Segovia (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jesús Vidal Chamorro, Bishop
César Augusto Franco Martínez, Bishop Emeritus
Ángel Rubio Castro, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 6th Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Valladolid
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 6,949 (2,684 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.obispadodesegovia.es/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Seminario 4, 40001 Segovia, Espana
Telephone: 921.46.62.36
Fax: 921.46.09.64

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pedro de Agen, O.S.B. † ( 1119 Appointed - 1149 Died)
Juan de Castellmorum † ( 1149 Appointed - 13 Feb 1153 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Gundisalvus † ( 1171 Appointed - 1177 Died)
Gonzalo † ( 1177 Appointed - 1192 Died)
Gutierre Girón † ( 1195 Appointed - 19 Jul 1195 Died)
Gonzalo Miguel † ( 1196 Appointed - 1211 Died)
Gerardo † ( 1214 Appointed - 1224 Died)
Bernardo † (10 Oct 1224 Appointed - 1248 Died)
Rodrigo † ( 1248 Appointed - 1249 Died)
Ramon Losaza, O.P. † ( 1249 Appointed - 1259 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Martin , O.F.M. † ( 1260 Appointed - 1265 Died)
Fernando Velázquez † (26 Jan 1265 Appointed - 20 Jan 1277 Died)
Rodrigo de Tello † (5 Jan 1279 Appointed - 6 Oct 1288 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Blas † (13 Dec 1289 Appointed - 21 Jan 1300 Died)
Fernando Sarracín † (17 Apr 1301 Appointed - 17 Oct 1318 Died)
Benito Pérez † ( 1319 Appointed - 27 Oct 1319 Died)
Amado † ( 1320 Appointed - 1321 Died)
Pedro de Cuéllar † (20 Mar 1324 Appointed - 1350 Died)
Blasco de Portugal † (30 May 1351 Appointed - 1352 Died)
Pedro Gómez Gudiel † (13 Feb 1352 Appointed - 1355 Died)
Gonzalo , O.F.M. † (27 Nov 1355 Appointed - )
Juan Lucero † (18 Jun 1361 Appointed - 1364 Died)
Martín de Cande † (10 Jun 1364 Appointed - 1370 Died)
Juan Sierra † (3 Oct 1370 Appointed - 16 Feb 1374 Died)
Gonzalo † (26 Apr 1374 Appointed - Jun 1374 Died)
Hugo de Lamanhania (Magialla) † (21 Jul 1374 Appointed - 15 Oct 1388 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon)
Juan de Serrano † (15 Oct 1388 Appointed - 22 Dec 1389 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Gonzalo González de Bustamante † (22 Dec 1389 Appointed - Jul 1392 Died)
Alfonso de Frías † (16 Oct 1392 Appointed - 1394 Died)
Alfonso Correa † (4 Nov 1394 Appointed - 15 May 1398 Died)
Juan Vázquez de Cepeda † (17 Jun 1398 Appointed - 14 Nov 1437 Died)
Lope Barrientos, O.P. † (21 Feb 1438 Appointed - 19 Jul 1441 Appointed, Bishop of Ávila)
Juan de Cervantes † (19 Jul 1441 Appointed - 7 Apr 1449 Appointed, Administrator of Sevilla {Seville})
Luis de Acuña y Osorio † (7 Apr 1449 Appointed - 12 Nov 1456 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Fernando Lopez de Lorden † (18 Mar 1457 Appointed - 13 Jun 1460 Died)
Juan Arias de Ávila † (20 Feb 1461 Appointed - 28 Oct 1497 Died)
Juan Arias de Villar † (14 Feb 1498 Appointed - Sep 1501 Died)
Juan Ruiz de Medina † (16 Mar 1502 Appointed - 30 Jan 1507 Died)
Fadrique de Portugal Noreña, O.S.B. † (22 Dec 1508 Appointed - 1511 Resigned)
Diego Ribera de Toledo † (29 Oct 1511 Appointed - 6 Feb 1543 Died)
Antonio Ramírez de Haro † (6 Aug 1543 Appointed - 16 Sep 1549 Died)
Gaspar Zúñiga y Avellaneda † (27 Jun 1550 Appointed - 21 Oct 1558 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. † (21 Oct 1558 Appointed - 15 May 1560 Died)
Martín Pérez de Ayala † (17 Jul 1560 Appointed - 6 Sep 1564 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva † (25 Oct 1564 Appointed - 6 Sep 1577 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cuenca)
Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade † (11 Sep 1577 Appointed - 25 Sep 1579 Died)
Luis Tello Maldonado † (27 May 1580 Appointed - 11 Jun 1581 Died)
Andrés Cabrera Bobadilla † (8 Nov 1582 Appointed - 13 Oct 1586 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Francisco Ribera Obando, O.S.A. † (17 Dec 1586 Appointed - 15 Sep 1587 Died)
Andrés Pacheco † (2 Dec 1587 Appointed - 13 Aug 1601 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Maximiliano de Austria † (27 Aug 1601 Appointed - 21 Apr 1603 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Pedro Castro Nero † (13 Aug 1603 Appointed - 12 Sep 1611 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Antonio Idiáquez Manrique † (4 Feb 1613 Appointed - 17 Nov 1615 Died)
Juan Vigil de Quiñones y Labiada † (18 Jul 1616 Appointed - 1 Sep 1617 Died)
Alfonso Márquez de Prado † (9 Jul 1618 Appointed - 7 Nov 1621 Died)
Iñigo Brizuela Artiaga, O.P. † (6 May 1622 Confirmed - 1624 Resigned)
Melchor de Moscoso y Sandoval † (29 May 1624 Confirmed - 1 Sep 1632 Died)
Mendo de Benavides † (18 Jul 1633 Appointed - 19 Nov 1640 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
Pedro Tapia, O.P. † (7 Jan 1641 Appointed - 24 Apr 1645 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Pedro Neila (Neyla) † (12 Jun 1645 Confirmed - 1647 Died)
Francisco Araújo, O.P. † (13 Jan 1648 Confirmed - 1656 Resigned)
Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † (28 Aug 1656 Confirmed - 16 Aug 1660 Died)
Francisco de Zárate y Terán † (21 Feb 1661 Confirmed - 28 Jan 1664 Confirmed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Diego Escolano y Ledesma † (17 Mar 1664 Confirmed - 27 Feb 1668 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Jerónimo Mascareñas † (9 Apr 1668 Appointed - 26 Oct 1671 Died)
Matías de Moratinos y Santos † (3 Oct 1672 Appointed - Sep 1682 Died)
Francisco Antonio Caballero † (8 Mar 1683 Confirmed - 1684 Died)
Andrés de Angulo † (9 Apr 1685 Confirmed - 1687 Died)
Fernando Guzmán, O.F.M. † (29 Nov 1688 Appointed - 15 Aug 1694 Died)
Bartolomé de Ocampo y Mata † (8 Nov 1694 Appointed - 1 Jun 1699 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Baltasar de Mendoza y Sandoval † (5 Oct 1699 Appointed - 4 Nov 1727 Died)
Domingo Valentín Guerra Arteaga y Leiba † (8 Mar 1728 Appointed - 29 May 1742 Died)
Diego García de Medrano † (24 Sep 1742 Appointed - Mar 1752 Died)
Manuel Antonio de Murillo y Argáiz † (17 Jul 1752 Appointed - 1 Jun 1765 Resigned)
Juan José Martínez Escalzo † (5 Jun 1765 Appointed - 6 Dec 1773 Died)
Alonso Marcos de Llanes Argüelles † (6 Jun 1774 Appointed - 15 Dec 1783 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan Francisco Jiménez del Río † (14 Feb 1785 Appointed - 18 Dec 1795 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Felipe Scío (de San Miguel), Sch. P. † (18 Dec 1795 Appointed - 9 Apr 1796 Died)
José Antonio Sáenz Santamaría † (24 Jul 1797 Appointed - 14 Jan 1813 Died)
Isidoro Pérez Celis, O.S.B. † (26 Sep 1814 Confirmed - 20 Jan 1827 Died)
Isidoro Bonifacio López Pulido, O.P. † (21 May 1827 Appointed - 3 Dec 1827 Died)
Juan Nepomuceno de Lera y Cano † (23 Jun 1828 Confirmed - 23 Jan 1831 Died)
Joaquín Briz, O.P. † (24 Feb 1832 Confirmed - 23 Jan 1837 Died)
Francisco de La Puente, O.P. † (3 Jul 1848 Confirmed - 15 Nov 1854 Died)
Rodrigo Moreno Echevarría y Briones, O.S.B. † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 21 Dec 1875 Died)
Antonio García y Fernández † (3 Apr 1876 Confirmed - 5 Feb 1890 Died)
José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero † (26 Jun 1890 Appointed - 24 Mar 1898 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
José Ramón Quesada y Gascón † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 13 Sep 1900 Died)
José Cadena y Eleta † (18 Apr 1901 Appointed - 14 Nov 1904 Appointed, Bishop of Vitoria)
Julián Miranda y Ristuer † (14 Nov 1904 Appointed - 24 Jun 1913 Died)
Remigio Gandásegui y Gorrochátegui † (28 May 1914 Appointed - 22 Apr 1920 Appointed, Archbishop of Valladolid)
Manuel de Castro y Alonso † (9 Jul 1920 Appointed - 21 May 1928 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Luciano Pérez Platero † (5 Feb 1929 Appointed - 9 Dec 1944 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Daniel Llorente y Federico † (9 Dec 1944 Appointed - 11 Dec 1969 Retired)
Antonio Palenzuela Velázquez † (11 Dec 1969 Appointed - 12 May 1995 Retired)
Luis Gutiérrez Martín, C.M.F. † (12 May 1995 Appointed - 3 Nov 2007 Retired)
Ángel Rubio Castro (3 Nov 2007 Appointed - 12 Nov 2014 Retired)
César Augusto Franco Martínez (12 Nov 2014 Appointed - 3 Dec 2024 Retired)
Jesús Vidal Chamorro (3 Dec 2024 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
6th Century	Erected		Diocese of Segovia (erected)
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Segovia (16 parishes in Valladolid)	Archdiocese of Valladolid
22 November 1955	Territory Added	Diocese of Osma (2 parishes in Segovia)	Diocese of Segovia
22 November 1955	Territory Added	Diocese of Sigüenza (Sorbe and Ayllón in Segovia)	Diocese of Segovia
22 November 1955	Territory Lost	Diocese of Segovia (Aldeavieja, Maello, and Peguerinos in Avila)	Diocese of Ávila
22 November 1955	Territory Lost	Diocese of Segovia (Fuentelcesped, Milagros, Perdilla, and Santa Cruz de la Salceda in Burgos)	Archdiocese of Burgos
22 November 1955	Territory Added	Diocese of Ávila (9 parishes in Segovia)	Diocese of Segovia

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

1950 220,000 220,000 100.0% 308 45 353 623 128 220 290 ap1951

1969 175,216 175,221 100.0% 288 62 350 500 438 563 298 ap1971

1980 149,633 153,771 97.3% 190 42 232 644 83 543 297 ap1981

1990 147,000 151,494 97.0% 189 27 216 680 57 464 299 ap1991

1999 147,211 147,750 99.6% 167 30 197 747 58 394 301 ap2000

2000 147,005 147,530 99.6% 166 29 195 753 62 433 301 ap2001

2001 145,000 146,985 98.6% 159 27 186 779 35 410 301 ap2002

2002 145,130 147,028 98.7% 155 30 185 784 59 421 301 ap2003

2003 145,425 148,110 98.2% 152 30 182 799 60 427 301 ap2004

2004 146,200 150,701 97.0% 151 29 180 812 56 397 301 ap2005

2010 155,200 164,854 94.1% 140 24 164 946 49 356 301 ap2011

2014 152,752 161,702 94.5% 143 25 168 909 46 316 339 ap2015

2017 150,000 155,652 96.4% 143 31 174 862 52 290 339 ap2018

2020 147,755 153,129 96.5% 126 22 148 998 33 272 339 ap2021

2022 149,000 153,663 97.0% 136 23 159 937 55 284 339 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	220,000	220,000	100.0%	308	45	353	623	128	220	290	ap1951
1969	175,216	175,221	100.0%	288	62	350	500	438	563	298	ap1971
1980	149,633	153,771	97.3%	190	42	232	644	83	543	297	ap1981
1990	147,000	151,494	97.0%	189	27	216	680	57	464	299	ap1991
1999	147,211	147,750	99.6%	167	30	197	747	58	394	301	ap2000
2000	147,005	147,530	99.6%	166	29	195	753	62	433	301	ap2001
2001	145,000	146,985	98.6%	159	27	186	779	35	410	301	ap2002
2002	145,130	147,028	98.7%	155	30	185	784	59	421	301	ap2003
2003	145,425	148,110	98.2%	152	30	182	799	60	427	301	ap2004
2004	146,200	150,701	97.0%	151	29	180	812	56	397	301	ap2005
2010	155,200	164,854	94.1%	140	24	164	946	49	356	301	ap2011
2014	152,752	161,702	94.5%	143	25	168	909	46	316	339	ap2015
2017	150,000	155,652	96.4%	143	31	174	862	52	290	339	ap2018
2020	147,755	153,129	96.5%	126	22	148	998	33	272	339	ap2021
2022	149,000	153,663	97.0%	136	23	159	937	55	284	339	ap2023