Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria

The Diocese of Osma-Soria (Latin: Oxomen(sis)–Sorian(a)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos.[1][2] Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, in El Burgo de Osma. It also has a co-cathedral, Concatedral de San Pedro, dedicated to St. Peter, in Soria, and a minor basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Miagros Miagros, in Ágreda, Soria, Castile and León, Spain.

Diocese of Osma-Soria

Dioecesis Oxomensis-Soriana

Diócesis de Osma-Soria
Burgo de Osma Cathedral
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceBurgos
MetropolitanBurgos
Statistics
Area10,328 km2 (3,988 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2013)
95,700
76,900 (80.4%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Burgo de Osma
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of St Peter in Soria
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopAbilio Martínez Varea
Metropolitan ArchbishopFrancisco Gil Hellín
Website
Website of the Diocese

History
  • Established circa 600 as Diocese of Osma
  • Lost territory in 1077 to the Diocese of Nájera
  • Renamed on 9 March 1959 as Diocese of Osma-Soria, as Soria gets a co-cathedral

Statistics
Catedral de Santa María de la Asunción and city walls

As per 2014, it pastorally served 80,000 Catholics (85.8% of 93,291 total) on 10,287 km2 in 542 parishes and 19 missions with 128 priests (103 diocesan, 25 religious), 212 lay religious (38 brothers, 174 sisters) and 1 seminarian.

Episcopal ordinaries
very incomplete : lacking first centuries
Bishops of Osma
  • Pedro de Bourges, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1101 – death 1109.08.02)
  • Raimundo (1109–1124), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1124 – death 1152)
  • Beltrán (1126 – death 1140.10.01)
  • Esteban (1141 – death 1147.09.01)
  • Juan (1148 – death 1174.04.28)
  • Bernardo (1174–1176)
  • Miguel, O.S.B. (1177–1184)
  • García (1185–1186)
  • Martín Bazán (1188 – death 1201.07.27)
  • Diego de Acebes (1201 – 1207.12.30)
  • Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Cistercian Order (O. Cist.) (1208 – 1208 ? 27 Feb 1209)
  • Menendo (1210–1225)
  • Pedro Ramírez de Piedrola (1225–1230), next Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1231 – death 1238.10.05)
  • Juan de Soria (1231 – 1240.05.29), next Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1240.05.29 – 1246)
  • Pedro de Peñafiel (1241 – death 1246.04.12)
  • Gil(les) (27 March 1247 – death 4 August 1261)
  • Agustin Pérez (18 Oct 1261 – death 12 April 1286)
  • Juan Alvarez (bishop) (4 May 1286 – death 20 Oct 1296)
  • Juan Pérez de Ascaron (1296 – death 1329)
  • Bernabé (1329.10.20 – death 1351), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1324.07.27 – 1329.10.20)
  • Gonzalo (1351–1354)
  • Alfonso Fernando de Toledo y Vargas, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1354.10.25 – 1363.10.13), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Andalusia, southern Spain) (1363.10.13 – 1366); previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1353.02.13 – 1354.10.25)
  • Lorenzo Pérez (1362.12.13 – death 1367)
  • Pedro Gomez Barroso (19 July 1368 – 4 March 1373), next Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1373–1378)
  • Juan García Palomeque (4 March 1373 – death 1374), previously Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1354.10.25 – 1373.03.04)
  • Juan de Villareal (1374 – death 1379.02.22)
  • Pedro Fernández de Frías (21 March 1379 – resigned? 1404), also/next Pseudocardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1396? – 1412.09.23▼), Archpriest of Papal Basilica of St. Peter (1412 – 1420.09.19▼), promoted Pseudocardinal-Bishop of Suburbicarian Diocese of Sabina (1412.09.23 – death 1420.09.19▼) but also Pseudocardinal-Priest of above S. Prassede in commendam (1412.09.23 – 1419.06.26?▼) and next Pseudocardinal-Priest of S. Cecilia in commendam (1419.06.26 – 1420.09.19▼)
  • Apostolic Administrator Alfonso Carrillo de Albornoz (28 Nov 1408 – death 14 March 1434), while Pseudocardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio (1408.09.22 – 1418.08.01▼); later (canonical) Apostolic Administrator of Sigüenza (Spain) (1422 – ?), promoted Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1423.01 – death 1434.03.14), Archpriest of Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (1428 – 1434.03.14)
  • Juan de Cerezuela y Luna (1422–1433), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1433 – 1434), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1434 – 1442)
  • Pedro de Castilla de Eril (22 April 1433 – 6 April 1440), next Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1440.04 – 1461.04.28)
  • Roberto Moya (1440 – death 1453.11.13)
  • Pedro García de Montoya (Huete) (9 Jan 1454 – death 18 Feb 1475)
  • Francisco de Santillana (1475.05.04 – 1482.03.06), next Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1482.03.06 – 1482 not possessed)
  • Alfonso de Fonseca (1493 – death 1505), previously Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1469–1485), Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1485–1493)
  • Alfonso Enríquez (19 December 1505 – death 15 October 1523)
  • Juan Pardo Tavera (31 December 1523 – 8 June 1524), previously Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 – 1523.12.31); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1524.06.08 –retired 1534.04.27), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – death 1545.08.01), Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)
  • García de Loaysa y Mendoza, Order of Preachers (O.P.) (8 June 1524 – 23 February 1532), previously Master of the Dominican Order (O.P.) (1518.05.23 – 1524.06.08), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1530.05.16 – death 1546.04.22), Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1532.02.23 – 1539.05.21), Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1539.05.21 – 1546.04.22)
  • Pedro González Manso (13 March 1532 – death 12 February 1537), previously Bishop of Guadix (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1524.10.26), Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03), Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1532.03.13)
  • Pedro Alvarez de Acosta (21 May 1539 – death 20 February 1563), previously Bishop of Porto (Portugal) (1507.02.12 – 1535.01.08), Bishop of León (Spain) (1535.01.08 – 1539.05.21)
  • Honorato Juan (1 March 1564 – death 30 July 1566)
  • Francisco Tello Sandoval (3 March 1567 – 13 June 1578), next Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1578.06.13 – death 1580.07.08)
  • Alonso Velázquez (13 June 1578 – 9 March 1583), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1583.03.09 – death 1587.01.14)
  • Sebastián Pérez (bishop) (9 May 1583 – death 27 July 1593 Died)
  • Martín Garnica (27 April 1594 – death 20 November 1594 Died)[3]
  • Pedro Rojas Henríques, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (30 August 1595 – death 9 March 1602), previously Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1591.03.06 – 1595.08.30)
  • Enrique Enríquez, O.E.S.A. (1602.11.15 – 1610.06.21), next Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1610.06.21 – death 1622.01.22)
  • Fernando Acevedo González (July 1610 – 2 June 1613), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1613.06.02 – 1629)
  • Francisco de Sosa, O.F.M. (23 September 1613 – death 1618)[3]
  • Cristóbal de Lobera y Torres (9 July 1618 – 6 March 1623)[3]
  • Alsono Martín de Zuñiga (23 March 1623 – 21 June 1630 Died)[3]
  • Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P. (2 October 1630 – 18 July 1633)[3]
  • Francisco Villafañe (5 September 1633 – 26 August 1639 Died)[3]
  • Martín Carrillo Alderete (9 June 1636 – 1 July 1641)[3][4]
  • Antonio Valdés Herrera (21 October 1641 – 10 November 1653)[3][5]
  • Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (24 November 1653 – 1 October 1659 Died)[3]
  • Nicolás Martinez (bishop), O.S.H. (21 June 1660 – 1 Oct 1660 Died)[3]
  • Alfonso Enríquez de Santo Tomás, O.P. (26 Sep 1661 – 28 Jan 1664 Confirmed, Bishop of Plasencia)[3]
  • Pedro de Godoy, O.P. (31 March 1664 – 16 May 1672 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)[3]
  • Antonio de Isla y Mena (8 August 1672 – 17 Dec 1681 Died)
  • Sebastián de Arévalo y Torres, Order of Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (20 April 1682 – 20 Jan 1704 Died)
  • Jorge Cárdenas Valenzuela (1704 – 18 November 1705 Died)
  • Andrés Soto de la Fuente (22 March 1706 – 29 December 1714 Died)
  • Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada (5 July 1715 – 4 March 1720)
  • Miguel Herrero Esgueva (15 April 1720 – 20 January 1723)
  • Jacinto Valledor Fresno (12 April 1723 – 12 February 1730 Died)
  • José Barnuevo, O.S.B. (24 July 1730 – 25 July 1735 Died)
  • Pedro de la Cuadra Achica (1 April 1736 – 7 September 1741)
  • Juan Antonio Oruña (28 September 1744 – 4 March 1748 Died)
  • Pedro Clemente de Aróstegui (16 September 1747 – 29 August 1760)
  • Jacinto Aguado y Chacón (18 July 1762 – 27 March 1764)
  • Bernardo Antonio Calderón Lázaro (20 August 1764 – 15 October 1786)
  • Joaquín de Eleta, O.F.M. (27 December 1786 – 4 December 1788 Died)
  • José Constancio Andino (29 March 1790 – death Nov 1793)
  • Diego Melo Portugal, Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) (12 September 1794 – 18 December 1795)
  • Antonio Tavira Almazán (27 June 1796 – 14 August 1798)
  • Francisco Ignacio Iñigo Angulo (25 September 1798 – 8 January 1799)
  • Juan Moya, O.F.M. (28 March 1799 – 19 February 1801)
  • José Antonio Garnica, Capuchin Franciscans (O.F.M. Cap.) (23 February 1801 – 10 January 1810)
  • Juan Cavia González (19 August 1814 – 23 December 1831)
  • Gregorio Sánchez y Jiménez (Rubio), Hieronymites (O.S.H.) (17 December 1847 – 27 September 1852)
  • Vicente Horcos y San Martín, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (27 September 1852 – 13 January 1861)
  • Pedro María Lagüera y Menezo (23 December 1861 – 1892)
  • Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (15 June 1893 – 19 April 1897)
  • José María García Escudero y Ubago (19 April 1897 – 22 March 1909)
  • Manuel Lago y González (25 August 1909 – 4 May 1917)
  • Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu (22 February 1918 – 26 October 1923)
  • Miguel de los Santos Díaz y Gómara (18 December 1924 – 28 January 1935)
  • Tomás Gutiérrez Diez (1 April 1935 – 11 November 1943)
  • Saturnino Rubio y Montiél (9 December 1944 – 1959 see below)
Suffragan Bishops of Osma-Soria
  • Saturnino Rubio y Montiél (see above 1959 – 4 December 1969)
  • Teodoro Cardenal Fernández (1 December 1969 – 19 October 1983)
  • José Diéguez Reboredo (1 September 1984 – 15 May 1987)
  • Braulio Rodríguez Plaza (6 November 1987 – 12 May 1995)
  • Francisco Pérez González (16 December 1995 – 30 October 2003)
  • Vicente Jiménez Zamora (21 May 2004 – 27 July 2007)
  • Gerardo Melgar Viciosa (1 May 2008 – 8 April 2016)
  • Abilio Martínez Varea (5 January 2017 – ...).

See also

References
  1. Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Osma-Soria". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
  2. Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Osma-Soria (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2018. [self-published]
  3. Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 268. (in Latin)
  4. "Archbishop Martín Carrillo Alderete" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 September 2016 [self-published]
  5. "Bishop Antonio Valdés Herrera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 17 September 2016 [self-published]

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