User:The Blue Rider/Bishops of Spain Project



The Bihops of Spain Project is a personal effort to translate and bring most of the current (27 August 2023) Roman Catholics bishops of Spain to B-class. The diocesan system in Spain consists of 69 dioceses and 14 ecclesiastical provinces, plus the Military Archbishopric of Spain. Each ecclesiastical province is headed by an archbishop and each diocese by a bishop. There are 16 titular archbishops, 14 emeritus archbishops, 51 titular bishops, 10 auxiliary bishops, 24 emeritus bishops and 3 emeritus auxiliary bishops, this equals to a gran total of 118 bishops. Of the 118, only 36 had an article (30,5%) at the start of the project, either stubs or of start class, though all the remaining bishops have a corresponding article on the Spanish Wikipedia. Mission: His Highness Pope Francis is well-known for its progressive views and as so, he as been electing like-minded churchman to high-rank positions. In 2019, he made structural changes to allow greater transparency regarding sexual abuse cases within the Church, and since then he has ordered studies from independent institutes to investigate and report such cases to the world. By translating and improving these articles we are helping in the reimage of the Roman Catholic Church by providing new, complete, accurate and neutral information. Furthermore, non-anglophone topics are often neglected on the English Wikipedia, and foreign clergy are are not an exemption, so the project is also an attempt to close this discrepancy. Besides helping the free encyclopedia, I chose this topic because I wanted to educate myself more about Catholicism, and Spanish bishops specifically so I could practice my Spanish since practically all sources are in this language.

 Titular archbishops 
 * Juan José Omella, cardinal archbishop of Barcelona
 * José Cobo Cano, neocardinal archbishop of Madrid
 * Carlos Escribano, archbishop of Zaragoza
 * Celso Morga Iruzubieta, archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz
 * Enrique Benavent Vidal, archbishop of Valencia
 * Francisco Cerro Chaves, archbishop of Toledo
 * Francisco José Prieto, archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
 * Francisco Pérez González, archbishop of Pamplona and Tudela
 * Jesús Sanz Montes, archbishop of Oviedo
 * Joan Planellas i Barnosell, archbishop of Tarragona
 * José Ángel Saiz Meneses, archbishop of Sevilla
 * José María Gil Tamayo, archbishop of Granada
 * Mario Iceta, archbishop of Burgos
 * Luis Argüello Garcia, archbishop of Valladolid
 * Juan Antonio Aznárez, archbishop of Castrense
 * Joan Enric Vives i Sicília, archbishop of Urgell

 Titular bishops


 * Abilio Martínez Varea, bishop of Osma-Soria
 * Agustí Cortés Soriano, bishop of Sant Feliú de Llobregat
 * Alfonso Carrasco Rouco, bishop of Lugo
 * Ángel Fernández Collado, bishop of Albacete
 * Ángel Javier Pérez Pueyo, bishop of Barbastro-Monzón
 * Antonio Gómez Cantero, bishop of Almería
 * Antonio Prieto Lucena, bishop of Alcalá de Henares
 * Atilano Rodríguez Martínez, bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
 * Bernardo Álvarez Afonso, bishop of Tenerife
 * Casimiro López Llorente, bishop of Segorbe-Castellón
 * César Augusto Franco Martínez, bishop of Segovia
 * Demetrio Fernández González, bishop of Córdoba
 * Ernesto Brotóns Tena, bishop of Plasencia
 * Fernando García Cadiñanos, bishop of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
 * Fernando Prado Ayuso, bishop of San Sebastián
 * Fernando Valera Sánchez, bishop of Zamora
 * Francisco Jesús Orozco Mengíbar, bishop of Guadix
 * Francisco Simón Conesa Ferrer, bishop of Solsona
 * Gerard Villalonga, bishop of Menorca
 * Gerardo Melgar Viciosa, bishop of Cuidad Real
 * Ginés García Beltrán, bishop of Getafe
 * Jesús Catalá Ibáñez, bishop of Málaga
 * Jesús Fernández González, bishop of Astorga
 * Jesús Pulido Arriero, bishop of Coria-Cáceres
 * Jesús Rico García, bishop of Ávila
 * José Antonio Satué, bishop of Teruel and Albarracín
 * José Ignacio Munilla, bishop of Orihuela-Alicante
 * José Luis Retana Gozalo, bishop of Salamanca and de Ciudad Rodrigo
 * José Manuel Lorca Planes, bishop of Cartagena
 * José Mazuelos Pérez, bishop of Canarias
 * José María Yanguas Sanz, bishop of Cuenca
 * José Rico Pavés, bishop of Jerez de la Frontera
 * Joseba Segura Etxezarraga, bishop of Bilbao
 * Juan Carlos Elizalde, bishop of Vitoria
 * Julián Ruiz Martorell, bishop of Huesca and de Jaca
 * Leonardo Lemos Montanet, bishop of Ourense
 * Luis Ángel de las Heras Berzal, bishop of León
 * Luis Quinteiro Fiuza, bishop of Tui-Vigo
 * Manuel Herrero, bishop of Palencia
 * Manuel Sánchez Monge, bishop of Santander
 * Rafael Zornoza, bishop of Cádiz and Ceuta
 * Román Casanova, bishop of Vic
 * Salvador Cristau Coll, bishop of Terrassa
 * Salvador Giménez Valls, bishop of Lleida
 * Santiago Gómez Sierra, bishop of Huelva
 * Santos Montoya, bishop of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño
 * Sebastià Taltavull, bishop of Mallorca
 * Sebastián Chico Martínez, bishop of Jaén
 * Sergi Gordo Rodríguez, bishop of Tortosa
 * Vicente Rebollo Mozos, bishop of Tarazona
 * Vicente Ribas Prats, bishop of Ibiza

 Auxiliary bishops 
 * Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas, auxiliary bishop of Valencia
 * César García Magán, auxiliary bishop of Toledo
 * Cristóbal Déniz Hernández, auxiliary bishop of Canarias
 * David Abadías, auxiliary bishop of Barcelona
 * Jesús Vidal Chamorro, auxiliary bishop of Madrid
 * José María Avendaño, auxiliary bishop of Getafe
 * Juan Antonio Martínez Camino, auxiliary bishop of Madrid
 * Javier Vilanova Pellisa, auxiliary bishop of Barcelona
 * Ramón Valdivia, auxiliary bishop of Sevilla
 * Teodoro León Muñoz, auxiliary bishop of Sevilla

 Emeritus archbishops
 * Antonio Cañizares Llovera, cardinal emeritus archbishop of Valencia
 * Antonio María Rouco Varela, cardinal emeritus archbishop of Madrid
 * Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, emeritus archbishop of Toledo
 * Carlos Osoro Sierra, cardinal emeritus archbishop of Madrid
 * Lluís Martínez Sistach, cardinal emeritus archbishop of Barcelona
 * Ricardo Blázquez, cardinal emeritus archbishop of Valladolid
 * Fidel Herráez, emeritus archbishop of Burgos
 * Francisco Gil Hellín, emeritus archbishop of Burgos
 * Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández, emeritus archbishop of Granada
 * Jaume Pujol Balcells, emeritus archbishop of Tarragona
 * Juan Asenjo Pelegrina, emeritus archbishop of Sevilla
 * Julián Barrio Barrio, emeritus archbishop of Santiago de Compostela
 * Manuel Ureña Pastor, emeritus archbishop of Zaragoza
 * Vicente Jiménez Zamora, emeritus archbishop of Zaragoza

 Emeritus bishops 
 * Adolfo González Montes, emeritus bishop of Almería
 * Amadeo Rodríguez Magro, emeritus bishop of Jaén
 * Ángel Rubio Castro, emeritus bishop of Segovia
 * Carlos López Hernández, emeritus bishop of Salamanca
 * Carlos Soler Perdigó, emeritus bishop of Girona
 * Ciriaco Benavente Mateos, emeritus bishop of Akbacete
 * Eusebio Hernández Sola, emeritus bishop of Tarazona
 * Francisco Cases Andreu, emeritus bishop of Canarias
 * Jesús García Burillo, emeritus bishop of Ávila
 * Jesús Murgui, emeritus bishop of Orihuela-Alicante
 * Joaquín María López de Andújar y Cánovas del Castillo, emeritus bishop of Getafe
 * Joan Piris, emeritus bishop of Lleida
 * José Sánchez González, emeritus bishop of Sigüenza-Guadalajara
 * José Vilaplana, emeritus bishop of Huelva
 * Juan Antonio Reig Plà, emeritus bishop of Alcalá de Henares
 * Juan Uriarte, emeritus bishop of San Sebastián
 * Julián López Martín, emeritus bishop of Leó
 * Manuel Ureña Pastor, emeritus bishop of Zaragoza
 * Nicolás Castellanos Franco, emeritus bishop of Palencia
 * Ramón Buxarrais Ventura, emeritus bishop of Málaga
 * Ramón del Hoyo López, emeritus bishop of Jaén
 * Raúl Berzosa, emeritus bishop of Cuidad Rodrigo
 * Victorio Oliver Domingo, emeritus bishop of Alcalá de Henares
 * Xavier Novell, emeritus bishop of Solsona

 Emeritus Auxiliary bishops 
 * Esteban Escudero Torres, emeritus auxiliar bishop of Valencia
 * Javier Salinas Viñals, emeritus auxiliar bishop of Valencia
 * Vicente Juan Segura, emeritus auxiliar bishop of Valencia


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