Jaén (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Sebastián Chico Martínez, Bishop
Ramón del Hoyo López, Bishop Emeritus
Amadeo Rodríguez Magro, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 7th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Granada
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 13,498 (5,213 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdejaen.es/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de Santa Maria 2, 23002 Jaen, Espana
Telephone: 953.230.036
Fax: 953.230.039

Past and Present Ordinaries

Domingo , O.P. † ( 1236 Appointed - 1248 Died)
Pascual † ( 1250 Appointed - 5 Dec 1275 Died)
Martín Domínguez † (5 Feb 1276 Appointed - 29 Nov 1283 Died)
St. Pedro Pascual, O. de M. † (27 Feb 1296 Appointed - 6 Dec 1300 Died)
García Pérez † (3 Apr 1301 Appointed - 1316 Died)
Gutierre Ruiz de Mesa (Téllez) † (13 Feb 1317 Appointed - 1 Oct 1322 Appointed, Bishop of Guarda)
Fernando Martínez de Ágreda † (1 Oct 1322 Appointed - 19 Jan 1335 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
Juan de Morales † (19 Jan 1335 Appointed - 1357 Died)
Juan de Valderas † (21 Aug 1357 Appointed - 5 Oct 1358 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Alfonso Fernández Pecha † (23 Oct 1359 Appointed - 1368 Resigned)
Nicolás Fernández de Biedma † (26 Jul 1368 Appointed - May 1378 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Juan de Castromocho † ( 1378 Appointed - 20 Aug 1381 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Nicolás Fernández de Biedma † (20 Aug 1381 Appointed - 7 Mar 1383 Died)
Rodrigo Fernández de Narváez † (4 Nov 1383 Appointed - 1422 Died)
Gonzalo de Zúñiga † (2 Oct 1422 Appointed - 27 Jun 1456 Died)
Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña † (22 Apr 1457 Appointed - 9 May 1474 Died)
Iñigo Manrique de Lara † (10 May 1475 Appointed - 15 Jan 1483 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Luis Osorio † (15 Jan 1483 Appointed - 9 Oct 1496 Died)
Diego de Deza, O.P. † (14 Feb 1498 Appointed - 7 Feb 1500 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce † (7 Feb 1500 Appointed - 5 Nov 1520 Died)
Esteban Gabriel Merino † (12 Jun 1523 Appointed - 28 Jul 1535 Died)
Alessandro Farnese (Jr.) † (30 Jul 1535 Appointed - 6 Jul 1537 Resigned)
Francisco Mendoza † (14 Jun 1538 Appointed - 1543 Died)
Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) † (9 Jan 1545 Appointed - 30 Apr 1554 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon † (17 Jul 1555 Appointed - 28 Apr 1560 Died)
Diego de los Cobos Molina † (4 Sep 1560 Appointed - 8 Sep 1565 Died)
Francisco Delgado López † (26 Apr 1566 Appointed - 2 Oct 1576 Died)
Diego Deza Tello † (11 Sep 1577 Appointed - 13 Sep 1579 Died)
Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza † (27 May 1580 Appointed - 9 Jun 1595 Died)
Bernardo de Rojas y Sandoval † (29 Apr 1596 Appointed - 19 Apr 1599 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Sancho Dávila y Toledo † (10 Jan 1600 Appointed - 20 Jul 1615 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Francisco Martínez de Cenicero † (3 Aug 1615 Appointed - 28 Nov 1617 Died)
Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval † (29 Apr 1619 Appointed - 28 May 1646 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Juan Queipo de Llano Flores † (18 Feb 1647 Appointed - 1 Nov 1647 Died)
Fernando Andrade Castro † (6 Jul 1648 Appointed - 21 Feb 1664 Died)
Antonio Piña (Peña) y Hermosa † (11 Aug 1664 Appointed - 19 Jul 1667 Died)
Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas, O. de M. † (9 Apr 1668 Appointed - 7 Mar 1671 Died)
Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco † (1 Jul 1671 Appointed - 23 Dec 1681 Died)
Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. † (20 Apr 1682 Appointed - 22 Apr 1692 Died)
Antonio de Brizuela y Salamanca † (13 Apr 1693 Appointed - 10 Jan 1708 Died)
Benito de Omaña † (24 Sep 1708 Appointed - 19 Mar 1712 Died)
Rodrigo Marín y Rubio † (28 May 1714 Confirmed - 10 Feb 1732 Died)
Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara † (21 Jul 1732 Appointed - 5 May 1738 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Andrés Cabrejas Molina † (5 May 1738 Appointed - 4 Sep 1746 Died)
Francisco Castillo Vintimilla † (31 Jul 1747 Appointed - 15 Nov 1749 Died)
Benito Marín, O.S.B. † (27 Apr 1750 Appointed - 10 Aug 1769 Died)
Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia † (28 May 1770 Appointed - 23 Mar 1779 Died)
Agustín Rubín Cevallos † (18 Sep 1780 Appointed - 8 Feb 1793 Died)
Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero † (21 Feb 1794 Appointed - 27 May 1795 Died)
Diego Melo Portugal, O.E.S.A. † (18 Dec 1795 Appointed - 22 Jan 1816 Died)
Andrés Esteban y Gómez † (22 Jul 1816 Appointed - 17 Jun 1831 Died)
Diego Martínez Carlón y Teruel † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 28 Aug 1836 Died)
José Escolano y Fenoi † (17 Dec 1847 Confirmed - 21 Jul 1854 Died)
Tomás Roda y Rodríguez † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 11 Mar 1858 Died)
Andrés Rosales y Muñoz † (25 Jun 1858 Appointed - 22 Sep 1864 Confirmed, Bishop of Almería)
Antolín Monescillo y Viso † (27 Mar 1865 Confirmed - 22 Jun 1877 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Manuel María León González y Sánchez † (22 Jun 1877 Confirmed - 20 Oct 1896 Died)
Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez † (19 Apr 1897 Appointed - 16 Dec 1901 Appointed, Bishop of Madrid)
Salvador Castellote y Pinazo † (16 Dec 1901 Appointed - 6 Dec 1906 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 29 Apr 1909 Confirmed, Bishop of Barcelona)
Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia † (29 Apr 1909 Appointed - 19 Jun 1919 Died)
Bl. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez † (18 Dec 1919 Appointed - 12 Aug 1936 Died)
Rafael García y García de Castro † (29 Dec 1942 Appointed - 9 May 1953 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Felix Romero Menjibar † (16 Jan 1954 Appointed - 2 Jul 1970 Appointed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
Miguel Peinado Peinado † (30 Apr 1971 Appointed - 31 May 1988 Retired)
Santiago García Aracil † (31 May 1988 Appointed - 9 Jul 2004 Appointed, Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz)
Ramón del Hoyo López (19 May 2005 Appointed - 9 Apr 2016 Retired)
Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (9 Apr 2016 Appointed - 25 Oct 2021 Retired)
Sebastián Chico Martínez (25 Oct 2021 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
7th Century	Erected		Diocese of Jaén (erected)
23 April 1954	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Toledo (Huesear)	Diocese of Jaén

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

1950 780,000 780,000 100.0% 210 50 260 3,000 50 340 158 ap1951

1969 702,284 702,886 99.9% 289 109 398 1,764 174 1,305 135 ap1971

1980 676,000 677,756 99.7% 245 91 336 2,011 144 1,104 206 ap1981

1990 650,000 659,939 98.5% 356 68 424 1,533 1 118 922 212 ap1991

1999 630,000 648,551 97.1% 247 71 318 1,981 104 740 199 ap2000

2000 630,000 648,551 97.1% 232 72 304 2,072 88 440 199 ap2001

2001 631,000 649,662 97.1% 246 77 323 1,953 112 692 199 ap2002

2002 631,000 649,662 97.1% 243 57 300 2,103 78 603 198 ap2003

2003 631,000 649,662 97.1% 246 66 312 2,022 83 686 199 ap2004

2004 630,000 651,565 96.7% 246 62 308 2,045 86 631 199 ap2005

2006 655,000 660,284 99.2% 251 52 303 2,161 76 567 199 ap2007

2013 670,800 674,900 99.4% 247 36 283 2,370 1 47 338 200 ap2014

2016 665,000 670,000 99.3% 232 34 266 2,500 2 41 373 201 ap2017

2019 643,200 648,250 99.2% 223 30 253 2,542 2 33 323 201 ap2020

2021 626,335 631,181 99.2% 208 29 237 2,642 4 32 278 201 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	780,000	780,000	100.0%	210	50	260	3,000		50	340	158	ap1951
1969	702,284	702,886	99.9%	289	109	398	1,764		174	1,305	135	ap1971
1980	676,000	677,756	99.7%	245	91	336	2,011		144	1,104	206	ap1981
1990	650,000	659,939	98.5%	356	68	424	1,533	1	118	922	212	ap1991
1999	630,000	648,551	97.1%	247	71	318	1,981		104	740	199	ap2000
2000	630,000	648,551	97.1%	232	72	304	2,072		88	440	199	ap2001
2001	631,000	649,662	97.1%	246	77	323	1,953		112	692	199	ap2002
2002	631,000	649,662	97.1%	243	57	300	2,103		78	603	198	ap2003
2003	631,000	649,662	97.1%	246	66	312	2,022		83	686	199	ap2004
2004	630,000	651,565	96.7%	246	62	308	2,045		86	631	199	ap2005
2006	655,000	660,284	99.2%	251	52	303	2,161		76	567	199	ap2007
2013	670,800	674,900	99.4%	247	36	283	2,370	1	47	338	200	ap2014
2016	665,000	670,000	99.3%	232	34	266	2,500	2	41	373	201	ap2017
2019	643,200	648,250	99.2%	223	30	253	2,542	2	33	323	201	ap2020
2021	626,335	631,181	99.2%	208	29	237	2,642	4	32	278	201	ap2022