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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada

August 29, 2023

The archdiocese of Granada (Latin: archidioecesis Granatensis) is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain.[1][2] Originally the diocese of Elvira from the 3rd century through the 10th, it was re-founded in 1437 as the diocese of Granada and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Its suffragan sees are Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén and Málaga.

Archdiocese of Granada

Archidioecesis Granatensis

Archidiócesis de Granada
Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceGranada
Statistics
Area6,945 km2 (2,681 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
860,898
743,530 (86.9%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Granada)
10 December 1492 (As Archdiocese of Granada)
CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation in Granada
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Javier Martínez Fernández
CoadjutorJosé María Gil Tamayo
SuffragansDiocese of Almería
Diocese of Cartagena
Diocese of Guadix
Diocese of Jaén
Diocese of Málaga
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Señora de las Angustias. The current archbishop of Granada is Francisco Martínez Fernández, appointed by Pope John Paul II on 15 March 2003.

Ordinaries Edit

Bishops of Elvira Edit

The following list is based on the Nomina defunctorum episcoporum Spalensis sedis uel Toletane atque Eliberritane sedis ("Names of the deceased bishops of the see of Seville and of the sees of Toledo and Elvira"), a necrology of bishops of those sees found in the Codex Emilianense, which was compiled between 962 and 994.[3]

  • Caecilius (1st century), legendary
  • Leubesind
  • Ameantus
  • Ascanius
  • Julian
  • Augustulus
  • Marturius
  • Gregory I
  • Peter I
  • Fabian (c. 300–306)
  • Honasterius
  • Optatus
  • Peter II
  • Zoilus
  • Gregory II (c. 350 – c. 390)[4]
  • John I
  • Valerius
  • Lusidius
  • John II
  • John III
  • Ursus
  • John IV
  • John V
  • Mantius
  • Respectus
  • Caritonus or Orontius (fl. 516)[5]
  • Peter III
  • Vincent
  • Honorius
  • Stephen (fl. 589)
  • Baddo or Batonius (fl. 597)
  • Bissinus (fl. 610–619)
  • Felix
  • Iterius (fl. 633–646)
  • Aga (fl. 653)
  • Anthony
  • Argebad or Argibadonius (fl. 681–683)
  • Argemir
  • Bapiria
  • John VI (fl. 688)
  • Ceterius (fl. 693)
  • Trectemund
  • Dadila
  • Adica
  • Balduigius
  • Egila (c. 777–785)
  • Daniel
  • Gervase I
  • Turibius
  • Agila
  • Gebuldo
  • Sintila
  • Samuel I (850–864)
  • Gervase II
  • Reccared
  • Manila
  • Sennaion
  • Nifridius (fl. 939)
  • Samuel II
  • Pantaleon
  • Gundafor
  • Pirricius
  • Gapio
  • Recemund (fl. 962), the last known bishop of Elvira[6]

Bishops of Granada Edit

  • Gonzalo de Vallebuena, O.F.M. (13 Sep 1437 – 1442 died)
  • Juan de Haterano (19 Dec 1442 – 1446)
  • Diego de Guadalajara (9 Jan 1447 – c. 1470)
  • Fernando de Castilla, O.S.B. (10 Dec 1473 – 1479 died)
  • Juan de Pastor (23 July 1479 – ????)

Archbishops of Granada Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Granada" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  3. ^ Ann Christys (2002), Christians in al-Andalus (711–1000), Routledge, p. 111, citing Juan Gil (ed.), Corpus scriptorum Muzarabicorum (Instituto Antonio de Nebrija, 1973), vol. I, pp. xvii–xviii, n10.
  4. ^ Not mentioned in the necrology. For his career, see Karl Shuve (2014), "The Episcopal Career of Gregory of Elvira", The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 65 (2): 247–262, doi:10.1017/S002204691300256X.
  5. ^ The necrology gives Caritonus, but an Orontius is cited among the attendees of the council of Tarragona (cf. Michael Kulikowski, Late Roman Spain and Its Cities (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004), p. 420).
  6. ^ Not in the necrology, either because he was still living in 994 or he was considered uncanonically elected (cf. Christys).
  7. ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Hernando de Talavera, O.S.H." retrieved January 17, 2017
  8. ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique" retrieved January 25, 2016
  9. ^ "Archbishop Pedro Portocarrero" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 15, 2016
  10. ^ "Archbishop Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  11. ^ "Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 19, 2016
  12. ^ "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  13. ^ "Father Antonio Calderón " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
  14. ^ "Archbishop Alfonso Bernardo de los Ríos y Guzmán, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 20, 2016

External links Edit


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August 29, 2023
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The archdiocese of Granada Latin archidioecesis Granatensis is an ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain 1 2 Originally the diocese of Elvira from the 3rd century through the 10th it was re founded in 1437 as the diocese of Granada and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492 Its suffragan sees are Almeria Cartagena Guadix Jaen and Malaga Archdiocese of GranadaArchidioecesis GranatensisArchidiocesis de GranadaGranada CathedralLocationCountry SpainEcclesiastical provinceGranadaStatisticsArea6 945 km2 2 681 sq mi Population Total Catholics as of 2006 860 898743 530 86 9 InformationDenominationRoman CatholicSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished3rd Century As Diocese of Granada 10 December 1492 As Archdiocese of Granada CathedralCathedral of the Annunciation in GranadaCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisMetropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Javier Martinez FernandezCoadjutorJose Maria Gil TamayoSuffragansDiocese of AlmeriaDiocese of CartagenaDiocese of GuadixDiocese of JaenDiocese of MalagaMapWebsiteWebsite of the ArchdioceseThe archdiocese s mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Granada also houses the Basilicas of San Juan de Dios and Nuestra Senora de las Angustias The current archbishop of Granada is Francisco Martinez Fernandez appointed by Pope John Paul II on 15 March 2003 Contents 1 Ordinaries 1 1 Bishops of Elvira 1 2 Bishops of Granada 1 3 Archbishops of Granada 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksOrdinaries EditBishops of Elvira Edit The following list is based on the Nomina defunctorum episcoporum Spalensis sedis uel Toletane atque Eliberritane sedis Names of the deceased bishops of the see of Seville and of the sees of Toledo and Elvira a necrology of bishops of those sees found in the Codex Emilianense which was compiled between 962 and 994 3 Caecilius 1st century legendary Leubesind Ameantus Ascanius Julian Augustulus Marturius Gregory I Peter I Fabian c 300 306 Honasterius Optatus Peter II Zoilus Gregory II c 350 c 390 4 John I Valerius Lusidius John II John III Ursus John IV John V Mantius Respectus Caritonus or Orontius fl 516 5 Peter III Vincent Honorius Stephen fl 589 Baddo or Batonius fl 597 Bissinus fl 610 619 Felix Iterius fl 633 646 Aga fl 653 Anthony Argebad or Argibadonius fl 681 683 Argemir Bapiria John VI fl 688 Ceterius fl 693 Trectemund Dadila Adica Balduigius Egila c 777 785 Daniel Gervase I Turibius Agila Gebuldo Sintila Samuel I 850 864 Gervase II Reccared Manila Sennaion Nifridius fl 939 Samuel II Pantaleon Gundafor Pirricius Gapio Recemund fl 962 the last known bishop of Elvira 6 Bishops of Granada Edit Gonzalo de Vallebuena O F M 13 Sep 1437 1442 died Juan de Haterano 19 Dec 1442 1446 Diego de Guadalajara 9 Jan 1447 c 1470 Fernando de Castilla O S B 10 Dec 1473 1479 died Juan de Pastor 23 July 1479 Archbishops of Granada Edit This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hernando de Talavera O S H 23 Jan 1493 14 May 1507 died 7 Antonio de Rojas Manrique 1507 1524 Appointed Patriarch of the West Indies 8 Francisco Herrera Ruesta 8 Jun 1524 Dec 1524 died Pedro Portocarrero archbishop 26 Jun 1525 5 Jun 1526 died 9 Pedro Ramirez de Alba O S H 19 Dec 1526 21 Jun 1528 died Gaspar de Avalos de la Cueva 22 Jan 1529 29 Mar 1542 Appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Fernando Nino de Guevara patriarch 22 Mar 1542 8 Oct 1546 Appointed Patriarch of the West Indies Pedro Guerrero Logrono Mendoza 28 Oct 1546 2 Apr 1576 died Juan Mendez de Salvatierra 11 Sep 1577 24 May 1588 died Pedro Castro Quinones 6 Dec 1589 5 Jul 1610 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoza O F M 19 Jul 1610 8 Feb 1616 Appointed Archbishop of Zaragoza Felipe Tarsis de Acuna O S 24 Feb 1616 20 Jun 1620 died 10 11 Garceran Albanell 16 Nov 1620 10 Mar 1626 died Agustin Spinola Basadone 7 Sep 1626 23 Oct 1630 Appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela Miguel Santos de San Pedro 13 Nov 1630 4 Mar 1633 died Fernando Valdes Llano 18 Jul 1633 30 Dec 1639 died Martin Carrillo Alderete 1 Jul 1641 29 Jun 1653 died 12 Antonio Calderon bishop 12 Jan 1654 12 Jul 1654 died 13 Jose de Argaiz Perez 27 Jul 1654 28 May 1667 died Diego Escolano y Ledesma 27 Feb 1668 4 Sep 1672 died Francisco de Rois y Mendoza O Cist 29 May 1673 16 Mar 1677 died Alfonso Bernardo de los Rios y Guzman O SS T 13 Sep 1677 5 Oct 1692 died 14 Martin Ascargorta 18 May 1693 25 Feb 1719 died Francisco Eustaquio Perea Porras 3 Jul 1720 26 Jun 1733 died Felipe de los Tueros Huerta 20 Jan 1734 12 Sep 1751 died Onesimo Salamanca Zaldivar 20 Mar 1752 19 Dec 1757 Appointed Archbishop of Burgos Pedro Antonio Barroeta y Angel 19 Dec 1757 20 Mar 1775 died Antonio Jorge y Galvan 29 Jan 1776 2 Sep 1787 died Basilio Tomas Sancho y Hernando de Santas Justa y Rufina Sch P 17 Dec 1787 Appointed Did Not Take Effect Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta 3 Aug 1789 24 Jul 1811 died Blas Joaquin Alvarez de Palma 19 Dec 1814 29 Nov 1837 died Luis Antonio Folgueras y Sion 17 Jan 1848 28 Oct 1850 died Salvador Jose Reyes y Garcia de Lara 5 Sep 1851 31 Mar 1865 died Bienvenido Monzon y Martin 8 Jun 1866 Confirmed 27 Mar 1885 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla Jose Moreno y Mazon 27 Mar 1885 17 Jan 1905 died Jose Meseguer y Costa 27 Mar 1905 9 Dec 1920 died Vicente Casanova y Marzol 7 Mar 1921 23 Oct 1930 died Agustin Parrado y Garcia 4 Apr 1934 8 Oct 1946 died Balbino Santos Olvera 24 Nov 1946 14 Feb 1953 died Rafael Garcia y Garcia de Castro 9 May 1953 3 Feb 1974 died Emilio Benavent Escuin 3 Feb 1974 Succeeded 25 May 1977 Appointed Archbishop Personal Title of Spain Military Jose Mendez Asensio 31 Jan 1978 10 Dec 1996 Retired Antonio Canizares Llovera 10 Dec 1996 24 Oct 2002 Appointed Archbishop of Toledo Francisco Javier Martinez Fernandez 15 Mar 2003 1 Feb 2023 Retired Jose Maria Gil Tamayo 1 Feb 2023 See also EditRoman Catholicism in SpainReferences Edit Metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada GCatholic org Gabriel Chow Retrieved September 15 2016 Archdiocese of Granada Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved September 15 2016 Ann Christys 2002 Christians in al Andalus 711 1000 Routledge p 111 citing Juan Gil ed Corpus scriptorum Muzarabicorum Instituto Antonio de Nebrija 1973 vol I pp xvii xviii n10 Not mentioned in the necrology For his career see Karl Shuve 2014 The Episcopal Career of Gregory of Elvira The Journal of Ecclesiastical History 65 2 247 262 doi 10 1017 S002204691300256X The necrology gives Caritonus but an Orontius is cited among the attendees of the council of Tarragona cf Michael Kulikowski Late Roman Spain and Its Cities Johns Hopkins University Press 2004 p 420 Not in the necrology either because he was still living in 994 or he was considered uncanonically elected cf Christys Catholic Hierarchy Archbishop Hernando de Talavera O S H retrieved January 17 2017 Catholic Hierarchy Patriarch Antonio de Rojas Manrique retrieved January 25 2016 Archbishop Pedro Portocarrero Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved September 15 2016 Archbishop Felipe Tarsis de Acuna O S Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved October 19 2016 Felipe Tarsis de Acuna O S GCatholic org Gabriel Chow Retrieved October 19 2016 Archbishop Martin Carrillo Alderete Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved September 17 2016 Father Antonio Calderon Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved September 17 2016 Archbishop Alfonso Bernardo de los Rios y Guzman O SS T Catholic Hierarchy org David M Cheney Retrieved November 20 2016External links EditOfficial site Catholic Hierarchy self published GCatholic org self published 37 10 36 N 3 35 57 W 37 1766 N 3 5991 W 37 1766 3 5991 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Granada amp oldid 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