Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.

History

 * 1143: Established as Diocese of Coria
 * April 9, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of Coria – Cáceres

Bishops of Coria
• Jacinto (c. 589)

• Elías (c. 610)

• Bonifacio I (c. 633, 638)

• Juan (c. 646, 653)

• Donato (c. 666)

• Atala (c. 681, 688)

• Bonifacio II (c. 693)

• Jacobo (c. 876, 899)

• Diego I. (900–902)

• Íñigo Navarro (1142–1152, named Bishop of Salamanca)

• Suero I (1157–1168), first bishop to also hold Cáceres (1166)

• Pedro I (1169–1177)

• Arnaldo I (1181–1197)

• Arnaldo II (1199–1211)

• Giraldo (1212–1227)

• Pedro II (1227–1232)

• Sancho (1232–1252)

• Pedro III (1253–1260)

• Fernando I (1261–1271)

• Gonzalo (1272–1277)

• Suero II (1277–1280)

• Simón (1281–1282)

• Alonso I (1283–1316)

• Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meirás (1317 Appointed – 1324 Died)

• Alonso II (1325–1335)

• Juan I (1335–1343)

• Alfonso (1344–1348)

• Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, O.S.A. (20 Feb 1348 – 31 Aug 1360 Appointed, Bishop of León)

• Rodrigo (1360–1365?)

• Diego II (1365–1368?)

• Gil (1368–1371)

• Guillermo (1371–1379)

• Fernando II (1379–1380?)

• Alonso Maimón (1381?–1389)

• Juan II (1399–1400)

• Esteban de Crivelo (1400–1401)

• Alonso III (1401–1403 Elect)

• García de Castronuño (1403–1420?)

• Martín Galos (1420–1436)

• Alfonso de Villegas (1436–1437)

• Pedro López de Miranda (1438–1443)

• Juan de Carvajal (11 Oct 1443 – 10 Aug 1446, not possessed) Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia

• Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza (May 1444 – 1455)

• Fernando López de Villaescusa (1455–1457) Appointed, Bishop of Segovia

• Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1457–1475 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén

• Francisco de Toledo (bishop) (1475–1479) Died

• Juan de Ortega (1479–1485) Died

• Diego de Fonseca (27 Jan 1486 – 1487 Died)

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• César de Borja (1495 – 6 Sep 1499 Resigned)

• Juan López (bishop of Coria) (1499 – 5 Aug 1501 Died)

1500 to 1700
• François Busleiden (26 Nov 1501 – 23 Aug 1502 Died)

• Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna (5 May 1503 – 1517 Died)

• Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (4 Nov 1517 – 9 Sep 1519 Appointed, Administrator of Coutances)

• Carlos Lalaing (1520 – 1524)

• Pedro de Montemolín (1527-?)

• Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1528 – 2 Mar 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)

• Guillermo Valdenese (2 May 1529 – 23 May 1530 Died)

• Francisco de Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. (5 Dec 1530 – 1532 Resigned)

• Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla (14 Feb 1533 – 27 Jun 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)

• Diego Enríquez de Almansa (14 Jul 1550 – Oct 1565 Died)

• Diego Deza Tello (26 Apr 1566 – 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)

• Pedro Serrano Téllez (11 Sep 1577 – 22 Sep 1578 Died)

• Pedro García Galarza (9 Jan 1579 – 6 May 1604 Died)

• Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa (10 Dec 1603 – 8 Sep 1621 Died)

• Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo (23 May 1622 – 16 Feb 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)

• Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (8 Mar 1632 – 16 Sep 1635 Died)

• Antonio González Acevedo (5 Oct 1637 – 14 Mar 1642 Died)

• Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (bishop) (13 Jul 1643 – 17 Oct 1643 Died)

• Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. (2 May 1644 – 28 Jun 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)

• Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza (13 Sep 1649 – 1655 Died)

• Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez (14 May 1655 – 9 Jul 1657 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)

• Diego López de la Vega (28 Jan 1658 – 5 Jun 1659 Died)

• Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. (10 Nov 1659 – 2 Jul 1663 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)

• Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas (27 Aug 1663 – 1664 Died)

• Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala (23 Jun 1664 – 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)

• Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (3 Jun 1669 – 1 Jul 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)

• Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera (28 Sep 1671 – 30 Aug 1672 Died)

• Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. (30 Jan 1673 – 5 May 1673 Died)

• Bernardino León de la Rocha (25 Sep 1673 – 4 Jan 1675 Died)

• Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (27 May 1675 – 21 Jul 1683 Died)

• Juan de Porras y Atienza (24 Apr 1684 – 28 Jul 1704 Died)

1700 to 1949
• Miguel Pérez Lara (9 Feb 1705 – 1710 Died)

• Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (22 May 1713 – 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)

• Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (5 Oct 1716 – 15 Oct 1731 Died)

• Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín (9 Jun 1732 – 24 Sep 1742 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)

• José Francisco Magdaleno (24 Sep 1742 – 5 Feb 1749 Died)

• José Cepeda (19 Jan 1750 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect)

• Juan José García Alvaro (25 May 1750 – Jan 1784 Died)

• Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. (14 Feb 1785 – 4 May 1789 Died)

• Juan Alvarez Castro (29 Mar 1790 – 29 Aug 1809 Died)

• Blas Jacobo Beltrán (10 Jul 1815 – 28 Apr 1821 Died)

• Joaquín López y Sicilia (12 Jul 1824 – 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)

• Ramón Montero (15 Mar 1830 – 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)

• Manuel Anselmo Nafría (17 Jan 1848 – 28 Jan 1851 Died)

• Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. (27 Sep 1852 – 14 Feb 1858 Died)

• Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez (25 Jun 1858 – 6 Oct 1864 Died)

• Esteban José Pérez Fernández (25 Sep 1865 – 22 Jun 1868 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)

• Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. (24 Sep 1868 – 16 Mar 1884 Died)

• Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (10 Nov 1884 – 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)

• Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (10 Jun 1886 – 19 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)

• Ramón Peris Mencheta (21 May 1894 – 6 Jan 1920 Died)

• Pedro Segura y Sáenz (10 Jul 1920 – 20 Dec 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)

• Dionisio Moreno y Barrio (2 Dec 1927 Appointed – 10 Dec 1934 Died)

• Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (1 May 1935 – 10 Apr 1942 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)

• Francisco Cavero y Tormo (9 Dec 1944 – 10 Apr 1949 Died)

Bishops of Coria-Cáceres

 * Manuel Llopis Ivorra (2 Feb 1950 – 16 Mar 1977 Retired)
 * Jesús Domínguez Gómez (16 Mar 1977 – 26 Oct 1990 Died)
 * Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 – 16 Oct 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Albacete)
 * Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 – 27 Dec 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
 * Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. (7 Dec 2021 – )