Roman Catholic Diocese of Ceuta

The Catholic diocese of Ceuta, first Portuguese and afterwards Spanish, existed from 1417 to 1879. It was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until 1675, with the end of the Iberian Union, when Ceuta choose to remain linked to the king of Spain. Since then it was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Seville.^[1] Its territory around Ceuta had previously belonged to the Order of Christ.^[2]

The diocese of Tanger was united to it, in 1570.^[3] In 1851, upon the signature of the concordat between the Holy See and Spain, the diocese of Ceuta was agreed to be suppressed, being combined into the diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta^[4] (up to then diocese of Cádiz y Algeciras). However, the agreement was not implemented until 1879.

Bishops of Cádiz y Ceuta since 1525

• Jerónimo Teodoli (6 Sep 1525 - 16 Oct 1564 )
• Luis García Haro de Sotomayor (25 Oct 1564 - 7 Aug 1587 )
• Antonio Zapata Cisneros (17 Aug 1587 - 13 May 1596 )
• Maximiliano de Austria † (23 Sep 1596 - 27 Aug 1601 )
• Gómez Suárez Figueroa † (26 Jun 1602 - 1612 )
• Juan Cuenca (20 Aug 1612 - 1623 )
• Plácido Pacheco de Haro, O.S.B. (20 Mar 1623 - 18 Jul 1623 )
• Domingo Cano de Haro, O.P. † (8 Aug 1623 - 1639 Died)
• Juan Dionisio Fernández Portocarrero † (16 Jul 1640 - 27 Nov 1641 )
• Francisco Guerra, O.F.M. (16 Jun 1642 - 3 Apr 1656)
• Antonio Ibarra ( 1680 - 1691)
• Lorenzo Armengual del Pino de la Mota (6 May 1715 - 15 May 1739)
• Tomás del Valle, O.P. (12 Feb 1731 - Feb 1776)
• Juan Bautista Cervera, O.F.M. (12 May 1777 - 11 Jan 1781)
• José Escalzo Miguel, O.S.B. (18 Jul 1783 - 17 Mar 1790)
• Antonio Martínez de la Plaza (29 Nov 1790 - Oct 1800)
• Francisco Javier Utrera (23 Feb 1801 - 27 Dec 1808)
• Juan Acisclo Vera Delgado (15 Mar 1815 - 22 Jul 1818)
• Francisco Javier Cienfuegos Jovellanos (21 Feb 1819 - 26 Oct 1824 )
• Domingo de Silos Santiago Apollinario Moreno, O.S.B. (30 Nov 1824 - 9 Mar 1853)
• Juan José Arbolí Acaso (22 Dec 1853 - 1 Feb 1863)
• Félix María Arrieta y Llano, O.F.M. Cap. (1 Oct 1863 - 19 Feb 1879)
• Jaime Catalá y Albosa (28 Feb 1879 - 9 Aug 1883)
• Vicente Calvo y Valero (27 Mar 1884 - 27 Jun 1898)
• José María Rancés y Villanueva (28 Nov 1898 - 14 Jun 1917)
• Marcial López y Criado (18 May 1918 - 15 Feb 1932)
• Ramón Pérez y Rodríguez (21 Apr 1933 - 28 Jan 1937)
• Tomás Gutiérrez Diez (11 Nov 1943 - 2 Apr 1964 Died)
• Antonio Añoveros Ataún † (2 Apr 1964 - 3 Dec 1971 )
• Antonio Dorado Soto (1 Sep 1973 - 26 Mar 1993 )
• Antonio Ceballos Atienza (10 Dec 1993 - )

See also

• Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption (Ceuta)

Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ^ Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Notes on the Diocese of Funchal 1514
3. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Tingis
4. ^ Catholic Encyclopedia: Cadiz

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company. 

External links

• Giga-Catholic Information
• La definitiva agregación de la diócesis de Ceuta a la de Cádiz (1877-1879), María José Vilar, Hispania sacra, ISSN 0018-215X, Vol. 57, Nº 115, 2005, pgs. 243-262 (Spanish)