Salamanca (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

José Luis Retana Gozalo, Bishop
Carlos López Hernández, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Restored: 10th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 7,876 (3,042 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdesalamanca.com/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Rosario 18-28, 37001 Salamanca, Espana
Telephone: 923.12.89.00
Fax: 923.12.89.01

Past and Present Ordinaries

Jerónimo de Perigord, O.S.B. † ( 1102 Appointed - 30 Jun 1120 Died)
Giraldo † ( 1121 Appointed - 1124 Died)
Munio † ( 1124 Appointed - 4 Feb 1130 Removed)
Alonso Pérez † ( 1130 Appointed - Nov 1131 Died)
Berenguel † ( 1135 Appointed - 1140 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Pedro Suárez de Deza † (Mar 1166 Appointed - 29 Jul 1173 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Mateo Rinal † (15 Dec 1246 Appointed - 28 Aug 1247 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Pedro Fechor, O.F.M. † ( 1286 Appointed - )
Alfonso das Asturias † (3 Nov 1306 Appointed - 22 Jan 1309 Died)
Pedro † (11 Feb 1310 Appointed - 1324 Died)
Lorenzo † (16 Apr 1330 Appointed - )
Lorenzo Díaz, O.P. † (22 Feb 1335 Appointed - 18 Jun 1339 Died)
Juan Lucero † ( 1339 Appointed - 18 Jun 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Alfonso Barrasa † (18 Jun 1361 Appointed - 5 Mar 1375 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Carlos de Guevara † (22 Dec 1389 Appointed - 1392 Died)
Diego de Anaya Maldonado † (16 Oct 1392 Appointed - 13 Sep 1407 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Gonzalo de Alba, O.P. † (26 Nov 1408 Appointed - 1412 Died)
Alfonso † (16 Sep 1412 Appointed - 1422 Died)
Sancho López de Castilla † (2 Jul 1423 Appointed - 1446 Died)
Gonzalo de Vivero † (15 Nov 1447 Appointed - 1482 Died)
Raffaele Sansoni Riario † (8 Jul 1482 Appointed - 15 Jan 1483 Appointed, Administrator of Osma)
Diego Meléndez de Valdés † (15 Jan 1483 Appointed - 1491 Resigned)
Oliviero Carafa † (16 Nov 1491 Appointed - 23 Jun 1494 Resigned)
Diego de Deza, O.P. † (23 Jun 1494 Appointed - 14 Feb 1498 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Juan de Castilla † (14 Feb 1498 Appointed - 30 Oct 1510 Died)
Francisco Bobadilla † (18 Nov 1510 Appointed - 29 Aug 1529 Died)
Luis Cabeza de Vaca † (22 Jun 1530 Appointed - 14 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Rodrigo Mendoza Manrique † (11 Jul 1537 Appointed - 4 Nov 1545 Died)
Pedro Castro Lemos † (20 Feb 1545 Appointed - 5 Jun 1555 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Pedro Acuña Avellaneda † (5 Jun 1555 Appointed - 24 Sep 1555 Died)
Francisco Manrique de Lara † (24 Apr 1556 Appointed - 26 Jun 1560 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Pedro González Mendoza † (26 Jun 1560 Appointed - 10 Sep 1574 Died)
Francisco Soto Salazar † (15 Feb 1576 Appointed - 21 Jan 1578 Died)
Fernando de Tricio Arenzana † (13 Jun 1578 Appointed - 9 Oct 1578 Died)
Jerónimo Manrique de Lara † (9 Jan 1579 Appointed - 19 Sep 1593 Died)
Pedro Junco Posada † (3 Apr 1598 Appointed - 3 May 1602 Died)
Luis Fernández de Córdoba † (20 Nov 1602 Appointed - 9 Feb 1615 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Diego Ordóñez, O.F.M. † (6 Jul 1615 Appointed - 22 Dec 1615 Died)
Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera † (5 Sep 1616 Appointed - 17 Mar 1621 Appointed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Antonio Corrionero † (17 May 1621 Appointed - 4 Apr 1633 Died)
Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga † (7 May 1635 Appointed - 29 Apr 1641 Died)
Juan Valenzuela Velázquez † (24 Mar 1642 Appointed - 2 Feb 1645 Died)
Juan Ortiz de Zárate † (21 Aug 1645 Confirmed - 24 Apr 1646 Died)
Francisco Diego Alarcón y Covarrubias † (18 Oct 1645 Appointed - 6 Jul 1648 Confirmed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Juan Ortiz de Zárate † (30 Nov 1645 Ordained Bishop - 24 Apr 1646 Died)
Pedro Carrillo Acuña y Bureba † (27 Jul 1648 Confirmed - 30 Aug 1655 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Juan Pérez Delgado † (11 Oct 1655 Confirmed - 15 Jan 1657 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Antonio Piña (Peña) y Hermosa † (18 Jun 1657 Confirmed - 31 Mar 1659 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
Francisco Antonio Díaz de Cabrera † (5 Apr 1660 Appointed - 22 Aug 1661 Died)
Gabriel de Esparza Pérez † (13 Mar 1662 Appointed - 2 Jun 1670 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Francisco de Seijas Losada † (20 Jun 1670 Appointed - 28 Apr 1681 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Pedro de Salazar Gutiérrez de Toledo, O. de M. † (2 Jun 1681 Appointed - 16 Sep 1686 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
José Cosío Barreda † (3 Mar 1687 Appointed - 13 Apr 1689 Died)
Martín de Ascargorta † (7 Nov 1689 Appointed - 18 May 1693 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Francisco Calderón de la Barca Nieto † (20 Jul 1693 Appointed - 25 Feb 1712 Died)
Silvestre García Escalona † (13 Jun 1714 Confirmed - 20 Apr 1729 Died)
José Sancho Granado † (23 Dec 1729 Confirmed - 30 Sep 1748 Died)
José Zorrilla de Sanmartín † (20 Jan 1749 Appointed - 30 Sep 1762 Died)
Felipe Beltrán Serrano † (18 Jul 1763 Appointed - 30 Nov 1783 Died)
Andrés José Barco Espinosa † (27 Jun 1785 Appointed - 17 Apr 1794 Died)
Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo † (12 Sep 1794 Appointed - 18 Dec 1797 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Antonio Tavira Almazán † (14 Aug 1798 Appointed - 8 Jan 1807 Died)
Gerardo José Andrés Vázquez Parga, O. Cist. † (3 Aug 1807 Appointed - 16 Sep 1821 Died)
Agustín Lorenzo Varela Temes † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 21 Mar 1849 Died)
Salvador Sanz Grado † (7 Jan 1850 Confirmed - 21 Jan 1851 Died)
Antolín García Lozano † (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed - 15 May 1852 Died)
Fernando de la Puente y Primo de Rivera † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 25 Sep 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Anastasio Rodrigo Yusto † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 20 Sep 1867 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D. † (13 Mar 1868 Appointed - 16 Jan 1874 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona)
Narciso Martínez Izquierdo † (16 Jan 1874 Appointed - 27 Mar 1885 Appointed, Bishop of Madrid)
Tomás Jenaro de Cámara y Castro, O.E.S.A. † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 17 May 1904 Died)
Francisco Javier Valdés y Noriega, O.E.S.A. † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 22 Jan 1913 Died)
Julián de Diego y García Alcolea † (18 Jul 1913 Appointed - 27 Jul 1923 Appointed, Patriarch of West Indies)
Ángel Regueras y López † (26 Oct 1923 Appointed - 28 Dec 1924 Died)
Francisco Frutos y Valiente † (14 Dec 1925 Appointed - 24 Jan 1933 Died)
Enrique Pla y Deniel † (28 Jan 1935 Appointed - 31 Oct 1941 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. † (10 Apr 1942 Appointed - 29 Apr 1964 Died)
Mauro Rubio Repullés † (7 Jul 1964 Appointed - 12 May 1995 Retired)
Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (12 May 1995 Appointed - 28 Aug 2002 Appointed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
Carlos López Hernández (9 Jan 2003 Appointed - 15 Nov 2021 Retired)
José Luis Retana Gozalo (15 Nov 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
10th Century	Restored		Diocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Valladolid (Tarazona de Guareña)	Diocese of Salamanca
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Zamora (5 parishes in Salamanca)	Diocese of Salamanca
12 June 1958	Territory Added	Diocese of Ávila (Guijo de Avila, Cespedosa, Bercimulle, Gallegos del Solmirón, Armenteros, Rágama, Oantaracillo, Bóveda del Bio Almar, Mancera de Abajo, Salmoral, Iñigos-Blasco, and Novaombela) Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Salamanca)	Diocese of Salamanca
12 June 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Salamanca (Aldeanueva de la Sierra, Anaya de Huebra, Gallegos de Huebra, Avililla de la Sierm, Mieza, Muñoz, San Muñoz, Sanchón de la Sagrada, la Sagrada, Tamames, Villares of Yeltes, Pedro Alvaro, and Vilvestre)	Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 250,000 250,000 100.0% 390 175 565 442 635 1,472 287 ap1951

1969 267,623 267,791 99.9% 408 375 783 341 581 1,881 199 ap1971

1980 301,000 303,000 99.3% 333 226 559 538 461 1,175 324 ap1981

1990 288,000 290,000 99.3% 324 240 564 510 510 1,080 323 ap1991

1999 280,800 289,800 96.9% 198 86 284 988 3 309 712 405 ap2000

2000 280,000 288,800 97.0% 199 66 265 1,056 3 166 590 405 ap2001

2001 280,000 287,000 97.6% 199 96 295 949 3 413 558 405 ap2002

2002 280,000 286,000 97.9% 199 147 346 809 2 495 523 405 ap2003

2003 275,000 280,000 98.2% 199 230 429 641 2 555 500 405 ap2004

2004 275,000 280,000 98.2% 192 200 392 701 2 525 480 405 ap2005

2010 296,000 302,200 97.9% 200 245 445 665 4 361 983 411 ap2011

2014 297,000 302,900 98.1% 187 275 462 642 4 403 1,017 411 ap2015

2017 263,533 281,353 93.7% 175 241 416 633 4 376 1,060 411 ap2018

2020 255,525 277,943 91.9% 161 201 362 705 5 276 852 411 ap2021

2022 254,897 276,755 92.1% 151 185 336 758 5 275 806 411 ap2023

2023 246,650 266,772 92.5% 149 186 335 736 5 279 808 411 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	250,000	250,000	100.0%	390	175	565	442		635	1,472	287	ap1951
1969	267,623	267,791	99.9%	408	375	783	341		581	1,881	199	ap1971
1980	301,000	303,000	99.3%	333	226	559	538		461	1,175	324	ap1981
1990	288,000	290,000	99.3%	324	240	564	510		510	1,080	323	ap1991
1999	280,800	289,800	96.9%	198	86	284	988	3	309	712	405	ap2000
2000	280,000	288,800	97.0%	199	66	265	1,056	3	166	590	405	ap2001
2001	280,000	287,000	97.6%	199	96	295	949	3	413	558	405	ap2002
2002	280,000	286,000	97.9%	199	147	346	809	2	495	523	405	ap2003
2003	275,000	280,000	98.2%	199	230	429	641	2	555	500	405	ap2004
2004	275,000	280,000	98.2%	192	200	392	701	2	525	480	405	ap2005
2010	296,000	302,200	97.9%	200	245	445	665	4	361	983	411	ap2011
2014	297,000	302,900	98.1%	187	275	462	642	4	403	1,017	411	ap2015
2017	263,533	281,353	93.7%	175	241	416	633	4	376	1,060	411	ap2018
2020	255,525	277,943	91.9%	161	201	362	705	5	276	852	411	ap2021
2022	254,897	276,755	92.1%	151	185	336	758	5	275	806	411	ap2023
2023	246,650	266,772	92.5%	149	186	335	736	5	279	808	411	ap2024