Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo

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Diocese of Tui-Vigo Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis Diócesis de Tuy-Vigo (es) Diocese de Tui-Vigo (gl)
Cathedral of Tui
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Santiago de Compostela
Statistics
Area	1,721 km2 (664 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 560,000 532,459 (95.1%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6th century (As Diocese of Tui) 9 March 1959 (As Diocese of Tui-Vigo)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St Anthony in Tui
Co-cathedral	Co-Cathedral of St Martin and St Mary in Vigo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Antonio José Valín Valdés
Metropolitan Archbishop	Julián Barrio Barrio
Map
Website
diocesetuivigo.org

The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.^[1]

Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.

As of 2014^[update], it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km² in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

• 570: Established as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the (now Portuguese) Archdiocese of Braga
• 1024: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Iria Flavia
• 1069: Restored as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from above Diocese of Iria Flavia
• 1421: Lost territory to Diocese of Ceuta
• 1959.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo / Tuden(sis)–Vicen(sis) (Latin)^[2]

Bishops of Tui (first bishopric)

very incomplete : first centuries unavailable

• ...
• Saint Viliulfo (952–1003)
• Pelayo (?–?)
• Alfonso (?–1022)
• Suero Bermudez (1022 – see suppressed 1024)

Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)

• Saint (George =) Jorge (see restored 1069–1072)
• Auderico (1072?–1098?)
• Alfonso (1098?–1130)
• Pelayo Meléndez (1130–1156)
• Isidoro (1156–1167)
• Juan (1168–1173)
• Beltrán (1173–1187)
• Pedro (1188–1205)
• ...

• ..
• Bernardo Guido, O.P. (26 August 1323 – 20 July 1324), next Bishop of Lodève)
• Rodrigo Ibáñez (3 Sep 1326 – 1 March 1335 Died).^[3]
• Gómez Manrique (bishop) (18 August 1348 – 8 June 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)^[4]
• Juan de Cervantes (Nov 1430 – 1438 Resigned)
• Rodrigo de Vergara (1446 – 6 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of León)
• Pedro Fernández de Solís (6 Oct 1469 – 15 June 1472 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz)
• Diego de Muros, O. de M. (15 Jun 1472 – 1 Jun 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)^[5]
• Pedro Beltrán (bishop) (1487–1505 Died)^[6]
• Juan de Sepúlveda (27 June 1505 – 14 July 1514), next Bishop of Malta)
• Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia (14 July 1514 – Oct 1516 Died)
• Luis Martiano (4 Feb 1517 – 15 July 1521 Died)
• Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (4 March 1523 – 26 Oct 1524), next Bishop of Badajoz)
• Pedro González Manso (26 Oct 1524 – 3 July 1525), next Bishop of Badajoz)
• Diego de Avellaneda (3 July 1525 – 1538 Died)
• Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) (29 Jul 1538 – 29 Oct 1539), next Bishop of León)^[7]
• Miguel Muñoz (bishop) (28 Jan 1540 – 12 April 1547 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)^[8]
• Juan de San Millán (1 June 1547 – 28 July 1564), next Bishop of León)^[9]
• Diego Torquemada (28 July 1564 – 26 Dec 1582 Died)
• Bartolomé Molina (4 May 1583 – 30 Jan 1589 Died)
• Bartolomé de la Plaza (bishop of Valladolid) (14 August 1589 – 18 Dec 1596), next Bishop of Valladolid)
• Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. Obs. (8 Jan 1597 – 9 Sep 1600 Died)
• Francisco Terrones del Caño (11 May 1601 – 3 Mar 1608), next Bishop of León)
• Prudencio Sandoval, O.S.B. (10 March 1608 – 27 Feb 1612), next Bishop of Pamplona)
• Juan García Valdemora (16 July 1612 – 15 Aug 1620 Died)
• Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. (7 June 1621 – 13 June 1622), next Bishop of Zamora)
• Pedro Herrera Suárez, O.P. (27 June 1622 – 2 Dec 1630), next Bishop of Tarazona)
• Pedro Moya Arjona (10 Feb 1631 – 14 Oct 1631 Died)
• Diego Vela Becerril (2 August 1632 – 17 May 1635 Died)
• Diego Arce Reinoso (1 Oct 1635 – 22 Mar 1638), next Bishop of Ávila)^[10]
• Diego Rueda Rico (7 Feb 1639 – 8 Dec 1639 Died)^[11]
• Antonio Guzmán Cornejo (8 Oct 1640 – 29 August 1642 Died)^[12]
• Diego Martínez Zarzosa (13 July 1643 – 1 March 1649), next Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
• Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) (10 May 1649 – 18 Sep 1656), next Bishop of León)
• Miguel Ferrer (bishop) (12 March 1657 – 23 Mar 1659 Died)^[13]
• Juan Pérez Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (10 Nov 1659 – 23 Jan 1666 Died)
• Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (7 June 1666 – 3 June 1669), next Bishop of Coria)
• Bernardino León de la Rocha (15 July 1669 – 25 Sep 1673), next Bishop of Coria)
• Simón García Pedrejón, O.F.M. (12 March 1674 – 20 April 1682), next Bishop of Oviedo)
• Alfonso Galaz Torrero (25 May 1682 – 13 March 1688 Died)
• Anselmo Gómez de la Torre, O.S.B. (7 Nov 1689 – 15 Dec 1720 Resigned)
• Fernando Ignacio Arango Queipo, O.S.A. (16 Dec 1720 – 18 March 1745 Died)
• José Larumbe Mallí (23 August 1745 – 1 Sep 1751 Died)
• Juan Manuel Rodríguez Castañón (20 March 1752 – 12 July 1769 Died)
• Antonio Fernández Tobar (12 March 1770 – 20 August 1770 Died)
• Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M. Obs. (12 Dec 1770 – 19 Mar 1774 Died)
• Domingo Ramón Fernández Angulo (13 March 1775 – 2 Oct 1796 Died)
• Juan García Benito (24 July 1797 – 27 Sep 1822), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. (19 Dec 1825 – 28 Jan 1855 Died)
• Telmo Maceira (28 Sep 1855 – 9 August 1864 Died)
• Ramón Garcia y Antón, O.S.H. (27 March 1865 – 7 April 1876 Died)
• Juan María Valero y Nacarino (26 June 1876 – 27 March 1882), next Bishop of Cuenca)
• Fernando Hüe y Gutiérrez (27 Mar 1882 – 15 March 1894 Died)
• Valeriano Menéndez y Conde (21 May 1894 – 28 May 1914), next Archbishop of Valencia)
• Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (28 May 1914 – 22 March 1917), next Bishop of Vitoria)
• Manuel Lago y González (4 May 1917 – 24 July 1923), next Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Manuel María Vidal y Boullon (27 Oct 1923 – 26 Jan 1929 Died)
• Antonio García y García (5 Feb 1930 – 4 Feb 1938), next Archbishop of Valladolid)
• José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. (10 July 1944 – 9 March 1959 see below)

Bishops of Tui-Vigo

• José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. (see above 9 March 1959 – 18 Feb 1969); next Archbishop-bishop of Spain, Military * )
• José Delicado Baeza (4 August 1969 – 18 April 1975), next Archbishop of Valladolid)
• José Cerviño Cerviño (8 November 1976 – 7 June 1996 Retired)
• José Diéguez Reboredo (14 July 1996 – 28 January 2010 Retired)^[14]
• Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (28 January 2010 – 25 May 2024)
• Antonio José Valín Valdés (25 May 2024 – present)^[15]

• List of Catholic dioceses in Spain
• Catholic Church in Spain

• (in Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo
• (in English) GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
• (in English) Catholic Hierarchy - Diocese of Tui-Vigo [self-published]
• (in Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
• (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
• (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
• (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
• (in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense

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