Plasencia (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Ernesto Jesús Brotóns Tena, Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 1189
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Mérida-Badajoz
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 10,354 (3,999 Square Miles)
Description: Cáceres, Badajoz (with Don Benito, Guareña, Medellín, and Navalvillar de Pela), and Salamanca (with Béjar)
Official Web Site: https://diocesisplasencia.org
Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de la Catedral s/n, 10600 Plasencia [Caceres], Espana
Telephone: 927.411.612; 927.412.581
Fax: 927.411.612

Past and Present Ordinaries

Adán Perez de Cuenca † ( 1236 Appointed - 1262 Died)
Domingo † (2 Sep 1295 Appointed - 1326 Died)
Juan de Saavedra † (1 Jul 1329 Appointed - 26 Oct 1330 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Jimeno † (26 Oct 1330 Appointed - 1332 Died)
Benito † ( 1340 Appointed - 1343 Died)
Sancho † (12 May 1344 Appointed - 1355 Died)
Nicolás † (16 May 1356 Appointed - 1362 Died)
Juan Guerra, O.P. † (7 Jun 1364 Appointed - 1372 Died)
Pedro de Manso † (3 Sep 1372 Appointed - 1373 Died)
Martín † ( 1374 Appointed - 5 Oct 1375 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Pedro Martínez † (5 Oct 1375 Appointed - 18 Oct 1401 Died)
Vicente Arias Balboa † (30 Jul 1403 Appointed - 29 Jul 1414 Died)
Gonzalo de Zúñiga † (18 Dec 1415 Appointed - 2 Oct 1422 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Diego Badán, O.F.M. † (2 Oct 1422 Appointed - 1423 Resigned)
Gonzalo de Santa Maria † (2 Jul 1423 Appointed - 10 Aug 1446 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Juan de Carvajal † (10 Aug 1446 Appointed - 6 Dec 1469 Died)
Rodrigo de Crisa Ávila † (29 Jan 1470 Appointed - Feb 1492 Died)
Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo † (27 Jun 1496 Appointed - 28 Aug 1506 Died)
Gómez de Toledo Solís † (22 Dec 1508 Appointed - 1521 Died)
Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande † (14 Jan 1521 Appointed - 16 Dec 1523 Died)
Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal † (25 May 1524 Appointed - 27 Apr 1559 Died)
Pedro Ponce de Léon † (26 Jan 1560 Appointed - 17 Jan 1573 Died)
Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P. † (4 Jun 1574 Appointed - 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
Francisco Tello Sandoval † (13 Jun 1578 Appointed - 8 Jul 1580 Died)
Andrés de Noronha † (11 Sep 1581 Appointed - 3 Aug 1586 Died)
Juan Ochoa Salazar † (7 Aug 1587 Appointed - 9 Mar 1594 Died)
Pedro González Acevedo † (5 Dec 1594 Appointed - 20 Nov 1609 Died)
Enrique Enríquez de Almansa Manrique, O.S.A. † (21 Jun 1610 Appointed - 22 Jan 1622 Died)
Sancho Dávila y Toledo † (11 Jul 1622 Appointed - 6 Dec 1626 Died)
Francisco Hurtado de Mendoza y Ribera † (27 Jan 1627 Appointed - 1630 Resigned)
Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres † (2 Dec 1630 Appointed - 21 Oct 1632 Died)
Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. † (18 Jul 1633 Appointed - 5 Oct 1639 Died)
Diego Arce Reinoso † (8 Oct 1640 Confirmed - 3 Apr 1652 Resigned)
Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval † (11 Dec 1652 Appointed - 1655 Died)
Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. † (3 Apr 1656 Confirmed - 3 Dec 1657 Died)
Luis Crespi y Borja, C.O. † (2 Sep 1658 Confirmed - 19 Apr 1663 Died)
Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás, O.P. † (28 Jan 1664 Confirmed - 15 Sep 1664 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
Diego Riquelme y Quirós † (23 Feb 1665 Appointed - 13 May 1668 Died)
Diego Sarmiento Valladares † (17 Sep 1668 Appointed - 26 Apr 1677 Resigned)
Juan Lozano, O.S.A. † (26 Apr 1677 Appointed - 3 Jul 1679 Died)
Juan Álvarez Osorio † (22 Jan 1680 Appointed - 12 Mar 1680 Died)
Juan Herrero Jaraba † (17 Mar 1681 Appointed - 27 Apr 1681 Died)
José Jiménez de Samaniego, O.F.M. † (24 May 1683 Appointed - 14 Jun 1692 Died)
Juan de Villacé y Vozmediano † (13 Apr 1693 Appointed - 9 Apr 1694 Died)
José González Blázquez, O. de M. † (24 Jan 1695 Appointed - 9 Dec 1698 Died)
Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata † (1 Jun 1699 Appointed - 22 Sep 1703 Died)
José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez † (7 Apr 1704 Appointed - 24 Nov 1709 Died)
Bartolomé Cernuda Rico y Piñeros † (22 May 1713 Confirmed - Apr 1715 Died)
Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras † (23 Sep 1715 Appointed - 3 Jul 1720 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Juan Montalbán Gómez, O.P. † (16 Sep 1720 Appointed - 12 Nov 1720 Died)
Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova, O.P. † (28 May 1721 Appointed - 14 Jul 1738 Died)
Pedro Manuel Dávila y Cárdenas † (19 Dec 1738 Appointed - 25 Jun 1742 Died)
Plácido Bailés (Baylés) y Padilla, O.S.A. † (26 Nov 1742 Appointed - 22 Jan 1747 Died)
Francisco Antonio Bustamante Jiménez † (31 Jul 1747 Appointed - 27 Jul 1749 Died)
José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo † (23 Feb 1750 Appointed - Dec 1755 Died)
Pedro Gómez de la Torre † (24 May 1756 Appointed - 3 Aug 1759 Died)
Juan Francisco Manrique Lara † (21 Apr 1760 Appointed - 18 Jan 1765 Died)
Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Butrón † (5 Jun 1765 Appointed - 14 Apr 1766 Appointed, Archbishop of México, Federal District)
José González Laso Santos de San Pedro † (21 Jul 1766 Appointed - 1803 Died)
Lorenzo Igual de Soria † (16 May 1803 Appointed - 14 Sep 1814 Died)
Antonio Carrillo Mayoral † (10 Jul 1815 Appointed - 19 Mar 1826 Died)
Cipriano Sánchez Varela † (3 Jul 1826 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1848 Died)
Martino Piña y Giménez † (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed - 25 Nov 1851 Died)
José Ávila Lamas † (27 Sep 1852 Confirmed - 25 Sep 1857 Confirmed, Bishop of Orense)
Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. † (21 Dec 1857 Confirmed - 16 Mar 1863 Confirmed, Bishop of Zamora)
Gregoria María López y Zaragoza † (21 Dec 1863 Confirmed - 3 May 1869 Died)
Pedro Casas y Souto † (23 Sep 1875 Confirmed - 26 Jul 1906 Died)
Francisco Jarrín y Moro † (6 Dec 1906 Appointed - 3 Nov 1912 Died)
Manuel Torres y Torres † (18 Jul 1913 Appointed - 4 Jul 1914 Died)
Ángel Regueras y López † (26 May 1915 Appointed - 26 Oct 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Justo Rivas Fernández † (18 Dec 1924 Appointed - 16 Jul 1930 Died)
Feliciano Rocha Pizarro † (28 Jan 1935 Appointed - 16 Aug 1945 Died)
Juan Pedro Zarranz y Pueyo † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 14 Nov 1973 Died)
Antonio Vilaplana Molina † (17 Sep 1976 Appointed - 9 Feb 1987 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Santiago Martínez Acebes † (5 Jan 1988 Appointed - 30 Oct 1992 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Carlos López Hernández (15 Mar 1994 Appointed - 9 Jan 2003 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (3 Jul 2003 Appointed - 9 Apr 2016 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
José Luis Retana Gozalo (9 Mar 2017 Appointed - 15 Nov 2021 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
Ernesto Jesús Brotóns Tena (16 Jul 2022 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
1189	Erected		Diocese of Plasencia (erected) (Monfragüe, Trujillo, Santa Cruz, and Medellín)
12 June 1958	Territory Added	Diocese of Ávila (Santibáñez de Béjar, Puente de Congosto, Navamorales, El Tejado, El Gordo, and Berrocalejo) Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Santa María de Baños de Montemayor)	Diocese of Plasencia
12 June 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of Plasencia (Avila and N. S. dei Olmo de Aldeanueva del Camino)	Diocese of Ávila

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

1950 334,000 335,000 99.7% 200 25 225 1,484 45 450 168 ap1951

1970 325,000 325,000 100.0% 261 46 307 1,058 111 665 166 ap1971

1976 310,000 310,000 100.0% 188 40 228 1,359 70 532 204 ap1981

1990 268,000 273,100 98.1% 170 30 200 1,340 49 466 201 ap1991

1999 271,646 273,687 99.3% 170 31 201 1,351 44 416 201 ap2000

2000 270,915 271,720 99.7% 166 44 210 1,290 56 419 201 ap2001

2001 271,026 274,644 98.7% 158 31 189 1,434 51 406 201 ap2002

2002 270,494 274,561 98.5% 173 31 204 1,325 48 433 201 ap2003

2003 270,463 275,793 98.1% 172 8 180 1,502 27 435 201 ap2004

2004 266,724 272,654 97.8% 171 8 179 1,490 38 408 201 ap2005

2013 270,100 279,100 96.8% 155 17 172 1,570 44 349 200 ap2014

2016 261,853 273,172 95.9% 160 17 177 1,479 31 329 200 ap2017

2019 246,869 266,947 92.5% 150 20 170 1,452 40 300 201 ap2020

2021 248,788 264,282 94.1% 162 19 181 1,374 33 296 201 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	334,000	335,000	99.7%	200	25	225	1,484	45	450	168	ap1951
1970	325,000	325,000	100.0%	261	46	307	1,058	111	665	166	ap1971
1976	310,000	310,000	100.0%	188	40	228	1,359	70	532	204	ap1981
1990	268,000	273,100	98.1%	170	30	200	1,340	49	466	201	ap1991
1999	271,646	273,687	99.3%	170	31	201	1,351	44	416	201	ap2000
2000	270,915	271,720	99.7%	166	44	210	1,290	56	419	201	ap2001
2001	271,026	274,644	98.7%	158	31	189	1,434	51	406	201	ap2002
2002	270,494	274,561	98.5%	173	31	204	1,325	48	433	201	ap2003
2003	270,463	275,793	98.1%	172	8	180	1,502	27	435	201	ap2004
2004	266,724	272,654	97.8%	171	8	179	1,490	38	408	201	ap2005
2013	270,100	279,100	96.8%	155	17	172	1,570	44	349	200	ap2014
2016	261,853	273,172	95.9%	160	17	177	1,479	31	329	200	ap2017
2019	246,869	266,947	92.5%	150	20	170	1,452	40	300	201	ap2020
2021	248,788	264,282	94.1%	162	19	181	1,374	33	296	201	ap2022