The Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz (Latin : Archidioecesis Emeritensis Augustanus–Pacensis ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Spain , created in 1255. Until 1994, it was known as the Diocese of Badajoz .[1] [2]
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Co-cathedral of Saint Mary Major of Mérida
The Diocese (dioecesis Emeritensis ) was a Catholic and Arian see centred on the Spanish city of Mérida during the periods of Roman and Visigothic rule. Mérida was also the provincial capital of Lusitania .
The see prospered in the late 5th century under Zeno , a Greek, who was offered greater authority in order to defend the province from Suevic raids. At about that time the diocese fell under the control of the Visigoths and it remained a Visigothic see until the Moorish conquest of 711. Throughout that period, however, it only ever had two Gothic bishops: Masona and his successor Renovatus in the late sixth and early seventh centuries. In the mid-sixth century the see became the richest in Spain through the private wealth of bishops Paul and Fidelis , Greek uncle and nephew. Under these four, the city was ruled de facto by the bishops independent of the central government, a situation which led to conflict between the Arian king Leovigild and his bishop, Sunna .
The bishopric of Badajoz was erected in 1225, shortly after it was reconquered from the Moors by King Alfonso IX of León. Its first bishop was Don Pedro Perez , appointed by Alfonso X , the Wise. The diocese was suffragan to the archdiocese of Seville , and was bounded on the north by the diocese of Coria , diocese of Plasencia , and diocese of Toledo , on the east by Toledo, the diocese of Ciudad Real , and the diocese of Córdoba , on the south by the archdiocese of Seville, and on the west by Portugal.[3]
On July 28, 1994, Pope John Paul II established the Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz, making the Church of Saint John Baptist its metropolitan cathedral.[4]
Diocese of Mérida
Martial [ es ] (fl. c. 252)
Felix [ es ] (after 252)
Liberius [ es ] (before 300 – after 314)
Florentius [ es ] (before c. 347 – c. 357)
Hydatius [ es ] (fl. 380)
Patruinus [ es ] (fl. 400)
Gregory [ es ] (fl. c. 408/409)
Antoninus [ es ] (before 445 – after 448)
Zeno (fl. 483)
Saint Paul (c. 530 – c. 560)
Saint Fidelis (c. 560 – c. 571)
Saint Masona (before 573 – after 606)
Saint Innocent [ es ] (fl. 610)
Saint Renovatus [ es ]
Stephen I [ es ] (fl. 633)
Orontius [ es ] (before 638 – after 661)
Profitius [ es ] (fl. 666)
Festus [ es ] (fl. c. 672)
Stephen II [ es ] (antes 681 – after 684)
Zeno [ es ] (before 687 – c. 688)
Maximus [ es ] (before 688 – after 693)
Arnulf (before 839 – after 862)
Diocese of Badajoz
Erected: 1255
Bishops before 1500
Thedocutus (fl. 904)
Julius (fl. 932)
Daniel (fl. 1000)
Pedro Pérez [ es ] (1255–1266)
Lorenzo Suárez [ es ] (1267–1281)
Gil Colona [ es ] (1281–1299)
Juan de Badajoz [ es ] (fl. 1286)
Alonso (fl. 1287)
Gil Ruíz (1290–1295)
Bernardo (1300–1306)
Simón (1308/9–1324)
Bernabé (1324–1329)
Juan de Morales [ es ] (1329–1335)
Fernando Ramírez de Ágreda [ es ] (1335–1340)
Vicente Estévanez (1341–1347)
Juan (1349–1353)
Alfonso Fernando de Toledo y Vargas (1353–1354)
Juan García Palomeque (24 October 1354 – 4 March 1373 Appointed, Bishop of Osma )
Fernando Sánchez (1373–1378)
Fernando Suárez de Figueroa [ es ] (1378/1379–1402/1403)
Gonzalo de Alba, O.P. (1407–1408)
Diego de Bedán [ es ] , O.F.M. (1409–1415)
Juan Rodríguez Villalón (1415–1418)
Juan de Morales, O.P. (1418–1443/1444)
Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa (1444–1459/1461)
Pedro Silva y Tenorio , O.P. (19 October 1461 – 20 January 1479)
Gómez Suárez de Figueroa (14 May 1479 – 10 November 1485)
Pedro Ximénez de Prexamo [ es ] (18 January 1486 – 23 January 1489)
Bernardino López de Carvajal y Sande (23 Jan 1489 – 27 Mar 1493 Appointed, Bishop of Cartagena (en España) )
Juan Ruiz de Medina (1493–1495 Appointed Bishop of Cartagena )
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca (1495–1499 Appointed Bishop of Córdoba )
Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís (6 Sep 1499 – 18 Aug 1516 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba )
1500s
Pedro Ruiz de la Mota , O.S.B. (22 Aug 1516 – 4 Jul 1520 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia )
Bernardo de Mesa , O.P. (20 Feb 1521 – 1524 Died)
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (26 Oct 1524 – 3 Jul 1525 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia )
Pedro González Manso (3 Jul 1525 – 13 Mar 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Osma )
Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado (20 Mar 1532 – 18 Sep 1545 Died)
Francisco de Navarra y Hualde (14 Dec 1545 – 4 May 1556 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia )
Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval (4 May 1556 – 27 May 1562 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba )
St. Juan de Ribera (27 May 1562 – 3 Dec 1568 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia )
Diego de Simancas (3 Dec 1568 – 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora )[5] [6]
Diego Gómez de Lamadrid , O.SS.T. (13 Jun 1578 – 15 Aug 1601 Died)
1600s
Andrés Fernández de Córdoba y Carvajal (7 Oct 1602 – 1611 Died)
Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa (28 Nov 1611 – 12 Jan 1615 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela )[7]
Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres (16 Nov 1615 – 9 Jul 1618 Appointed, Bishop of Osma )
Pedro Fernández Zorrilla (23 Jul 1618 – 14 Jun 1627 Confirmed, Bishop of Pamplona )
Juan Roco Campofrío , O.S.B. (5 Jul 1627 – 8 Mar 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Coria [8]
Gabriel Ortiz Sotomayor (3 Dec 1635 – 17 Apr 1640 Died)
José Valle de la Cerda , O.S.B. (17 Dec 1640 – 22 Oct 1644 Died)
Angel Manrique , O. Cist. (12 Jun 1645 – 28 Feb 1649 Died)
Diego López de la Vega (23 Aug 1649 – 28 Jan 1658 Appointed, Bishop of Coria )
Diego del Castillo y Arteaga (25 Feb 1658 – 21 Sep 1658 Died)
Gabriel de Esparza Pérez (27 Jan 1659 – 13 Mar 1662 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca )
Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas , O. de M. (17 Apr 1662 – 9 Apr 1668 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén )
Francisco de Rois y Mendoza , O. Cist. (14 May 1668 – 29 May 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada )
Francisco Lara (archbishop) (26 Jun 1673 – 1 Mar 1675 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza )
Agustín Antolínez (bishop) , O.S.A. (6 Dec 1675 – 17 Jul 1677 Died)
Juan Herrero Jaraba (8 Nov 1677 – 17 Mar 1681 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia )
Juan Marín y Rodezno (28 Apr 1681 – 12 Jan 1706 Died)
1700s
Alfonso Rozado (19 Jul 1706 – 21 Dec 1706 Died)
Francisco Valero y Losa (7 Nov 1707 – 18 Mar 1715 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo )
Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo (8 Jul 1715 – 2 Feb 1729 Died)
Amador Merino y Malaguillas (8 Feb 1730 – 29 Jan 1755 Died)
Manuel Pérez Minayo y Zumeda (21 Jul 1755 – 28 Nov 1779 Died)
Santiago Palmero Escada (11 Dec 1780 – 10 Dec 1781 Died)
Alonso de Solís Marroquín y Gragera, O.S. (17 Feb 1783 – 8 Feb 1797 Died)
Gabriel Álvarez de Faria y Sánchez Zarzosa (18 Dec 1797 – 11 Apr 1802 Died)
1800s
Mateo Delgado y Moreno (9 Aug 1802 – 16 Feb 1841 Died)
Francisco Javier Rodríguez y Obregón (17 Dec 1847 – 4 Jan 1853 Died)
Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. (22 Dec 1853 – 23 Dec 1858 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza )
Diego Mariano Alguacil y Rodríguez (23 Dec 1858 – 23 Dec 1861 Confirmed, Bishop of Vitoria )
Pantaleón Monserrat y Navarro (7 Apr 1862 – 1 Oct 1863 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona )
Joaquín Hernández y Herrero (21 Dec 1863 – 25 Sep 1865 Confirmed, Bishop of Segorbe )
Fernando Ramírez y Vázquez (25 Sep 1865 – 14 Nov 1890 Died)
Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (1 Jun 1891 – 21 May 1894 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Cuba )
Ramón Torrijos y Gómez (21 May 1894 – 16 Jan 1903 Died)
1900s
José Hevía y Campomanes, O.P. (25 Jun 1903 – 2 May 1904 Died)
Félix Soto y Mancera (14 Nov 1904 – 31 Jan 1910 Died)
Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz (18 Jul 1913 – 11 Jul 1920 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba )
Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez (31 Aug 1920 – 7 Jan 1929 Appointed, Bishop of Spain, Military)
José Maria Alcaráz y Alenda (13 Mar 1930 – 22 Jul 1971 Died)
Doroteo Fernández y Fernández (22 Jul 1971 – 15 Jan 1979 Resigned)
Antonio Montero Moreno (3 May 1980 – 9 Jul 2004 Retired)
Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz
Elevated: 28 July 1994
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Badjoz ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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