Roman Catholic Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis Diócesis de Mondoñedo-Ferrol
Cathedral of Mondoñedo
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Santiago de Compostela
Metropolitan	Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area	4,425 km^2 (1,709 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 292,200 291,100 (99.6%)
Parishes	422
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	572 (As Diocese of Bretoña) 881 (As Diocese of San Martiño) 1136 (As Diocese of Vilamaior) 1199 (As Diocese of Ribadeo) 1219 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo) 9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady in Mondoñedo
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St Martin in El Ferrol
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luis Angel de las Heras Berzal
Metropolitan Archbishop	Julián Barrio Barrio
Emeritus Bishops	José Gea Escolano Bishop Emeritus (1987-2005)
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol (also known as "Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis") is one of the five districts in which the Roman Catholic church divides Galicia in North-western Spain.^[1][2] The bishop who has two Cathedrals (i.e.: from Latin "cathedra" meaning seat, so two "seats") one in Ferrol and the other in Mondoñedo has jurisdiction over the most northern parishes of Galicia; covering the parishes of the northern part of the Province of A Coruña and the Province of Lugo. The area had previously been home to Britonia, a settlement founded by expatriate Britons in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Britonia was represented by the diocese referred to as Britonensis ecclesia (British church) in sources from the 6th and 7th centuries.

History

Some authorities have sought to fix the date of the foundation of this diocese (under its primitive name of Britonia) earlier than the second half of the 6th century, but the later date seems the more probable when we consider that, at the Second Council of Braga (572), Mailoc, Bishop of Britonia, was ranked lowest because of the more recent origin of his see. It seems to have been founded by the Suevian king, Theodomir, converted to Catholicism by St Martin of Dumio and to have included in its jurisdiction the Churches of the Britones (a territory coinciding with that of Mondoñedo) and some of those of the Asturias. In the beginning it was a suffragan of Lugo, until the Goths placed Lugo under the jurisdiction of Braga. After Mailoc no mention is found of the bishops of Britonia for a long time, doubtless because the great distance from Toledo made it impossible for them to assist at the councils. In 633 Metopius, Bishop of Britonia, assisted at the Fourth Council of Toledo, presided over by St Isidore of Seville. Sonna, his successor, was one of the bishops who signed at the Seventh Council of Toledo (646) and sent a representative to the Eighth Council of Toledo (16 December 653). When Britonia was invaded and destroyed by the Saracens, the bishop and priests took refuge in Asturias. In 899, during the reign of Alfonso III of Asturias, Theodesimus, Bishop of Britonia assisted with other prelates at the consecration of the church of Santiago de Compostela. It may also be noted that, in the repartition of the parishes, the church of San Pedro de Nova was assigned as the residence of the bishops of Britonia and Orense, when they should come to assist at the councils of Oviedo. By that time, however, the See of Britonia had been translated to the town of Mondumetum and the church of St. Martin of Dumio, or Mondoñedo. The diocese has since been most generally known by this name, although the episcopal residence has again changed. After the time of St. Martin it was transferred to Villamayor de Brea, from which it derived the name of Villabriensis, and afterwards to Ribadeo, but it was nevertheless known as Mindoniense, as a document of the year 1199 bears witness. At first, its patron was St. Martin of Tours, but St. Martin of Dumio was afterwards chosen patron.^[3]

The diocese of Valabria, corresponding to the diocese that had its seat at Villamayor de Brea, is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.^[4]

Leadership

Bishops of Britonia (Bretoña)

• Mailoc (Second Council of Braga, 572)
• Metopius (Fourth Council of Toledo, 633)
• Sonna (Seventh Council of Toledo, 646)
• Susa (Eighth Council of Toledo, 653)
• Bela (Third Council of Braga, 675)

Bishops of Dumio (Dumium, San Martiño)

• Savaric I (866–77)
• Rudesind I (877–907)
• Savaric II (907–25/6)
• Rudesind II (925/6–42)
• Teodomiro ( –977)
• Arias Peláez (977–84)
• Armentario (984–1011)
• Suario I (1015–22)
• Nuño I (1025–27)
• Adulfo (¿–?)
• Albito (1040?)
• Suario II (1058–71)
• Saint Gonzalo (1071–1112)
• Nuño Alfonso (1112–36)

Bishops of Vilamaior

• Pelayo I (1136–1154)
• Pedro I (1155–1167)
• Joán Pérez (1170–1173)
• Rabinato (1177–1199)

Bishop of Ribadeo

• Pelayo de Cebeyra (Pelayo II) (1199–1218)

Bishops of Mondoñedo

• Martín Duniense (1219–1248)
• Joán II de Sebastiáns (1248–1261)
• Nuño II Pérez (1261–1286)
• Álvaro Gómez (1286–1297)
• Rodrigo Vázquez (1298–1318)
• Gonzalo (1319–1326)
• Joán III (1327–1329)
• Álvaro Pérez de Biezma (1326-13431)
• Vasco (1343–1346)
• Alfonso Sánchez (1347–1366)
• Francisco I (1367–1393)
• Lope de Mendoza (1393–1399)
• Álvaro de Isorna (1400-14151)
• Gil Soutelo (1415–1425)
• Gil Rodríguez de Muros (1429–1432)
• Pedro Henríquez (1426–1445)
• Pedro Arias Vaamonde (1446–1448)
• Alfonso de Segura (1449–1455)
• Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña (1455–1457, appointed Bishop of Jaén)^[5]
• Fadrique de Guzmán (1462-1492)^[6]
• Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce (1493–1495, appointed Bishop of Lugo)^[7]
• Pedro de Munébrega (1498–1504)^[8]
• Diego de Muros (bishop of Oviedo) (4 Apr 1505 Appointed - 1 Oct 1512 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo^[9]
• Diego Pérez Villamuriel (1 Oct 1512 Appointed - 1520 Died)^[10]
• Juan Loaysa (8 Jun 1524 - 1525 Died)
• Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado (10 Jul 1525 Appointed - 20 Mar 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
• Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) (6 Sep 1532 Appointed - 11 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
• Antonio Guevara Noroña, O.F.M. (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - 3 Apr 1545 Died)
• Diego Soto Valera (27 Nov 1545 Appointed - 21 Aug 1549 Died)^[11]
• Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H. (17 Jul 1550 Appointed - 21 Oct 1558 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)^[12]
• Pedro Maldonado (bishop), O.F.M. (23 Jan 1559 Appointed - 2 Jul 1566 Died)^[13]
• Gonzalo de Solórzano (13 Jan 1567 Appointed - 18 Feb 1570 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
• Antonio Luján Luján, O.F.M. (20 Feb 1570 Appointed - 7 Oct 1570 Died)
• Juan de Liermo Hermosa (4 Jun 1574 Appointed - 26 Jul 1582 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)^[14]
• Isidoro Caja de la Jara (20 Dec 1582 Appointed - 26 May 1593 Died)
• Gonzalo Gutiérrez Montilla (16 Nov 1593 Appointed - 18 Sep 1598 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
• Diego González Samaniego (1 Feb 1599 Appointed - 22 Oct 1611 Died)
• Alfonso Mesía de Tovar (18 Jun 1612 Appointed - 27 Jan 1616 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
• Pedro Fernández Zorrilla (23 Mar 1616 Appointed - 23 Jul 1618 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)
• Rafael Díaz de Cabrera, O.SS.T. (6 Aug 1618 Appointed - 30 Sep 1630 Died)
• Francisco Villafañe (12 May 1631 Appointed - 5 Sep 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
• Antonio Valdés Herrera (19 Dec 1633 Appointed - 23 Jun 1636 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)^[15]
• Gonzalo Sánchez de Somoza Quiroga (21 Jun 1638 Appointed - 14 Aug 1644 Died)
• Juan Juániz de Echalar (31 Jul 1645 Appointed - 16 Dec 1647 Appointed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)^[16]
• Francisco Torres Grijalba, O.S.A. (13 Jan 1648 Appointed - 4 Sep 1672 Died)
• Dionisio Pérez Escobosa (23 Apr 1663 - 9 Jul 1668 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
• Luis Tello de Olivares (26 Nov 1668 - 16 May 1671 Died)
• Sebastián de Arévalo y Torres, O.F.M. (16 May 1672 - 20 Apr 1682 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)
• Gabriel Ramírez de Arellano, O.P. (25 May 1682 - 22 Oct 1689 Died)
• Miguel Quijada, O. Cist. (27 Sep 1690 - 31 May 1698 Died)
• Manuel Francisco Navarrete y Ladrón de Guevara (1 Jun 1699 - 18 May 1705 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Juan Antonio Muñoz Salcedo, O.S.H. (1705 Ordained Bishop - 5 May 1728 Died)
• Antonio Alejandro Sarmiento Sotomayor, O.S.B. (21 Sep 1728 - 18 Oct 1751 Died)
• Juan Manuel de Escobar y de la Carrera (24 Apr 1752 Appointed - 27 Jul 1752 Died)
• Carlos Antonio Riomol Quiroga (17 Nov 1752 Appointed - 1 Mar 1761 Died)
• José Francisco Losada Quiroga (23 Nov 1761 Appointed - 30 Jun 1779 Died)
• Francisco Cuadrillero Mota (11 Dec 1780 Appointed - 23 Mar 1797 Died)
• Andrés Aguiar Caamaño (18 Dec 1797 Appointed - 12 Nov 1815 Died)
• Bartolomé Cienfuegos (22 Jul 1816 Appointed - 22 Jan 1827 Died)
• Franciso López Borricón (25 Jun 1827 Appointed - 10 Dec 1839 Died)
• Tomás Iglesias Bárcones (20 May 1850 Appointed - 28 Nov 1851 Appointed, Patriarch of West Indies)

Bishop Manuel Sánchez Monge (2016).

• Telmo Maceira (27 Sep 1852 Appointed - 28 Sep 1855 Appointed, Bishop of Tui)
• Ponciano Arciniega (25 Sep 1857 Appointed - 3 Sep 1868 Died)
• Francisco de Sales Crespo y Bautista (5 Jul 1875 Appointed - 18 Feb 1877 Died)
• José Manuel Palacios y López (25 Jun 1877 Appointed - 2 Dec 1885 Died)
• José María Cos y Macho (10 Jun 1886 Appointed - 14 Feb 1889 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba)
• Manuel Fernández de Castro y Menéndez (30 Dec 1889 Appointed - 27 Jun 1905 Died)
• Juan José Solís y Fernández (14 Dec 1905 Appointed - 24 Feb 1931 Died)
• Benjamín de Arriba y Castro (1 May 1935 Appointed - 8 Aug 1944 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
• Fernando Quiroga y Palacios (25 Nov 1945 Appointed - 4 Jun 1949 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Mariano Vega Mestre (5 Oct 1950 Appointed - 25 Apr 1957 Died)

Bishops of Mondoñedo-Ferrol

• Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea † (12 Sep 1957 Appointed - 18 Nov 1968 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
• Miguel Angel Araújo Iglesias † (2 Jul 1970 Appointed - 20 May 1985 Resigned)
• José Gea Escolano (15 May 1987 Appointed - 6 Jun 2005 Retired)
• Manuel Sánchez Monge (6 Jun 2005 Appointed - 6 May 2015 Appointed, Bishop of Santander)
• Luis Angel de las Heras Berzal (March 16, 2016 – Present)

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Coordinates for both cathedrals:

• St. Julian's Cathedral in Ferrol (Province of A Coruña) 43°28′N 8°15′W / 43.467°N 8.250°W
• Mondoñedo's Cathedral in Mondoñedo (Province of Lugo) 43°26′00.36″N 7°21′23.48″W / 43.4334333°N 7.3565222°W

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List of Parishes by District

Azumara District Ansemar Arneiro Azúmara Balmonte Baltar Bazar Bián Bretoña Cadavedo Castro de Rei Corbelle Crecente Ferreiros (Santo André) Ferreiros (San Martiño) Fonmiñá Goberno Graña de Vilarente Gueimonde Lagoa Loboso Moncelos Muimenta Outeiro Pacios A Pastoriza Piñeiro Pousada Prevesos Quintela Ramil Reigosa (San Vicente) Reigosa (Santiago) Saldanxe Silva Santa Leocadia Úbeda Viladonga Vilarente Begonte-Parga District Baamonde Becín Begonte Bóveda O Buriz Carral Castro Cerdeiras Damil Donalbai Felmil Gaibor Guitiriz Illán Labrada Lagostelle Mariz Pacios Parga (San Breixo) Parga (Santo Estevo) Parga (O Salvador) Parga (Santa Cruz) Parga (Santa Leocadia) Pena (San Vicente) Pena (Santa Eulalia) Roca Saavedra Trasparga Trobo Uriz Valdomar Vilar Os Vilares Virís Cedeira District Abade A Barqueira Os Casás Cedeira Cerdido Cervo Esteiro Labacengos Moeche (Santa Cruz) Moeche (San Xoán) Moeche (San Xurxo) Montoxo (San Román) Montoxo (San Xiao) Piñeiro Régoa Teixido Vilarrube Ferrol-Chamorro District Brión A Cabana Cobas Doniños Esmelle Narón (Santa Icía) Ferrol (Santa Mariña) Ferrol (San Paulo) Ferrol (San Xoán de Filgueiras) A Graña Mandíá A Mariña Serantes

Ferrol-San Julian District Ferrol (Nosa Señora das Angustias) Ferrol (Nosa Señora das Dores) Ferrol (Nosa Señora do Carme) Ferrol (Nosa Señora do Pilar) Ferrol (Nosa Señora do Rosario) Ferrol (Nosa Señora do Socorro) Ferrol (San Domingos) Ferrol (San Miguel Arcanxo) Ferrol (San Pedro Apóstolo) Ferrol (San Pío X) Ferrol (San Rosendo) Ferrol (San Xiao) Ferrol (Santa Cruz) Ferrol (Santa María) Miranda District Agarda Aldurfe Álvare Bogo Conforto Espasande Ferreiravella Galegos Meilán Moxoeira Órrea A Pontenova Rececende (Santo Estevo) Rececende (San Xoán) Riotorto Vilaboa Vilarmeá Vilarmide Vilaodrid Xudán Mondoñedo District Argomoso Cabarcos (San Xiao) Cabarcos (San Xusto) Celeiro de Mariñaos Couboeira Figueiras Líndín Lourenzá (Santo Adrián) Lourenzá (San Tomé) Lourenzá (San Xurxo) Santa María Maior Masma Mondoñedo (Nosa Señora do Carme) Mondoñedo (Nosa Señora dos Remedios) Mondoñedo (Santiago) Mondoñedo (San Vicente) Oirán Sasdónigas Vilamor Vilanova de Lourenzá Viloalle Ortigueira District Barbos Cariño Céltigos Couzadoiro (San Cristobo) Couzadoiro (O Salvador) Cuiña Os Devesos O Ermo Espasante Feás Os Freires As Grañas do Sor Insua, Ladrido Landoi Loiba Luía Mera (Santiago) Mera (Santa María) As Neves Ortigueira A Pedra Senra Sismundi San Claudio Veiga As Pontes District Apparel Burgás O Burgo Cabreiros Candamil O Deveso Espiñaredo O Freixo Irixoa Lousada Miraz Momán Muras Piñeiro Pontes (Somede) As Pontes (Santa María) Recemel Roupar Seixas As Somozas Vilavella Viveiró Xermade Xestoso (San Pedro) Xestoso (Santa María)

Ribadeo District Arante Balboa Barreiros Benquerencia Cedofeita Couxela Cubelas A Devesa Fórnea Ove Piñeira Reinante (Santiago) Reinante (San Miguel) Ría de Abres Ribadeo Rinlo Sante Trabada Vidal Vilaformán Vilaframil Vilamartín Pequeno Vilaosende Vilaouruz Vilapena Vilaselán San Martino District Burela Cangas de Foz Castelo Cervo Fazouro Foz Lago San Martiño de Mondoñedo Monte Morás Nois Portocelo A Rigueira Rúa Sargadelos Sumoas San Cibrán (Lieiro) Santa Icía Vilaestrofe Vilaronte Xove Xuances Terra Chá District Arcillá Barredo Bendia Bestar Bexán Cospeito Duancos Duarría Feira do Monte Goá Lamas Lea Loentia Ludrio Matodoso A Meda Momán Mondriz Mos Nete Oleiros Orizón Pino Ribeiras de Lea Rioaveso (Santa Eulalia) Rioaveso (San Xurxo) Roás Seixas Sisoi Sistallo Sobrada Santa Cristina Taboi Támoga Triabá Vilapene Xermar Xustás Valadouro District Adelán Alaxe Bacoi Budián Cadramón Carballido Castro de Ouro Cordido Ferreira do Valadouro Frexulfe Lagoa Mor Moucide Oirás Pereiro Recaré (San Tomé) Recaré (San Xiao) Valadouro (Santo Acisclo) Valadouro (Santa Cruz) Vilacampa

Vilalba District Abadín Abeledo Alba Aldixe Árbol A Balsa Baroncelle Belesar Boizán Cabaneiro Candia Carballido Castromaior Cazás Codesido Corbelle Corvite San Simón da Costa Distriz Fanoi Galgao As Goás Goiriz Gondaisque Insua Labrada Ladra Lanzós (San Martiño) Lanzós (O Salvador) Montouto Mourence Noche Pígara Quende Román Romariz Samarugo Sancobade Santaballa Soexo Tardade Torre Vilalba Vilapedre Xoibán Viveiro District Ambosores Boimente Bravos Cabanas (San Pantaleón) Cabanas (Santa María) Celeiro Covas Chavín Faro Galdo Landrove Magazos Mañón Merille Miñotos Mogor (O Barqueiro) Mosende As Negradas Ourol Ribeiras do Sor Riobarba Silán, Sixto Suegos San Román do Val Valcarría Vares O Vicedo Vieiro Viveiro (San Pedro) Viveiro (Santiago) Viveiro (Santa María) Xerdiz Xubia District Anca Bardaos Castro Doso Ferreira Igrexafeita Lago Lamas Loira Lourido Meirás Santa Mariña do Monte Naraío Narón (Nosa Señora dos Desamparados) Narón (Santiago Apóstolo) Narón (San Xosé) Narón (San Xiao) Neda (Santa María) Neda (San Nicolás) Pantín Pedroso Sedes Sequeiro San Sadurniño San Mateo de Trasancos O Val Valdoviño Vilaboa Viladonelle Xubia San Martiño do Couto Xubia (Santa Rita)

References

1. "Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Mondoñedo–Ferrol" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Ramón Ruiz Amadó, "Diocese of Mondoñedo" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1911)
4. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 1004
5. "Bishop Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
6. "Bishop Fadrique de Guzmán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
7. "Bishop Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved June 28, 2016
8. "Bishop Pedro de Munébregan" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
9. "Bishop Diego de Muros" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
10. "Bishop Diego Pérez Villamuriel" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
11. "Bishop Diego Soto Valera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
12. "Bishop Francisco de Santa María Benavides Velasco, O.S.H." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
13. "Bishop Pedro Maldonado, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
14. "Archbishop Juan de Liermo Hermosa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
15. "Bishop Antonio Valdés Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 17, 2016
16. "Bishop Juan Juániz de Echalar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 14, 2016

External links

• (Spanish) Official web site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• (English) GCatholic.org - Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• (English) Catholic Hierarchy - Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• (English)  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Mondoñedo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
• (Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
• (Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense
• (Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo