Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid

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Archdiocese of Valladolid

Archidioecesis Vallisoletanus

Archidiócesis de Valladolid
Valladolid - Catedral.jpg
Valladolid Cathedral
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceValladolid
Statistics
Area8,172 km2 (3,155 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
533,561
453,527 (85%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 September 1595 (As Diocese of Valladolid)
4 July 1857 (As Archdiocese of Valladolid)
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption and St Lawrence in Valladolid
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopRicardo Blázquez
SuffragansDiocese of Ávila
Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo
Diocese of Salamanca
Diocese of Segovia
Diocese of Zamora
Bishops emeritusJosé Delicado Baeza Archbishop Emeritus (1975-2002)
Map
Archidiocesis de Valladolid.png
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
Coat of arms of the archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Valladolid (Latin: Archidioecesis Vallisoletanus) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain.[1][2] It was erected as the Diocese of Valladolid by Pope Clement VIII on September 25, 1595, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius IX on July 4, 1857, with the suffragan sees of Ávila, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Segovia, and Zamora.

The Archdiocese's motherchurch and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción; Valladolid also houses the . Until the appointment of Archbishop Perez, the see had been vacant since April 16, 2009, when Archbishop Braulio Rodríguez Plaza was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to the position of Archbishop of Toledo (and thus, Primate of Spain) to succeed Cardinal Canizares Llovera, who had been named to head a Vatican Curial Congregation.

List of Ordinaries of Valladolid[]

  • (18 December 1596 – 10 October 1600 Died)
  • Juan Bautista Acevedo Muñoz (30 April 1601 – 28 April 1606 Resigned)
  • (13 August 1607 – 18 July 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
  • (5 September 1616 – 8 January 1618 Died)
  • (22 October 1618 – May 1619 Died)
  • Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (29 July 1619 – 13 February 1623 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)[3]
  • (29 May 1624 – 1 July 1627 Died)
  • Juan Torres de Osorio (19 July 1627 – 23 September 1632 Died)
  • , O.S.H. (31 January 1633 – 1645 Resigned)
  • , O.F.M. (18 Feb 1647 – 24 Sep 1663 Died)
  • (23 June 1664 – 20 June 1670 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
  • (22 December 1670 – 13 May 1671 Died)
  • (1 July 1671 – 1682 Resigned)
  • (24 May 1683 – 28 July 1707 Died)
  • Andrés Orueta Barasorda (3 October 1708 – 3 March 1716 Died)
  • José de Talavera Gómez de Eugenio, O.S.H. (2 September 1716 – 5 November 1727 Died)
  • Julián Domínguez y Toledo (10 May 1728 – 2 June 1743 Died)
  • Martín Delgado Cenarro y Lapiedra (23 September 1743 – 22 December 1753 Died)
  • Isidoro Cossío y Bustamente Diaz Santos (16 September 1754 – 26 February 1768 Resigned)
  • Manuel Rubín y Celis (14 March 1768 – 15 March 1773 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
  • Antonio Joaquín Soria (13 September 1773 – 29 October 1784 Died)
  • Manuel Joaquín Morón (26 September 1785 – 27 February 1801 Died)
  • Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea (29 Mar 1802 – 21 Apr 1803 Died)
  • Vicente José Soto y Valcárce (26 September 1803 – 16 Feb 1818 Died)
  • Juan Baltasar Toledano (12 Jul 1824 – 27 May 1830 Died)
  • Juan Antonio Rivadeneyra (28 February 1831 – 26 June 1856 Died)
  • Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta (3 August 1857 – 16 March 1863 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
  • Juan de la Cruz Ignacio Moreno y Maisanove (1 October 1863 – 5 July 1875 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
  • Fernando Blanco y Lorenzo, O.P. (17 September 1875 – 6 June 1881 Died)
  • Benito Sanz y Forés (18 Nov 1881 – 30 Dec 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
  • Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (30 December 1889 – 14 September 1891 Died)
  • Antonio María Cascajares y Azara (17 December 1891 – 18 April 1901 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
  • José María Cos y Macho (18 April 1901 – 17 December 1919 Died)
  • Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui (22 April 1920 – 16 May 1937 Died)
  • Antonio García y García (4 February 1938 – 15 May 1953 Died)
  • José García y Goldaraz (25 August 1953 – 2 July 1970 Retired)
  • Felix Romero Menjibar (2 July 1970 – 21 September 1974 Died)
  • José Delicado Baeza (18 April 1975 – 28 August 2002 Retired)
  • Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (28 August 2002 – 16 April 2009 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
  • Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (13 March 2010[4] – present)

See also[]

  • Roman Catholicism in Spain

References[]

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Valladolid" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Valladolid" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Bishop Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
  4. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 13.03.2010" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

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Coordinates: 41°39′09″N 4°43′24″W / 41.6526°N 4.7234°W / 41.6526; -4.7234

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