Santiago de Compostela (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Francisco José Prieto Fernández, Archbishop
Julián Barrio Barrio, Archbishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 27 February 1120
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 8,546 (3,300 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.archicompostela.org/
Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Praza da Inmaculada 1, 15704 Santiago de Compostela [A Coruna], Espana
Telephone: 981.57.23.00
Fax: 981.56.36.91

Historical Details

Diocese of Iria Flavia (Iria, Locus Sancti Iacobi)
- Erected: 5th Century
- Country: Spain
Diocese of Compostela
- Latin Name: Compostellana
- Name Changed: 5 December 1095
- Country: Spain

Past and Present Ordinaries

Teodomiro † ( 818 Elected - 20 Oct 847 Died)
Sisnando Menéndez † ( 952 Appointed - 970 Died)
Diego Gelmírez † (1 Jul 1100 Appointed - 15 Jan 1140 Died)
Berenguel † ( 1140 Appointed - 1152 Died)
Pedro Suárez de Deza † (29 Jul 1173 Appointed - 1206 Died)
Pedro Muñoz † ( 1207 Appointed - 29 Jan 1224 Died)
Juan Arias † (15 Nov 1238 Appointed - )
Juan Arias Suárez † (15 Nov 1238 Appointed - )
Egas Fafez † (18 Dec 1267 Appointed - 9 Mar 1268 Died)
Juan Fernandez de Temez † ( 1268 Appointed - )
Gonzalo Gómez † (26 Dec 1272 Appointed - )
Rodrigo González † (25 May 1286 Appointed - 1304 Died)
Rodrigo del Padrón † (11 May 1307 Appointed - 3 Nov 1316 Died)
Berenguel Landore, O.P. † (15 Jul 1317 Appointed - 20 Oct 1330 Died)
Juan Fernández de Limia † (26 Oct 1330 Appointed - 1338 Died)
Martín Fernández † (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)
Gómez Manrique † (8 Jun 1351 Appointed - 2 May 1362 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Suero Gómez de Toledo † (2 May 1362 Appointed - 29 Jun 1366 Died)
Alfonso Sánchez † (13 Nov 1366 Appointed - 1367 Died)
Rodrigo de Moscoso † (16 Dec 1367 Appointed - 1382 Died)
Juan García Manrique † (11 Aug 1382 Appointed - )
Lope de Mendoza † ( 1399 Appointed - 3 Feb 1445 Died)
Álvaro Núñez 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 Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando † (8 Jun 1534 Appointed - 13 Oct 1541 Died)
Gaspar Ávalos de la Cueva † (29 Mar 1542 Appointed - 2 Nov 1545 Died)
Pedro Manuel † (9 Apr 1546 Appointed - 1 Jan 1550 Died)
Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P. † (27 Jun 1550 Appointed - 15 Sep 1557 Died)
Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda † (21 Oct 1558 Appointed - 22 Jun 1569 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Cristóbal Fernández 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 Velázquez † (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 Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa † (12 Jan 1615 Appointed - 22 May 1622 Died)
Luis Fernández de Córdoba † (26 Oct 1622 Appointed - 11 Mar 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Agustín Antolínez, O.S.A. † (1 Jul 1624 Appointed - 19 Jun 1626 Died)
José González Díez, O.P. † (17 May 1627 Confirmed - 12 Aug 1630 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Agustín Spínola 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 Acuña y Bureba † (30 Aug 1655 Appointed - Apr 1664 Died)
Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán † (9 Jun 1668 Appointed - 7 Oct 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Andrés Girón † (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)
José del Yermo Santibáñez † (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)
Bartolomé Rajoy Losada † (19 Jul 1751 Appointed - 17 Jul 1772 Died)
Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja † (8 Mar 1773 Appointed - 16 Apr 1782 Died)
Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M. † (15 Dec 1783 Appointed - 25 Sep 1795 Died)
Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo † (18 Dec 1797 Appointed - 8 Dec 1800 Died)
Rafael de Múzquiz y Aldunate † (20 Jul 1801 Appointed - 12 May 1821 Died)
Juan García Benito † (27 Sep 1822 Confirmed - 8 Jul 1824 Resigned)
Simón Antonio de Rentería y Reyes † (12 Jul 1824 Confirmed - 4 Oct 1824 Died)
Rafael Téllez, O.F.M. Cap. † (20 Dec 1824 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1850 Died)
Miguel García Cuesta † (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed - 14 Apr 1873 Died)
Miguel Payá y Rico † (16 Jan 1874 Appointed - 7 Jun 1886 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez † (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 20 Jan 1888 Died)
José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia † (14 Feb 1889 Appointed - 8 Dec 1922 Died)
Manuel Lago y González † (24 Jul 1923 Appointed - 18 Mar 1925 Died)
Julián de Diego y García Alcolea † (8 Oct 1925 Appointed - 16 Jan 1927 Died)
Zacarías Martínez y Núñez, O.S.A. † (2 Dec 1927 Appointed - 6 Sep 1933 Died)
Tomás 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)
Ángel Suquía Goicoechea † (13 Apr 1973 Appointed - 12 Apr 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
Antonio María Rouco Varela (9 May 1984 Appointed - 28 Jul 1994 Appointed, Archbishop of Madrid)
Julián Barrio Barrio (5 Jan 1996 Appointed - 1 Apr 2023 Retired)
Francisco José Prieto Fernández (1 Apr 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

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 Lebozán)	Diocese of Orense
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Mondoñedo (Camarinas, Jomes, and Miño)	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

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