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Diocese of Plasencia

The Diocese of Plasencia is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.

Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 261,853 Catholics (95.9% of 273,172 total) on 10,354 km2 in 200 parishes with 177 priests (160 diocesan, 17 religious), 360 lay religious (31 brothers, 329 sisters) and 2 seminarians. == History ==
History
• Established in 1189 as Diocese of Plasencia / Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania (Latin) From 1312 to 1326 the bishop Sancho Blázquez Dávila imported the ceremonial and the bureaucratic-administrative model of the royal court into his episcopal household. == Episcopal ordinaries ==
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite) ;Suffragan Bishops of Plasencia • Bricio (1190–1212) • Domingo (1212–1232) • Adán (1234–1262) • Simón (1263–1268) • Pedro Fernández (1269–1271), previously Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1241–1265) • Pedro El Maestro (1272–1284) • Juan Alfonso (1285–1290) • Diego (1290–1295) • Domingo (1295–1326) • Juan (1329.08.01 – 1330.10.26) • Jimeno (1330.10.26 – 1332) • Benito (1332–1343) • Sancho (1344.05.12 – 1355.05.12) • Nicolás (1356.05.16 – 1362) • Juan Guerra (1364.07.07 – 1372) • Pedro de Manso (1372.09.03 – 1373) • Martín (1373 – 1375.10.05) • Pedro Martínez (1375.10.05 – death 1401.10.18) • Vicente Arias Balboa (1403.07.30 – death 1414.07.29) • Gonzalo de Stuñiga o Zúñiga (1415.12.18 – 1422), next Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1422 – death 1456) • Diego Badán, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1422.10.02 – death 1423), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1409.09.11 – 1415.12.18), Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1415.12.18 – 1422.10.02) • Gonzalo de Santa María (1423.07.02 – 1446), previously Bishop of Gerona (Spain) (1419 – 1419), Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1419 – 1423.07.02); later Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1446 – death 1448.12.12) • Juan Carvajal (10 August 1446 – death 6 Dec 1469) previously Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1443.10.11 – 1446.08.10 not possessed); created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino (1446.12.16 – 1446.12.30?), transferred Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio (1446.12.30? – 1461.10.26), promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina (1461.10.26 – 1469.12.06), also still Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio in commendam (1461.10.26 – 1469.12.06), Apostolic Administrator of Zamora (Spain) (1467.10.30 – 1468), Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1469.01.11 – 1469.12.06) • Rodrigo de Ávila (29 Jan 1470 – Feb 1492 Died) • Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo (27 June 1496 – 28 August 1506) ?? Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla) • Auxiliary bishop Miguel Alviter, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (4 April 1502 – ? death ?), Titular Bishop of Baia (1502.04.04 – ?) • Gómez de Toledo Solís (22 Dec 1508 – death 1521) • Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande (14 Jan 1521 – death 16 Dec 1523), also Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1513.06.27 – 1523.02.20), (transferred) Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia–Velletri (1521.07.24 – 1523.12.16), Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1521.07.24 – 1523.12.16), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Foligno (Italy) (1522.09.26 – 1523.02.04); previously Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1488.08.27 – 1489.01.23), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1489.01.23 – 1493.03.27), Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1493.03.27 – 1495.02.20), created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1493.09.23 – 1495.02.02), transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1495.02.02 – 1507.08.03), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1495.02.20 – 1511.10.24), Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1498.01 – 1499.01.09), Apostolic Administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino (Italy) (1503.07.28 – 1505), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Frigento (1503.07.28 – 1505), Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (1503.12.30 – 1511.10.24 – first time), promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano (1507.08.03 – 1507.09.17), transferred Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati (1507.09.17 – 1508.09.22), Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Rossano (Italy) (1508.01.10 – 1519.06.20), transferred Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina (1508.09.22 – 1509.03.28), Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina (1509.03.28 – 1511.10.24), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1513.06.27 – 1519) • Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal (25 May 1524 – death 27 April 1559) • Auxiliary bishop Sancho Díaz de Trujillo (9 Sep 1539 – 1546), Titular Bishop of Marocco (1539.09.09 – ?) • Pedro Ponce de Léon (26 Jan 1560 – death 17 Jan 1573), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1560.01.26) • Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (4 June 1574 – 13 June 1578), next Bishop of Córdoba (1578.06.13 – death 1581.06.05); previously Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1560.07.17 – 1574.06.04) • Francisco Tello Sandoval (13 June 1578 – death 8 July 1580), previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1567.03.03 – 1578.06.13) • Andrés de Noronha (11 Sep 1581 – death 3 August 1586), previously Bishop of Portalegre (Portugal) (1560.04.05 – 1581.09.11) • Juan Ochoa Salazar (7 August 1587 – death 9 March 1594,) previously Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain) (1577.09.11 – 1587.08.07) • Pedro González Acevedo (5 Dec 1594 – death 20 Nov 1609), previously Bishop of Orense (Spain) (1587.07.27 – 1594.12.05) • Enrique Enríquez de Almansa Manrique, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (21 June 1610 – death 22 Jan 1622), previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1602.11.15 – 1610.06.21) • Sancho Dávila Toledo (11 July 1622 – death 6 Dec 1626), previously Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1591.04.26 – 1600.01.10), Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1600.01.10 – 1615.07.20), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1615.07.20 – 1622.07.11) • Auxiliary bishop Jerónimo González (26 Oct 1622 – ? death?), Titular Bishop of Ascalon (1622.10.26 – ?) • Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera (27 Jan 1627 – retired 1630) died 1634; previously Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1616.09.05 – 1621.03.17), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1621.03.17 – 1622.11.14), Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1622.11.14 – 1627.01.27) • Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres (2 Dec 1630 – death 21 Oct 1632), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1615.11.06 – 1618.07.09), Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1618.07.09 – 1623.03.06), Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1623.03.06 – 1625.02.19), Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1625.02.19 – 1630.12.02) • Plácido Pacheco de Haro, Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.) (18 July 1633 – death 5 Oct 1639), previously Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1623.03.20 – 1633.07.18) • Diego Arce Reinoso (8 Oct 1640 – retired 3 April 1652), died 1665; previously Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1635.10.01 – 1638.03.22), Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1638.03.22 – 1640.10.08) • Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval (11 Dec 1652 – death 1655) • Francisco Guerra (bishop), O.F.M. (3 April 1656 – death 3 Dec 1657) • Luis Crespi y Borja, Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri (C.O.) (2 Sep 1658 – death 19 April 1663), previously Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1651.10.28 – 1658.09.02) • Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás O.P. (28 Jan 1664 – 15 Sep 1664), next Bishop of Málaga (1664.10.15 – death 1692.07.30); previously Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1662.12.04 – 1664.01.28) • Diego Riquelme y Quirós (23 Feb 1665 – death 13 May 1668), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1658 – 1661), Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1661 – 1665.02.23) • Diego Sarmiento Valladares (17 Sep 1668 – ? resigned 26 April 1677), previously Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1668.01.30 – 1668.09.17) • Archbishop-bishop Juan Lozano (bishop), Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (26 April 1677 – death 3 July 1679), previously Bishop of Tropea (Italy) (1646.12.17 – 1656.05.29), Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1656.05.29 – 1669.02.04), Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Sicily, Italy) (1669.02.04 – 1677.04.26) • Juan Álvarez Osorio (1679.11 – death? 1679 not possessed), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1672 – 1679.11) • Juan Herrero Jaraba (17 March 1681 – death 27 April 1681), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1677.11.08 – 1681.03.17) • José Jiménez de Samaniego, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (24 May 1683 – death 14 June 1692) • Juan de Villacé y Vozmediano (13 April 1693 – death 9 April 1694) • José González Blázquez, Mercedarians (O. de M.) (24 Jan 1695 – death 9 Dec 1698), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1688 – 1695.01.24) • Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata (1 June 1699 – death 22 Sep 1703), previously Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1694 – 1699.06.01) • José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez (7 April 1704 – death 24 Nov 1709), previously Bishop of León (Spain) (1694 – 1704.04.07) • Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros (22 May 1713 – death April 1715) • Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras (23 Sep 1715 – 3 July 1720), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1720.07.03 – death 1723.09) • Juan Montalbán Gómez, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (16 Sep 1720 – death 12 Nov 1720), previously Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1706.09.13 – 1720.09.16) • Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova, O.P. (28 May 1721 – death 14 July 1738) previously Bishop of Ceuta (Spain) (1716.10.05 – 1721.05.28) • Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas (19 Dec 1738 – death 25 June 1742), previously Bishop of Islas Canarias (Canaries, insular Spain) (1731.08.06 – 1738.12.19) • Plácido Bailés (Baylés) y Padilla, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (26 Nov 1742 – death 22 Jan 1747), previously Bishop of Huesca (Spain) (1738.03.03 – 1742.11.26) • Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez (31 July 1747 – death 27 July 1749) • José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo (23 Feb 1750 – death Dec 1755) • Pedro Gómez de la Torre (24 May 1756 – death 3 August 1759) • Juan Francisco Manrique Lara (21 April 1760 – death 18 Jan 1765) • Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón (5 June 1765 – 14 April 1766), next Metropolitan Archbishop of México ) • José González Laso Santos de San Pedro (21 July 1766 – death 1803) • Lorenzo Igual de Soria (16 May 1803 – death 14 Sep 1814) • Antonio Carrillo Mayoral (10 July 1815 – death 19 March 1826) • Cipriano Sánchez Varela (3 July 1826 – death 13 March 1848) • Martino Piña y Giménez (5 Sep 1851 – death 25 Nov 1851) • José Ávila Lamas (27 Sep 1852 – 25 Sep 1857), next Bishop of Orense) • Bernardo Conde y Corral, Norbertines (O. Praem.) (21 Dec 1857 – 16 March 1863), next Bishop of Zamora) • Gregoria María López y Zaragoza (21 Dec 1863 – death 3 May 1869) • Pedro Casas y Souto (23 Sep 1875 – death 26 July 1906) • Francisco Jarrín y Moro (6 Dec 1906 – death 3 Nov 1912) • Manuel Torres y Torres (18 July 1913 – death 4 July 1914) • Ángel Regueras y López (26 May 1915 – 26 Oct 1923), next Bishop of Salamanca) • Justo Rivas Fernández (18 Dec 1924 – death 16 July 1930) • Feliciano Rocha Pizarro (28 Jan 1935 – death 16 August 1945) • Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo (18 Feb 1946 – death 14 Nov 1973) • Antonio Vilaplana Molina (17 Sep 1976 – 9 Feb 1987), next Bishop of León) • Santiago Martínez Acebes (5 Jan 1988 – 30 Oct 1992), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos) • Carlos López Hernández (15 Mar 1994 – 9 Jan 2003), next Bishop of Salamanca) • Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (3 Jul 2003 – 9 Apr 2016), next Bishop of Jaén) • José Luis Retana Gozalo (9 Mar 2017 – 15 Nov 2021), next Bishop of Salamanca and Ciudad Rodrigo) • Ernesto Jesús Brontóns Tena (16 Jul 2022 – present) == See also ==
Sources and external links
• GCatholic.org, with Google map and satellite photo - data for all sections • Diocese website • Catholic Hierarchy
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