Palencia (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Mikel Garciandía Goñi, Bishop
Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A., Bishop Emeritus
Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 3rd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Burgos
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 8,052 (3,110 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesispalencia.org/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Mayor Antigua 22, 34005 Palencia, Espana
Telephone: 979.70.69.13
Fax: 979.74.53.14

Past and Present Ordinaries

Arderico † ( 1184 Appointed - 1208 Died)
Adán † ( 1208 Appointed - 1212 Died)
Tello Téllez de Meneses † ( 1212 Appointed - 1246 Died)
Rodrigo † (4 Apr 1246 Appointed - 1254 Died)
Alfonso García † (8 Jul 1265 Appointed - 1270 Died)
Tello García † ( 1270 Appointed - Nov 1274 Died)
Juan Alfonsi † ( 1278 Appointed - 1293 Died)
Munio Zamora, O.P. † (5 Feb 1294 Appointed - 11 Jul 1296 Resigned)
Álvaro Gómez † (18 Mar 1297 Appointed - 1306 Died)
Gerardo Domínguez † (16 Sep 1307 Appointed - 30 Apr 1313 Appointed, Bishop of Évora)
Gómez Peláez † (30 Apr 1313 Appointed - 1320 Died)
Juan Fernández de Limia † ( 1321 Appointed - 26 Oct 1330 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Juan de Saavedra † (26 Oct 1330 Appointed - 1342 Died)
Pedro † (18 Jul 1342 Appointed - 12 Sep 1343 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Blas Fernández de Toledo † (12 Sep 1343 Appointed - 17 Jun 1353 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Reginald de Maubernard † (17 Jun 1353 Appointed - 20 Jun 1356 Appointed, Bishop of Lisboa)
Gautier Gómez de Luna † (27 Feb 1357 Appointed - 27 Aug 1381 Appointed, Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo)
Alfonso † (16 Sep 1381 Appointed - 1382 Died)
Juan de Castromocho † (29 Oct 1382 Appointed - 1396 Died)
Pedro † ( 1396 Appointed - )
Sancho de Rojas † ( 1403 Appointed - 26 Jun 1415 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Alfonso de Argüello, O.P. † (19 Aug 1415 Appointed - 7 Jun 1417 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Rodrigo de Velasco † (7 Jun 1417 Appointed - 1423 Died)
Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo † (2 Jul 1423 Appointed - 12 May 1439 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Pedro Castilla † (6 Apr 1440 Appointed - 27 Apr 1461 Died)
Gutierre de la Cueva, O.S.A. † (19 Oct 1461 Appointed - 1469 Died)
Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo † (6 Oct 1469 Appointed - 1470 Died)
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Quiñones † (13 Feb 1470 Appointed - 29 Aug 1485 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. † (26 Aug 1485 Appointed - 1499 Died)
Diego de Deza, O.P. † (7 Feb 1500 Appointed - 30 Oct 1504 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca † (4 Nov 1504 Appointed - 5 Jul 1514 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Juan Fernández Velasco † (22 Jul 1514 Appointed - 1520 Died)
Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B. † (4 Jul 1520 Appointed - 1522 Died)
Antonio de Rojas Manrique † (11 May 1524 Appointed - 3 Jul 1525 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando † (3 Jul 1525 Appointed - 8 Jun 1534 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Francisco Mendoza † (18 Jan 1534 Appointed - 29 Mar 1536 Died)
Luis Cabeza de Vaca † (14 Apr 1537 Appointed - 22 Nov 1550 Died)
Pedro La Gasca † (6 Apr 1551 Appointed - 2 Jun 1561 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano † (2 Jun 1561 Appointed - 20 Feb 1570 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Juan Ramírez Zapata de Cárdenas † (18 Feb 1570 Appointed - 1577 Died)
Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza y Sarmiento † (11 Sep 1577 Appointed - 19 Apr 1586 Died)
Fernando Miguel de Prado † (17 Aug 1587 Appointed - 5 May 1594 Died)
Martín Aspi Sierra † (28 May 1597 Appointed - 1607 Died)
Felipe Tarsis de Acuña, O.S. † (11 Feb 1608 Appointed - 24 Feb 1616 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
José González Díez, O.P. † (29 Feb 1616 Appointed - 28 Jul 1625 Confirmed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Miguel Ayala † (18 Aug 1625 Confirmed - 5 May 1628 Confirmed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Fernando Andrade Sotomayor † (29 May 1628 Appointed - 10 Nov 1631 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Cristóbal Guzmán Santoyo † (6 Jun 1633 Appointed - 17 Nov 1656 Died)
Antonio de Estrada Manrique † (18 Jun 1657 Confirmed - 17 Jun 1658 Died)
Enrique Peralta y Cárdenas † (13 Jan 1659 Confirmed - 13 Apr 1665 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera † (27 Jun 1665 Appointed - 28 Sep 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
Juan Molino Navarrete, O.F.M. † (8 Dec 1672 Appointed - 1 Jan 1685 Died)
Alfonso Lorenzo de Pedraza, O.M. † (9 Jul 1685 Confirmed - 16 Feb 1711 Died)
Esteban Bellido Guevara † (18 Sep 1713 Confirmed - 1 Jan 1717 Died)
Francisco Ochoa Mendarozqueta y Arzamendi † (12 Jul 1717 Appointed - 25 Dec 1732 Died)
Bartolomé San Martín y Uribe † (2 Dec 1733 Appointed - 1740 Died)
José Morales Blanco † (3 Jul 1741 Appointed - 29 May 1745 Died)
José Ignacio Rodríguez Cornejo † (15 Dec 1745 Appointed - 23 Feb 1750 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Andrés Bustamante † (16 Mar 1750 Appointed - 4 Nov 1764 Died)
José Cayetano Loazes y Somoza † (5 Jun 1765 Appointed - 17 Oct 1769 Died)
Juan Manuel Argüelles † (12 Mar 1770 Appointed - 26 Jun 1779 Died)
José Luis Mollinedo † (18 Sep 1780 Appointed - 6 Nov 1800 Died)
Buenaventura Moyano Rodríguez † (23 Feb 1801 Confirmed - 7 Sep 1802 Died)
Francisco Javier Almonacid † (16 May 1803 Appointed - 18 Sep 1821 Died)
Narciso Coll y Prat † (19 Apr 1822 Confirmed - 30 Dec 1822 Died)
Juan Francisco Martínez y Castrillón † (27 Sep 1824 Confirmed - 23 Jun 1828 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
José Asensio Ocón y Toledo † (15 Dec 1828 Confirmed - 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Bishop of Teruel)
Carlos Laborda Clau † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 11 Feb 1853 Died)
Jerónimo Fernández y Andrés † (22 Dec 1853 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1865 Died)
Juan Lozano Torreira † (8 Jan 1866 Confirmed - 4 Jul 1891 Died)
Enrique Almaraz y Santos † (19 Jan 1893 Appointed - 18 Apr 1907 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Valentín García y Barros † (18 Apr 1907 Appointed - 10 Dec 1914 Retired)
Ramón Barberá y Boada † (28 May 1914 Appointed - 11 Sep 1924 Died)
Agustín Parrado y García † (20 May 1925 Appointed - 4 Apr 1934 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
St. Manuel González y García † (5 Aug 1935 Appointed - 4 Jan 1940 Died)
Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba † (10 Jun 1943 Appointed - 8 Apr 1949 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
José Souto Vizoso † (11 Jul 1949 Appointed - 31 Mar 1970 Retired)
Anastasio Granados García † (31 Mar 1970 Appointed - 13 Feb 1978 Died)
Nicolás Antonio Castellanos Franco, O.S.A. (27 Jul 1978 Appointed - 4 Sep 1991 Resigned)
Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (26 May 1992 Appointed - 8 Sep 1995 Appointed, Bishop of Bilbao)
Rafael Palmero Ramos † (9 Jan 1996 Appointed - 26 Nov 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Orihuela-Alicante)
José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (24 Jun 2006 Appointed - 21 Nov 2009 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Esteban Escudero Torres (9 Jul 2010 Appointed - 7 May 2015 Appointed, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia)
Manuel Herrero Fernández, O.S.A. (26 Apr 2016 Appointed - 31 Oct 2023 Retired)
Mikel Garciandía Goñi (31 Oct 2023 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of Palencia (erected)
25 September 1595	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palencia	Diocese of Valladolid (erected)
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palencia (89 parishes in Valladolid)	Archdiocese of Valladolid
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palencia (Liebaña in Santander)	Diocese of León
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palencia (Hinojal de Pisuerga in Burgos)	Archdiocese of Burgos
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of León (157 parishes in Palencia)	Diocese of Palencia
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Burgos (68 parishes in Palencia)	Diocese of Palencia
22 November 1955	Territory Lost	Diocese of Palencia (6 parishes in Santander)	Diocese of Santander

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 260,000 260,000 100.0% 430 19 449 579 334 870 350 ap1951

1969 240,908 241,033 99.9% 385 152 537 448 272 1,108 253 ap1971

1980 189,333 192,102 98.6% 319 142 461 410 323 1,003 468 ap1981

1990 186,000 190,010 97.9% 294 119 413 450 279 992 468 ap1991

1999 178,700 180,571 99.0% 285 106 391 457 190 769 455 ap2000

2000 178,700 180,571 99.0% 260 103 363 492 295 765 455 ap2001

2001 177,670 179,465 99.0% 257 83 340 522 291 736 455 ap2002

2002 173,798 177,345 98.0% 253 82 335 518 157 534 455 ap2003

2003 168,918 174,143 97.0% 256 86 342 493 193 512 455 ap2004

2004 174,471 177,128 98.5% 252 83 335 520 1 180 509 455 ap2005

2013 165,290 173,990 95.0% 223 76 299 552 1 152 643 456 ap2014

2016 162,000 170,000 95.3% 221 65 286 566 1 165 580 456 ap2017

2019 150,541 162,035 92.9% 187 66 253 595 1 180 534 456 ap2020

2021 141,082 160,321 88.0% 167 66 233 605 1 108 493 470 ap2022

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	260,000	260,000	100.0%	430	19	449	579		334	870	350	ap1951
1969	240,908	241,033	99.9%	385	152	537	448		272	1,108	253	ap1971
1980	189,333	192,102	98.6%	319	142	461	410		323	1,003	468	ap1981
1990	186,000	190,010	97.9%	294	119	413	450		279	992	468	ap1991
1999	178,700	180,571	99.0%	285	106	391	457		190	769	455	ap2000
2000	178,700	180,571	99.0%	260	103	363	492		295	765	455	ap2001
2001	177,670	179,465	99.0%	257	83	340	522		291	736	455	ap2002
2002	173,798	177,345	98.0%	253	82	335	518		157	534	455	ap2003
2003	168,918	174,143	97.0%	256	86	342	493		193	512	455	ap2004
2004	174,471	177,128	98.5%	252	83	335	520	1	180	509	455	ap2005
2013	165,290	173,990	95.0%	223	76	299	552	1	152	643	456	ap2014
2016	162,000	170,000	95.3%	221	65	286	566	1	165	580	456	ap2017
2019	150,541	162,035	92.9%	187	66	253	595	1	180	534	456	ap2020
2021	141,082	160,321	88.0%	167	66	233	605	1	108	493	470	ap2022