735 ap2004

2004 314,107 315,407 99.6% 358 35 393 799 79 352 735 ap2005

2013 285,506 294,746 96.9% 308 25 333 857 75 318 735 ap2014

2016 278,909 284,429 98.1% 266 39 305 914 85 328 735 ap2017

2019 272,223 278,723 97.7% 260 36 296 919 54 337 735 ap2020

2021 261,880 275,663 95.0% 250 35 285 918 1 52 345 735 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	408,565	410,260	99.6%	520	52	572	714		85	263	684	ap1951
1970	380,335	381,061	99.8%	560	74	634	599		109	504	656	ap1971
1980	385,200	386,000	99.8%	480	78	558	690		124	351	734	ap1981
1990	316,513	317,628	99.6%	427	55	482	656		89	315	737	ap1991
1999	311,715	312,450	99.8%	379	41	420	742		109	358	735	ap2000
2000	311,670	312,400	99.8%	372	40	412	756		117	354	735	ap2001
2001	310,795	311,530	99.8%	366	38	404	769		101	349	735	ap2002
2002	311,652	312,400	99.8%	359	37	396	787		97	346	735	ap2003
2003	314,107	315,407	99.6%	360	36	396	793		97	357	735	ap2004
2004	314,107	315,407	99.6%	358	35	393	799		79	352	735	ap2005
2013	285,506	294,746	96.9%	308	25	333	857		75	318	735	ap2014
2016	278,909	284,429	98.1%	266	39	305	914		85	328	735	ap2017
2019	272,223	278,723	97.7%	260	36	296	919		54	337	735	ap2020
2021	261,880	275,663	95.0%	250	35	285	918	1	52	345	735	ap2022