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Teodomiro † ( 818 Elected - 20 Oct 847 Died)Sisnando Men�ndez † ( 952 Appointed - 970 Died)Diego Gelm�rez † (1 Jul 1100 Appointed - 15 Jan 1140 Died)Berenguel † ( 1140 Appointed - 1152 Died)Pedro Su�rez de Deza † (29 Jul 1173 Appointed - 1206 Died)Pedro Mu�oz † ( 1207 Appointed - 29 Jan 1224 Died)Juan Arias † (15 Nov 1238 Appointed - )Juan Arias Su�rez † (15 Nov 1238 Appointed - )Egas Fafez † (18 Dec 1267 Appointed - 9 Mar 1268 Died)Juan Fernandez de Temez † ( 1268 Appointed - )Gonzalo G�mez † (26 Dec 1272 Appointed - )Rodrigo Gonz�lez † (25 May 1286 Appointed - 1304 Died)Rodrigo del Padr�n † (11 May 1307 Appointed - 3 Nov 1316 Died)Berenguel Landore , O.P. † (15 Jul 1317 Appointed - 20 Oct 1330 Died)Juan Fern�ndez de Limia † (26 Oct 1330 Appointed - 1338 Died)Mart�n Fern�ndez † (27 Jan 1339 Appointed - 1343 Died)Pedro † (12 Sep 1343 Appointed - 1348 Died)Gonzalo Aguilar Hinojosa † (14 Aug 1348 Appointed - 4 Jan 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo )G�mez Manrique † (8 Jun 1351 Appointed - 2 May 1362 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo )Suero G�mez de Toledo † (2 May 1362 Appointed - 29 Jun 1366 Died)Alfonso S�nchez † (13 Nov 1366 Appointed - 1367 Died)Rodrigo de Moscoso † (16 Dec 1367 Appointed - 1382 Died)Juan Garc�a Manrique † (11 Aug 1382 Appointed - )Lope de Mendoza † ( 1399 Appointed - 3 Feb 1445 Died)�lvaro N��ez de Isorna † (7 Apr 1445 Appointed - 9 Feb 1449 Died)Rodrigo de Luna † (7 Apr 1449 Appointed - 1460 Died)Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † (3 Dec 1460 Appointed - 1486 Died)Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo † ( 1486 Appointed - 1508 Died)Alfonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † (4 Aug 1507 Appointed - 31 Dec 1523 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo )Juan Pardo de Tavera † (8 Jun 1524 Appointed - 27 Apr 1534 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo )Pedro G�mez Sarmiento de Villandrando † (8 Jun 1534 Appointed - 13 Oct 1541 Died)Gaspar �valos de la Cueva † (29 Mar 1542 Appointed - 2 Nov 1545 Died)Pedro Manuel † (9 Apr 1546 Appointed - 1 Jan 1550 Died)Juan �lvarez de Toledo , O.P. † (27 Jun 1550 Appointed - 15 Sep 1557 Died)Gaspar Z��iga y Avellaneda † (21 Oct 1558 Appointed - 22 Jun 1569 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} )Crist�bal Fern�ndez Valtodano † (20 Feb 1570 Appointed - 14 Nov 1572 Died)Francisco Blanco Salcedo † (4 Jun 1574 Appointed - 26 Apr 1581 Died)Juan de Liermo Hermosa † (8 Jan 1582 Appointed - 26 Jul 1582 Died)Alonso Vel�zquez † (9 Mar 1583 Appointed - 14 Jan 1587 Died)Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada † (27 Jul 1587 Appointed - 20 Apr 1602 Died)Maximiliano de Austria † (21 Apr 1603 Appointed - 1 Jul 1614 Died)Juan Beltr�n Guevara y Figueroa † (12 Jan 1615 Appointed - 22 May 1622 Died)Luis Fern�ndez de C�rdoba † (26 Oct 1622 Appointed - 11 Mar 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} )Agust�n Antol�nez , O.S.A. † (1 Jul 1624 Appointed - 19 Jun 1626 Died)Jos� Gonz�lez D�ez , O.P. † (17 May 1627 Confirmed - 12 Aug 1630 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos )Agust�n Sp�nola Basadone † (23 Oct 1630 Appointed - 16 Jan 1645 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} )Fernando Andrade Sotomayor † (20 Mar 1645 Appointed - 21 Jan 1655 Died)Pedro Carrillo Acu�a y Bureba † (30 Aug 1655 Appointed - Apr 1664 Died)Ambrosio Ignacio Sp�nola y Guzm�n † (9 Jun 1668 Appointed - 7 Oct 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} )Andr�s Gir�n † (2 Jun 1670 Appointed - 7 Aug 1680 Died)Francisco de Seijas Losada † (28 Apr 1681 Appointed - 26 Oct 1684 Died)Antonio de Monroy y Hijar , O.P. † (4 Jun 1685 Appointed - 7 Nov 1715 Died)Luis de Salcedo y Azcona † (1 Jul 1716 Appointed - 7 Oct 1722 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville} )Miguel Herrero Esgueva † (20 Jan 1723 Appointed - 27 Jul 1727 Died)Jos� del Yermo Santib��ez † (8 Mar 1728 Appointed - 7 Nov 1737 Died)Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara † (5 May 1738 Appointed - 1 Feb 1745 Died)Cayetano Gil Taboada † (23 Aug 1745 Appointed - 10 Mar 1751 Died)Bartolom� Rajoy Losada † (19 Jul 1751 Appointed - 17 Jul 1772 Died)Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja † (8 Mar 1773 Appointed - 16 Apr 1782 Died)Sebasti�n Malvar y Pinto , O.F.M. † (15 Dec 1783 Appointed - 25 Sep 1795 Died)Felipe Antonio Fern�ndez Vallejo † (18 Dec 1797 Appointed - 8 Dec 1800 Died)Rafael de M�zquiz y Aldunate † (20 Jul 1801 Appointed - 12 May 1821 Died)Juan Garc�a Benito † (27 Sep 1822 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1824 Resigned)Sim�n Antonio de Renter�a y Reyes † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 4 Oct 1824 Died)Rafael T�llez , O.F.M. Cap. † (20 Dec 1824 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1850 Died)Miguel Garc�a Cuesta † (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1873 Died)Miguel Pay� y Rico † (16 Jan 1874 Appointed - 7 Jun 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo )Victoriano Guisasola y Rodr�guez † (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 20 Jan 1888 Died)Jos� Mar�a Mart�n de Herrera y de la Iglesia † (14 Feb 1889 Appointed - 8 Dec 1922 Died)Manuel Lago y Gonz�lez † (24 Jul 1923 Appointed - 18 Mar 1925 Died)Juli�n de Diego y Garc�a Alcolea † (8 Oct 1925 Appointed - 16 Jan 1927 Died)Zacar�as Mart�nez y N��ez , O.S.A. † (2 Dec 1927 Appointed - 6 Sep 1933 Died)Tom�s Muniz Pablos † (13 Aug 1935 Appointed - 15 Mar 1948 Died)Carmelo Ballester y Nieto , C.M. † (9 Oct 1948 Appointed - 31 Jan 1949 Died)Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † (4 Jun 1949 Appointed - 7 Dec 1971 Died)�ngel Suqu�a Goicoechea † (13 Apr 1973 Appointed - 12 Apr 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid )Antonio Mar�a Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 Appointed - 28 Jul 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid )Juli�n Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 Appointed - 1 Apr 2023 Retired)Francisco Jos� Prieto Fern�ndez (1 Apr 2023 Appointed - )
Date
Event
From
To
Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi)
5th Century Erected
Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi) (erected) (or 6th Century)
800 Restored
Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi)
Diocese of Compostela
5 December 1095 Name Changed
Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi)
Diocese of Compostela
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
27 February 1120 Elevated
Diocese of Compostela
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
17 October 1954 Territory Lost
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela (Beariz, Girazga, and Leboz�n)
Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954 Territory Added
Diocese of Mondo�edo (Camarinas, Jomes, and Mi�o)
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Year
Catholics
Total Population
Percent Catholic
Diocesan Priests
Religious Priests
Total Priests
Catholics Per Priest
Permanent Deacons
Male Religious
Female Religious
Parishes
Source
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
1950
1,152,000
1,153,000
99.9%
930
205
1,135
1,014
280
1,268
1,021
ap1951
1970
1,204,300
1,206,952
99.8%
1,065
232
1,297
928
512
1,856
1,032
ap1971
1980
1,273,000
1,275,000
99.8%
929
237
1,166
1,091
447
1,728
1,048
ap1981
1990
1,248,210
1,302,329
95.8%
808
225
1,033
1,208
1
379
1,460
1,064
ap1991
1999
1,179,039
1,281,564
92.0%
707
209
916
1,287
4
282
393
1,068
ap2000
2000
1,146,213
1,259,574
91.0%
660
201
861
1,331
4
267
387
1,068
ap2001
2001
1,173,963
1,290,070
91.0%
653
207
860
1,365
3
277
381
1,068
ap2002
2002
1,139,364
1,294,732
88.0%
636
147
783
1,455
3
284
1,145
1,068
ap2003
2003
1,196,276
1,314,591
91.0%
662
146
808
1,480
5
301
1,033
1,051
ap2004
2004
1,132,664
1,287,118
88.0%
627
141
768
1,474
5
278
1,017
1,069
ap2005
2010
1,192,508
1,301,147
91.7%
609
198
807
1,477
7
264
1,082
1,070
ap2011
2014
1,189,000
1,324,741
89.8%
536
196
732
1,624
4
400
652
1,071
ap2015
2017
1,135,000
1,312,000
86.5%
481
188
669
1,696
4
369
558
1,071
ap2018
2020
1,133,880
1,320,350
85.9%
429
116
545
2,080
5
147
590
1,070
ap2021
2022
1,118,000
1,310,000
85.3%
392
143
535
2,089
6
205
538
1,070
ap2023
Note : Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas y Ulloa †Gonzalo Aguilar Hinojosa † (Archbishop: 14 Aug 1348 to 4 Jan 1351 )Santiago Alvarez , O.S.A. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Aug 1514 )Juan �lvarez de Toledo , O.P. † (Archbishop: 27 Jun 1550 to 15 Sep 1557 )Fernando Andrade Sotomayor † (Archbishop: 20 Mar 1645 to 21 Jan 1655 )Agust�n Antol�nez , O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1624 to 19 Jun 1626 )Severo Ara�jo y Silva † (Priest: Dec 1871 ; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jun 1906 to 6 Aug 1910 )Miguel Ares Canaval †Juan Arias † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1238 )Juan Arias Su�rez † (Archbishop: 15 Nov 1238 )Maximiliano de Austria † (Archbishop: 21 Apr 1603 to 1 Jul 1614 )Gaspar �valos de la Cueva † (Archbishop: 29 Mar 1542 to 2 Nov 1545 )Carmelo Ballester y Nieto , C.M. † (Archbishop: 9 Oct 1948 to 31 Jan 1949 )Juan Beltr�n Guevara y Figueroa † (Archbishop: 12 Jan 1615 to 22 May 1622 )Francisco Blanco Salcedo † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1574 to 26 Apr 1581 )Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1773 to 16 Apr 1782 )Bernardino de Carmona † (Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Jul 1551 )Pedro Carrillo Acu�a y Bureba † (Archbishop: 30 Aug 1655 to Apr 1664 )Alfonso de Castilla , O.F.M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 14 Jul 1497 )Jos� Cervi�o Cervi�o † (Priest: 6 Apr 1946 ; Auxiliary Bishop: 4 Jun 1968 to 8 Nov 1976 )Rodrigo del Padr�n † (Archbishop: 11 May 1307 to 3 Nov 1316 )Juli�n de Diego y Garc�a Alcolea † (Archbishop: 8 Oct 1925 to 16 Jan 1927 )Tom�s D�ez de Bedoya , O.F.M. Cap. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 19 Dec 1825 to 26 Dec 1851 )Pedro �ngel de Espi�eira , O.F.M. Obs. †Egas Fafez † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1267 to 9 Mar 1268 )Pedro Gil Falc�n † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Jul 1533 to Aug 1550 )Mart�n Fern�ndez † (Archbishop: 27 Jan 1339 to 1343 )Luis Fern�ndez de C�rdoba † (Archbishop: 26 Oct 1622 to 11 Mar 1624 )Juan Fern�ndez de Limia † (Archbishop: 26 Oct 1330 to 1338 )Juan Fernandez de Temez † (Archbishop: 1268 )Felipe Antonio Fern�ndez Vallejo † (Archbishop: 18 Dec 1797 to 8 Dec 1800 )Crist�bal Fern�ndez Valtodano † (Archbishop: 20 Feb 1570 to 14 Nov 1572 )Ram�n Fern�ndez y Balbuena † (Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Jul 1911 to 3 Mar 1922 )Manuel Buenaventura Figueroa Barrero †Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo † (Archbishop: 1486 to 1508 )Alfonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † (Archbishop: 4 Aug 1507 to 31 Dec 1523 )Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa † (Archbishop: 3 Dec 1460 to 1486 )Nicolas French † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1652 to 1666 )Juan Garc�a Benito † (Archbishop: 27 Sep 1822 to 8 Jul 1824 )Miguel Garc�a Cuesta † (Archbishop: 5 Sep 1851 to 14 Apr 1873 )Juan Garc�a Manrique † (Archbishop: 11 Aug 1382 )Diego Gelm�rez † (Bishop: 1 Jul 1100 ; Archbishop: 27 Feb 1120 to 15 Jan 1140 )Cayetano Gil Taboada † (Archbishop: 23 Aug 1745 to 10 Mar 1751 )Andr�s Gir�n † (Archbishop: 2 Jun 1670 to 7 Aug 1680 )Gonzalo G�mez † (Archbishop: 26 Dec 1272 )Suero G�mez de Toledo † (Archbishop: 2 May 1362 to 29 Jun 1366 )Pedro G�mez Sarmiento de Villandrando † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1534 to 13 Oct 1541 )Rodrigo Gonz�lez † (Archbishop: 25 May 1286 to 1304 )Jos� Gonz�lez D�ez , O.P. † (Archbishop: 17 May 1627 to 12 Aug 1630 )Jos� Guerra Campos † (Priest: 15 Oct 1944 to 15 Jun 1964 )Victoriano Guisasola y Rodr�guez † (Archbishop: 10 Jun 1886 to 20 Jan 1888 )Miguel Herrero Esgueva † (Archbishop: 20 Jan 1723 to 27 Jul 1727 )Jos� Antonio Jaspe Montenegro † (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 May 1705 )Manuel Lago y Gonz�lez † (Archbishop: 24 Jul 1923 to 18 Mar 1925 )Berenguel Landore , O.P. † (Archbishop: 15 Jul 1317 to 20 Oct 1330 )Juan de Liermo Hermosa † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1582 to 26 Jul 1582 )Jos� L�pez y Crespo †Juan Lozano Torreira †Rodrigo de Luna † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1449 to 1460 )Sebasti�n Malvar y Pinto , O.F.M. † (Archbishop: 15 Dec 1783 to 25 Sep 1795 )G�mez Manrique † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1351 to 2 May 1362 )Pedro Manuel † (Archbishop: 9 Apr 1546 to 1 Jan 1550 )Jos� Mar�a Mart�n de Herrera y de la Iglesia † (Archbishop: 14 Feb 1889 to 8 Dec 1922 )Zacar�as Mart�nez y N��ez , O.S.A. † (Archbishop: 2 Dec 1927 to 6 Sep 1933 )Lope de Mendoza † (Archbishop: 1399 to 3 Feb 1445 )Sisnando Men�ndez † (Bishop: 952 to 970 )Antonio de Monroy y Hijar , O.P. † (Archbishop: 4 Jun 1685 to 7 Nov 1715 )Rodrigo de Moscoso † (Archbishop: 16 Dec 1367 to 1382 )Tom�s Muniz Pablos † (Archbishop: 13 Aug 1935 to 15 Mar 1948 )Pedro Mu�oz † (Archbishop: 1207 to 29 Jan 1224 )Diego de Muros †Diego de Muros (Moiras) , O. de M. †Rafael de M�zquiz y Aldunate † (Archbishop: 20 Jul 1801 to 12 May 1821 )Miguel N�voa Fuente † (Auxiliary Bishop: 9 Apr 1956 to 20 May 1966 )�lvaro N��ez de Isorna † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1445 to 9 Feb 1449 )Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara † (Archbishop: 5 May 1738 to 1 Feb 1745 )Juan Pardo de Tavera † (Archbishop: 8 Jun 1524 to 27 Apr 1534 )Miguel Pay� y Rico † (Archbishop: 16 Jan 1874 to 7 Jun 1886 )Pedro Payo y Pi�eiro , O.P. †Jos� Platas † (Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Oct 1732 to 2 Nov 1745 )Fernando Quiroga y Palacios † (Priest: 10 Jun 1922 to 25 Nov 1945 ; Archbishop: 4 Jun 1949 to 7 Dec 1971 )Bartolom� Rajoy Losada † (Archbishop: 19 Jul 1751 to 17 Jul 1772 )Sim�n Antonio de Renter�a y Reyes † (Archbishop: 12 Jul 1824 to 4 Oct 1824 )Justo Rivas Fern�ndez † (Auxiliary Bishop: 22 Sep 1922 to 18 Dec 1924 )Maximino Romero de Lema †Mateo Sagade (Zaga de) Bugueiro †Luis de Salcedo y Azcona † (Archbishop: 1 Jul 1716 to 7 Oct 1722 )Diego de Salda�a , O. de M. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Mar 1493 to 1497 )Alfonso S�nchez † (Archbishop: 13 Nov 1366 to 1367 )Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada † (Archbishop: 27 Jul 1587 to 20 Apr 1602 )Francisco de Seijas Losada † (Archbishop: 28 Apr 1681 to 26 Oct 1684 )Diego de Silva y Pacheco , O.S.B. †Pedro Soto † (Auxiliary Bishop: 13 May 1519 )Jos� Souto Vizoso † (Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Feb 1945 to 11 Jul 1949 )Agust�n Sp�nola Basadone † (Archbishop: 23 Oct 1630 to 16 Jan 1645 )Ambrosio Ignacio Sp�nola y Guzm�n † (Archbishop: 9 Jun 1668 to 7 Oct 1669 )Thomas Strong † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Jan 1597 to 20 Jan 1601 )Pedro Su�rez de Deza † (Archbishop: 29 Jul 1173 to 1206 )�ngel Suqu�a Goicoechea † (Archbishop: 13 Apr 1973 to 12 Apr 1983 )Lorenzo Taranco Mujaurrieta † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Feb 1736 to 8 Mar 1745 )Rafael T�llez , O.F.M. Cap. † (Archbishop: 20 Dec 1824 to 3 Aug 1850 )Juan Varela Fondevilla y Verea † (Auxiliary Bishop: 20 Nov 1769 to 11 Apr 1785 )Alonso Vel�zquez † (Archbishop: 9 Mar 1583 to 14 Jan 1587 )Jos� del Yermo Santib��ez † (Archbishop: 8 Mar 1728 to 7 Nov 1737 )Gaspar Z��iga y Avellaneda † (Archbishop: 21 Oct 1558 to 22 Jun 1569 )Berenguel † (Archbishop: 1140 to 1152 )Pedro † (Archbishop: 12 Sep 1343 to 1348 )Teodomiro † (Bishop: 818 to 20 Oct 847 )
Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi)
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 25, to Page 27
Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 199, and Page 200
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 133
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 173
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 158
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 166
Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 176
Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 25, to Page 27
Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 47, Page 456, to Page 460
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