Roman Catholic Diocese of León in Spain

The Diocese of León (Dioecesis Legionensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of León in the ecclesiastical province of Oviedo in Spain.

History

 * 4th century: Established as Diocese of León

Special churches

 * Minor Basilicas:
 * Real Basílica de San Isidoro de León, León

Bishops of León

 * Basilides of León (deposed 254)
 * Savinus (254–???)
 * Decentius of León (fl. 315)
 * Suintila (792)
 * Quintila (811-820)
 * Cixila I (853-855)
 * Frunimio I (854–874), first bishop of León.
 * Mauro (878–886)
 * Vincent (899–900)
 * Froilán of León (900–904)
 * Sisnando (905–914?)
 * Cixila II (911 – 914/15). Died in 938. Retired in 916 to the Monastery of San Cosme y San Damián in Abellar (León) which he had founded.
 * Frunimio II (915–924)
 * Oveco Núñez (927–950), Carriedo Tejedo calls him the 6th Bishop
 * Gonzalo (950/1 – 966)
 * Velasco (966 – 973/4)
 * Sisnando Puricélliz (974–980), possibly brother of noblemen Sancho and Aznar Puricélliz
 * Velasco (again, 980/1)
 * Sisnando Baroncélliz (981/2)
 * Sabarico (981/2)
 * Fortis (fl. 984)
 * Sabarico (again, 985–991)
 * Fruela (991/2 – 1006)
 * Nuño (1007–1026)
 * Servando (1026–1040)
 * Cipriano (1040–1057)
 * Aloito (1057–1063)
 * Pelayo Tedóniz (1065– )
 * Pedro I (c.1087 – 1111/2)
 * Maurice Bourdin (1111–1112/3), usurped the see from Pedro for a brief time
 * Diego (1112/3 – 1130)
 * Arias Gundesíndiz (1130–1135)
 * Pedro (II) Anáyaz (1135–1139)
 * Juan Albertínez (1139–1181)
 * Manrique de Lara (1181–1205)
 * Pedro Muñiz (May 1205 – 1206/07), appointed archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in early 1207. Died on 29 January 1224.
 * Pelayo Pérez (February 1207 – 1208), died before consecration
 * Rodrigo Álvarez (1208–1232)
 * Martín Alonso (1232–1234)
 * Arnaldo (1234–1235)
 * Juan (1237–1238)
 * Martín Arias (1238–1242)
 * Nuño Álvarez (1242–1252)
 * Martín Fernández (1254–1289)
 * Fernando Ruiz de Cabañas (1289–1301)
 * Gonzalo de Hinojosa (6 November 1301 – 12 July 1313 appointed Bishop of Burgos), died on 15 May 1327
 * Juan Soares (1313)
 * Juan Fernández (1316), elect
 * Sede vacanta (1316–1318)
 * García de Ayerbe (April 1318 – 4 September 1332)
 * Juan del Campo (2 December 1332 – 24 May 1344 Died)
 * Diego Ramírez de Guzmán (1344–1354)
 * Pedro Raimundo (1354–1360)
 * Pedro de Barreira, O.S.A. (31 August 1360 – 19 November 1361 Appointed, Bishop of Toul)
 * Alfonso (1375–1376)
 * Juan Ramírez de Guzmán (1376–1378)
 * Fernando (1378–1380])
 * Aleramo (1382–1401?)
 * Alonso de Argüello (1403–1415), transferred to Palencia
 * Álvaro Núñez de Isorna (1415–1418), transferred to Cuenca
 * Juan Rodríguez Villalón (1418)
 * Alonso de Cusanza (1424–1435)
 * Giovanni Berardi (1435–1437), in commendam
 * Juan de Mella (12 April 1434 – Did Not Take Effect)
 * Juan de Pontibus (ca. 1446)
 * Pedro Cabeza de Vaca (1448–1459)
 * Fortún Velázquez de Cuéllar (1460)
 * Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (31 July 1460 – 26 January 1463 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
 * Giacopo Antonio Venier (16 September 1464 – 6 October 1469 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
 * Rodrigo de Vergara (6 October 1469 – 18 June 1478 Died)
 * Luis Velasco (1478–1484 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba)
 * Iñigo Manrique de Lara (bishop) (1484–1485 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba)
 * Alonso de Valdivieso (1485 – 21 May 1500 Died)
 * Francisco Desprats (4 December 1500 – 10 September 1504 Died)
 * Juan de Vera (14 May 1505 – 4 May 1507 Died)
 * Francesco Alidosi (1507 – 24 May 1511 Died)
 * Luigi d'Aragona (6 June 1511 – 17 December 1516 Resigned)
 * Esteban Gabriel Merino (17 December 1516 – 12 June 1523 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
 * Pedro Manuel (12 June 1523 – 17 June 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
 * Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (8 January 1535 – 21 May 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
 * Fernando Valdés (30 May 1539 – 29 October 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
 * Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (29 October 1539 – 2 June 1542 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
 * Esteban Almeida (2 June 1542 – 16 April 1546 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena)
 * Juan Fernández Temiño (19 July 1546 – 9 November 1556 Died)
 * Andrés de la Cuesta (10 December 1557 – 1564 Died)
 * Juan de San Millán (28 July 1564 – 11 April 1578 Died)
 * Francisco Trujillo Garcia (5 September 1578 – 14 November 1592 Died)
 * Juan Alonso Moscoso (30 August 1593 – 9 May 1603 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga)
 * Andrés de Casso, O.P. (12 June 1603 – 13 May 1607 Died)
 * Francisco Terrones del Caño (3 March 1608 – 13 March 1613 Died)
 * Alonso González Aguilar (23 September 1613 – 2 December 1615 Died)
 * Juan Llano Valdés (5 September 1616 – 9 August 1622 Died)
 * Juan Molina Alvarez (20 March 1623 – Nov 1623 Died)
 * Gregorio Pedrosa Cásares, O.S.H. (16 September 1624 – 31 January 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Valladolid)
 * Bartolomé Santos de Risoba (26 September 1633 – 9 December 1649 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
 * Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. (10 January 1650 – 28 August 1656 Confirmed, Bishop of Segovia)
 * Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) (18 September 1656 – 14 September 1659 Died)
 * Juan Bravo Lasprilla (7 June 1660 – 31 July 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena)
 * Juan Vande-Escarth y Briceño, O.S.H. (12 January 1665 – 6 April 1672 Died)
 * Juan Álvarez Osorio (12 December 1672 – 22 January 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
 * Juan Aparicio Navarro (7 October 1680 – 6 November 1696 Died)
 * José Gregorio de Rojas y Velázquez (3 June 1697 – 7 April 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
 * Manuel Pérez Araciel y Rada (28 April 1704 – 13 June 1714 Confirmed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
 * José Ulzurrun de Asanza y Civera (17 September 1714 – 17 April 1718 Died)
 * Martín Zalayeta Lizarza (27 May 1720 – 11 September 1728 Died)
 * Juan Fernández Zapata (3 August 1729 – 12 October 1729 Died)
 * Francisco de la Torre Herrera (24 July 1730 – 1 February 1735 Died)
 * José de Llupiá y Roger, O.S.B. (19 December 1735 – 21 November 1752 Died)
 * Alfonso Fernández Pantoja (9 April 1753 – 6 November 1761 Died)
 * Pascual de los Herreros (23 August 1762 – 3 March 1770 Died)
 * Baltasar Yusta y Navarro (10 September 1770 – 17 February 1777 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
 * Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero Mota (15 December 1777 – 3 April 1800 Died)
 * Pedro Luis Blanco (11 August 1800 – 22 November 1811 Died)
 * Ignacio Ramón Roda (19 December 1814 – 4 January 1823 Died)
 * Joaquín Abarca Blanque (27 September 1824 – 21 June 1844 Died)
 * Joaquín Barbajero y Villar (17 January 1848 – 26 February 1863 Died)
 * Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo (1 October 1863 – 19 September 1869 Died)
 * Saturnino Fernandez de Castro y de la Cotera (5 July 1875 – 15 March 1883 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
 * Francisco Xavier Caminero y Muñoz (27 March 1885 – 13 April 1885 Died)
 * Francisco Gómez-Salazar y Lucio-Villegas (10 June 1886 – 1 October 1904 Retired)
 * Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (27 March 1905 – 29 April 1909 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
 * Ramón Guillamet y Coma (29 April 1909 – 18 July 1913 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
 * José Álvarez y Miranda (18 July 1913 – 4 March 1937 Died)
 * Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (12 February 1938 – 10 June 1943 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)
 * Luis Almarcha Hernández (10 July 1944 – 4 April 1970 Retired)
 * Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta (9 July 1971 – 16 February 1979 Appointed, Bishop of Bilbao)
 * Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, C.M.F. (22 August 1979 – 28 July 1983 Resigned)
 * Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá (28 July 1983 – 9 February 1987 Resigned)
 * Antonio Vilaplana Molina (9 February 1987 – 19 March 2002 Retired)
 * Julián López Martín (19 March 2002 Appointed – 21 October 2020 Retired)
 * Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal (21 October 2020 Appointed – )
 * Antonio Vilaplana Molina (9 February 1987 – 19 March 2002 Retired)
 * Julián López Martín (19 March 2002 Appointed – 21 October 2020 Retired)
 * Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal (21 October 2020 Appointed – )