Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.Statistics
As per 2015, it pastorally served 261,853 Catholics on 10,354 km² in 200 parishes with 177 priests, 360 lay religious and 2 seminarians.History
- Established in 1189 as Diocese of Plasencia / Placentin in Hispania.
Episcopal ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishops of Plasencia
- Bricio
- Domingo
- Adán
- Simón
- Pedro Fernández, previously Bishop of Astorga
- Pedro El Maestro
- Juan Alfonso
- Diego
- Domingo
- Juan
- Jimeno
- Benito
- Sancho
- Nicolás
- Juan Guerra
- Pedro de Manso
- Martín
- Pedro Martínez
- Vicente Arias Balboa
- Gonzalo de Stuñiga o Zúñiga, next Bishop of Jaén
- Diego Badán, Friars Minor , previously Bishop of Badajoz , Bishop of Cartagena
- Gonzalo de Santa María, previously Bishop of Gerona , Bishop of Astorga ; later Bishop of Sigüenza
- Juan Carvajal previously Bishop of Coria ; created Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino, transferred Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio, promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, also still Cardinal-Deacon of S. Lucia in Septisolio in commendam, Apostolic Administrator of Zamora , Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals
- Rodrigo de Ávila
- Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo
- * Auxiliary bishop Miguel Alviter, Order of Preachers , Titular Bishop of Baia
- Gómez de Toledo Solís
- Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande, also Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Ostia–Velletri, Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals, Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Foligno ; previously Bishop of Astorga , Bishop of Badajoz , Bishop of Cartagena , created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro, transferred Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, Bishop of Sigüenza , Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals, Apostolic Administrator of Roman Catholic Diocese of Avellino , Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Frigento, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, promoted Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Albano, transferred Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Frascati, Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese of Rossano , transferred Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina, Cardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina, Bishop of Sigüenza
- Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal
- * Auxiliary bishop Sancho Díaz de Trujillo, Titular Bishop of Marocco
- Pedro Ponce de Léon, previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo
- Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, Order of Preachers , next Bishop of Córdoba ; previously Bishop of Tortosa
- Francisco Tello Sandoval , previously Bishop of Osma
- Andrés de Noronha, previously Bishop of Portalegre
- Juan Ochoa Salazar previously Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada
- Pedro González Acevedo, previously Bishop of Orense
- Enrique Enríquez de Almansa Manrique, Order of Saint Augustine , previously Bishop of Osma
- Sancho Dávila Toledo, previously Bishop of Cartagena , Bishop of Jaén , Bishop of Sigüenza
- * Auxiliary bishop Jerónimo González, Titular Bishop of Ascalon
- Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera died 1634; previously Bishop of Salamanca , Bishop of Pamplona , Bishop of Málaga
- Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres, previously Bishop of Badajoz , Bishop of Osma , Bishop of Pamplona , Bishop of Córdoba
- Plácido Pacheco de Haro, Order of Saint Benedict , previously Bishop of Cádiz
- Diego Arce Reinoso, died 1665; previously Bishop of Tui , Bishop of Ávila
- Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval
- Francisco Guerra, O.F.M.
- Luis Crespi y Borja, Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri , previously Bishop of Orihuela
- Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás O.P., next Bishop of Málaga ; previously Bishop of Osma
- Diego Riquelme y Quirós, previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo , Bishop of Oviedo
- Diego Sarmiento Valladares, previously Bishop of Oviedo
- Archbishop-bishop Juan Lozano, Order of Saint Augustine , previously Bishop of Tropea , Bishop of Mazara del Vallo , Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo
- Juan Álvarez Osorio, previously Bishop of León
- Juan Herrero Jaraba, previously Bishop of Badajoz
- José Jiménez de Samaniego, Order of Friars Minor
- Juan de Villacé y Vozmediano
- José González Blázquez, Mercedarians , previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo
- Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata , previously Bishop of Segovia
- José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez, previously Bishop of León
- Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros
- Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras, next Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada
- Juan Montalbán Gómez, Order of Preachers , previously Bishop of Guadix
- Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova, O.P. previously Bishop of Ceuta
- Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas, previously Bishop of Islas Canarias
- Plácido Bailés y Padilla, Order of Saint Augustine , previously Bishop of Huesca
- Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez
- José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo
- Pedro Gómez de la Torre
- Juan Francisco Manrique Lara
- Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón
- José González Laso Santos de San Pedro
- Lorenzo Igual de Soria
- Antonio Carrillo Mayoral
- Cipriano Sánchez Varela
- Martino Piña y Giménez
- José Ávila Lamas
- Bernardo Conde y Corral, Norbertines
- Gregoria María López y Zaragoza
- Pedro Casas y Souto
- Francisco Jarrín y Moro
- Manuel Torres y Torres
- Ángel Regueras y López
- Justo Rivas Fernández
- Feliciano Rocha Pizarro
- Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo
- Antonio Vilaplana Molina
- Santiago Martínez Acebes
- Carlos López Hernández
- Amadeo Rodríguez Magro, next Bishop of Jaén
- José Luis Retana Gozalo.
