Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander

The Diocese of Santander (Latin: Dioecesis Santanderiensis ) is a location in Spain Roman Catholic diocese based in Santander.

History

The Diocese of Santander was established on December 12, 1754 by Pope Benedict XIV with the Apostolic Constitution Romanus Pontifex of cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Burgos and this is a suffragan. On December 8, 1861, the Diocese of Santander were parts of its territory from the foundation of the Diocese of Vitoria. A further transfer of territory took place on November 2, 1949 to the founding of the diocese of Bilbao. On October 27, 1954, the Diocese of Santander was the archbishopric of Oviedo is a suffragan.

Bishops of Santander

  • Francisco Javier Arriaza, 1755-1761
  • Francisco Laso Santos de San Pedro, 1762-1783
  • Tomás Rafael Menéndez de Luarca y Queipo Llano, 1784-1819
  • Juan Nepomuceno Gómez Durán, 1820-1829, then Bishop of Málaga
  • Felipe González Abarca breath, 1829-1842
  • Manuel Ramón Arias Teijeiro de Castro, 1848-1859
  • José López Crespo, 1859-1875
  • Vicente Calvo y Valero, 1875-1884, then Bishop of Cádiz
  • Vicente Santiago Sánchez de Castro, 1884-1920
  • Juan Plaza y García, 1920-1927
  • José María Eguino Trecu, 1928-1961
  • Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal, 1962-1965
  • Vincente Puchol Montis, 1965-1967
  • José María Cirarda Lachiondo, 1968-1971, then Bishop of Córdoba
  • Juan Antonio del Val Gallo, 1971-1991
  • José Vilaplana Blasco, 1991-2006, then Bishop of Huelva
  • Vicente Jiménez Zamora, since 2007

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