:See
Diocese of Iria Flavia for Bishops shared with its precursor. ;Suffragan Bishops of (Santiago de) Compostela On 5 December 1095
Pope Urban II issued the
bull Veterum sinodalia transferring the diocese of Iria to Compostela. •
Apostolic administrator (1096–1100
see below)
Diego Gelmírez •
Diego Gelmírez bishop 1100 – 27 February 1120,
see below) ;Metropolitan Archbishops of (Santiago de) Compostela In 1120
Pope Calixtus II raised Compostela to an archdiocese. •
Diego Gelmírez (
see above 27 February 1120 – 1140) •
Berenguel (1140?41 – 1142
see below), first time •
Pedro Helías (1143–1149) • Berenguel (
see above 1150 – 1151), second time •
Bernardo I (1151–1152) •
Pelayo Camundo (1153–1156) •
Martín Martínez (1156–1167) •
Pedro Gudestéiz (1168–1173) •
Pedro Suárez de Deza (1173 – death 1206), previously Bishop of
Salamanca (Spain) (1166–1173) •
Pedro Muñiz (1207–1224), previously Bishop of
León (Spain) (1205–1207) •
Bernardo II (1224–1237) •
Juan Arias (1238–1266) •
Egas Fafes de Lanhoso (1267), previously Bishop of
Coimbra (Portugal) (1248.12.15 – death 1267.12.18), transferred and died before taking possession of Santiago • Gonzalo Gómez (1273 – 1281?) •
Rodrigo González (1286–1304) •
Rodrigo del Padrón (1307? – 1316) •
Berenguel de Landoria = Béranger de Landore,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (1317 – death 1330) (born France), previously Master of the
Order of Preachers (Dominicans, O.P.) (1312 – 1317.07.15) •
Juan Fernández de Limia (1330.10.26 – 1338), previously Bishop of
Palencia (Spain) (1321 – 1330.10.26) •
Martín Fernández de Gres (1339 – 1342?43) •
Pedro V (1344 – 1348?51) • ?
Gonzalo de Aguilar (1348–1351) •
Gómez Manrique (1351.06.08 – 1362.05.02), previously Bishop of
Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1348.08.18 – 1351.06.08); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Toledo (Spain) (1362.05.02 – death 1375.12.19) •
Suero Gómez de Toledo (1362–1366) •
Alonso Sánchez de Moscoso (1367–1367) •
Rodrigo de Moscoso (1368–1382) •
Juan García Manrique (1383 – retired 1388), previously Bishop of
Orense (Spain) (1368–1376), Bishop of
Sigüenza (Spain) (1376–1381), Bishop of
Burgos (Spain) (1381–1382); later however
Apostolic Administrator of
Tui (Galicia, Spain) (1394.01.28 – ?) •
Lope de Mendoza (1399–1445), previously Bishop of
Mondoñedo (Spain) (1393–1399) •
Álvaro Núñez de Isorna (1445–1449), previously Bishop of
León (Spain) (1415–1418), Bishop of
Cuenca (Spain) (1418–1445) •
Rodrigo de Luna (1451–1460) •
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (1st time) (1460 – 1465 Appointed,
Archbishop of Sevilla) •
Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa (Alonso I de Fonseca)(1465 – 1469 Appointed,
Archbishop of Sevilla) •
Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (Alonso II de Fonseca) (2nd time) (1469 – 1507 Resigned) •
Alonso III Fonseca (4 Aug 1507 – 31 Dec 1523 Appointed,
Archbishop of Toledo) •
Juan Pardo de Tavera (8 June 1524 – 27 April 1534), previously Bishop of
Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 – 1523.12.31), Bishop of
Osma (Spain) (1523.12.31 – 1524.06.08); created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – death 1545.08.01); next Archbishop of
Toledo (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01) •
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (8 June 1534 – death 13 Oct 1541), created
Cardinal-Priest of
Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 – 1541.10.13), also
Apostolic Administrator of
Anagni (Italy) (1541.01.28 – 1541.04.06); previously Bishop of
Tui (Spain) (1523.03.04 – 1524.10.26), Bishop of
Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of
Palencia (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1534.06.08) •
Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva (29 March 1542 – death 2 Nov 1545), created
Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – 1545.11.02); previously Bishop of
Guadix (Spain) (1524.11.14 – 1529.01.22), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29) •
Pedro Manuel (9 April 1546 – death 1 Jan 1550); previously Bishop of
León (Spain) (1523.06.12 – 1534.06.17), Bishop of
Zamora (Spain) (1534.06.17 – 1546.04.09) • Cardinal
Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. (27 June 1550 – death 15 Sep 1557), previously Bishop of
Córdoba (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1537.04.11), Bishop of
Burgos (Spain) (1537.04.11 – 1550.06.27), created
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Maria in Portico pro hac vice Title (1541.05.04 – 1541.07.06), repeatedly transferred as Cardinal-Priest of
S. Sisto (1541.07.06 – 1547.01.24), Cardinal-Priest of
S. Clemente (1547.01.24 – 1551.12.04), Cardinal-Priest of
S. Pancrazio (1550.02.28 – 1553.11.20); later transferred as Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.11.20 – 1553.12.11), promoted as
Cardinal-Bishop of
Albano (1553.12.11 – 1555.05.29), transferred as Cardinal-Bishop of
Frascati (1555.05.29 – 1557.09.15) •
Auxiliary bishop Bernardino de Carmona (1551.07.10 – ?1553),
Titular Bishop of
Soltania (1551.07.10 – ?) •
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (21 Oct 1558 – 22 June 1569), previously Bishop of
Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1558.10.21); next Archbishop of
Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 – death 1571.01.02), created
Cardinal-Priest of the
titular church of Santa Barbara (1570.06.16 – 1571.01.02) •
Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano (20 Feb 1570 – death 14 Nov 1572), previously Bishop of
Palencia (Spain) (1561.06.02 – 1570.02.20) •
Francisco Blanco Salcedo (4 June 1574 – death 26 April 1581), previously Bishop of
Orense (Spain) (1556.06.12 – 1565.04.13), Bishop of
Málaga (Spain) (1565.04.13 – 1574.06.04) •
Juan de Liermo Hermosa (8 Jan 1582 – death 26 July 1582), previously Bishop of
Mondoñedo (Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1582.07.26) •
Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada (27 July 1587 – death 20 April 1602), previously Bishop of
Orense (Spain) (1578.07.07 – 1587.07.27) •
Maximilian of Austria (21 April 1603 – death 1 July 1614), previously Bishop of
Cádiz (Spain) (1596.09.23 – 1601.08.27), Bishop of
Segovia (Spain) (1601.08.27 – 1603.04.21) •
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (12 Jan 1615 – death 22 May 1622), previously Metropolitan Archbishop of
Salerno (Italy) (1606.12.04 – 1611.11.28),
Archbishop-Bishop of
Badajoz (Spain) (1611.11.28 – 1615.01.12) •
Luis Fernández de Córdoba (26 Oct 1622 – 11 March 1624), previously Bishop of
Salamanca (Spain) (1602.11.20 – 1615.02.09), Bishop of
Málaga (Spain) (1615.02.09 – 1622.10.26); next Archbishop of
Sevilla (Spain) (1624.03.11 – death 1625.06.26) •
Agustín Antolínez,
Augustinians (O.S.A.) (1 July 1624 – death 19 June 1626), previously Bishop of
Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1623.05.10 – 1624.07.01) •
José González Díez,
Order of Preachers (O.P.) (17 May 1627 – 12 August 1630), previously Bishop of
Palencia (Spain) (1616.02.29 – 1625.07.28), Bishop of
Pamplona (Spain) (1625.07.28 – 1627.05.17); next Archbishop of
Burgos (1630.08.12 – 1631.03.28) •
Agustín de Spínola Basadone (born Italy) (23 Oct 1630 – 16 Jan 1645), promoted
Cardinal-Priest of
S. Bartolomeo all'Isola (1631.03.24 – 1649.02.12),
Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1632.01.10 – 1633.01.09); next Archbishop of
Sevilla (Spain) (1645.01.16 – 1649.02.12); previously Bishop of
Tortosa (Spain) (1623.03.05 – 1626.09.07), created
Cardinal-Deacon of
Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 – 1631.03.24), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Granada (Spain) (1626.09.07 – 1630.10.23) •
Fernando Andrade Sotomayor (20 March 1645 – death 21 Jan 1655); previously Bishop of
Palencia (Spain) (1628.05.29 – 1631.11.10), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Burgos (Spain) (1631.11.10 – 1640.09.10),
Archbishop-Bishop of
Sigüenza (Spain) (1640.09.10 – 1645.03.20) •
Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba (30 August 1655 – death April 1664), previously Bishop of
Salamanca (Spain) (1648 – 1655) •
Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán (9 June 1668 – 7 Oct 1669), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Sevilla (Spain) (1668.10.07 – 1684.05.24); previously Bishop of
Oviedo (Spain) (1665 – 1667.04.09), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Valencia (Spain) (1667.04.09 – 1668.05.14) •
Andrés Girón (2 June 1670 – death 7 August 1680), previously Bishop of
Lugo (Spain) (1660 – 1664.04.28), Bishop of
Pamplona (Spain) (1664.04.28 – 1670.06.02) •
Francisco de Seijas Losada (28 April 1681 – death 26 Oct 1684), previously Bishop of
Valladolid (Spain) (1664.06.23 – 1670.06.20), Bishop of
Salamanca (Spain) (1670.06.20 – 1681.07.10) •
Antonio de Monroy,
Dominican Order (O.P.) (4 June 1685 – death 7 Nov 1715); previously Master of the
Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 – 1686), Bishop of
Michoacán (
Mexico) (1680 – 1680) • Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (1 July 1716 – 7 Oct 1722), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Sevilla (1722.10.07 – 1739.05.03); previously Bishop of
Coria (Spain) (1713.05.22 – 1716.07.01) • Miguel Herrero Esgueva (20 Jan 1723 – death 27 July 1727), previously Bishop of
Osma (Spain) (1720.04.15 – 1723.01.20) • José del Yermo Santibáñez (8 March 1728 – death Nov 1737), previously Bishop of
Jaén (Spain) (1732.07.21 – 1738.05.05) •
Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (5 May 1738 – death 1 Feb 1745) • Cayetano Gil Taboada (23 Aug 1745 – death 10 March 1751) • Bartolomé Rajoy Losada (19 July 1751 – death 17 July 1772) • Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja (8 March 1773 – death 16 April 1782) • Sebastián Malvar y Pinto,
Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (15 Dec 1783 – death 25 Sep 1795) • Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo (18 Dec 1797 – death 8 Dec 1800) • Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate (20 July 1801 – death 12 May 1821) • Juan García Benito (27 Sep 1822 – resigned 8 July 1824), died * • Simón Antonio de Rentería y Reyes (12 July 1824 – death 4 Oct 1824) • , O.F.M. Cap. (20 Dec 1824 – death 3 August 1850) •
Miguel García Cuesta (5 Sep 1851 – death 14 April 1873) • Miguel Payá y Rico (16 Jan 1874 – 7 June 1886), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Toledo *) • Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (10 June 1886 – death 20 Jan 1888) •
José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia (14 Feb 1889 – death 8 Dec 1922) • Manuel Lago y González (24 July 1923 – death 18 March 1925) • Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (8 Oct 1925 – death 16 Jan 1927) • Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. (2 Dec 1927 – death 6 Sep 1933) • Tomás Muniz Pablos (13 August 1935 – death 15 March 1948) •
Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (9 Oct 1948 – death 31 Jan 1949) •
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (4 Jun 1949 – death 7 Dec 1971) •
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea (13 Apr 1973 – 12 Apr 1983), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Madrid *) •
Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 – 28 Jul 1994), next Metropolitan Archbishop of
Madrid *) •
Julián Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 – retired 1 Apr 2023) •
Francisco José Prieto Fernández (1 Apr 2023 – present) == References ==