Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo

The Diocese of Lugo is one of the five Roman Catholic sees within Galicia, in north-western Spain. The bishop has cathedra in the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Carmel) in Lugo; his jurisdiction covers 1,138 parishes in three provinces:

• Province of A Coruña; one district with 56 parishes
• Province of Pontevedra; three districts with 135 parishes
• Province of Lugo; 947 parishes

Bishops of Lugo

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• Peter II (c.1098–1113)
• Peter III (1113–1133)
• Guy (1135–1152)
• John (1152–1181)
• Rodrigo I (1181–1182)
• Rodrigo II (1182–1218)

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• Diego Ramírez de Guzmán † (7 Feb 1500 26 Jun 1500 )
• Pedro Ribera (26 Jun 1500 - 1530 )
• Martín Tristán Calvete (8 Jun 1534 - 30 May 1539)
• Juan Suárez Carvajal (9 Sep 1539 - 10 Mar 1561)
• Francisco Delgado López (13 Jun 1561 - 26 Apr 1566)
• Fernando Vellosillo Barrio (13 Jan 1567 - 18 Feb 1587
• Juan Ruiz de Villarán (22 Jun 1587 - 18 Mar 1591)
• Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avendaño (4 Nov 1591 - 1 Feb 1599)
• Pedro Castro Nero (17 Feb 1599 - 13 Aug 1603)
• Juan García Valdemora (27 Aug 1603 - 16 Jul 1612)
• Alfonso López Gallo (17 Sep 1612 - 29 May 1624)
• Diego Vela Becerril (29 Jul 1624 - 2 Aug 1632)
• Diego Castejón Fonseca (9 Jan 1634 - 1 May 1636)
• Juan Vélez de Valdivielso (9 Jun 1636 - 25 Feb 1641)
• Pedro Rosales Encio (12 Aug 1641 - 31 Mar 1642)
• Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara (13 Jul 1643 - 12 Jan 1646)
• Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. (16 Jul 1646 - 10 Jan 1650)
• Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. † (9 Sep 1669 - 1 Jul 1673)
• Juan Aparicio Navarro (27 Nov 1673 - 22 Nov 1680)
• Antonio Medina Cachon y Ponce de Leon (9 Dec 1680 - 5 Feb 1685)
• Miguel de Fuentes y Altossano † (9 Apr 1685 - 26 May 1699)
• Lucas Bustos de la Torre (30 Mar 1700 - 30 Jul 1710)
• Andrés Capero Agramunt, O. Carm. (11 Dec 1713 - 10 Mar 1719)
• Manuel Santa Maria Salazar (4 Mar 1720 - 2 Sep 1734 )
• Cayetano Gil Taboada (26 Sep 1735 - 23 Aug 1745)
• Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro (23 Aug 1745 - 12 Apr 1748 )
• Francisco Izquierdo y Tavira, O.P. (16 Sep 1748 - 6 Jan 1762)
• Juan Sáenz de Bururaga (14 Jun 1762 - 25 Jun 1768)
• Francisco Armañá Font, O.S.A. (20 Jun 1768 - 14 Feb 1785)
• Antonio Paramo Somoza (10 Dec 1785 - 8 Mar 1786)
• Felipe Pelaez Caunedo (18 Dec 1786 - 9 Jul 1811)
• José Antonio Azpeitia de y Sáenz de Santamaria (25 Sep 1814 - 19 Dec 1824)
• Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. (26 Dec 1824 - 30 Apr 1839)
• Santiago Rodríguez Gil, O.P. (18 Dec 1847 - 7 Apr 1857 )
• José Ríos de los Lamadrid (1 Oct 1857 - 8 Mar 1884)
• Gregorio María Aguirre y García, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1885 - 21 May 1894)
• Benito Murúa y López (21 May 1894 - 29 Apr 1909)
• Manuel Basulto y Jiménez (3 Sep 1909 - 18 Dec 1919)
• Plácido Ángel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. (18 Dec 1919 - 30 Jul 1927 )
• Rafael Balanzá y Navarro (2 Mar 1928 - 29 Sep 1960)
• Antonio Oña de Echave (24 May 1961 - 25 Jul 1979)
• José Higinio Gómez González, O.F.M. (23 Apr 1980 - 30 Nov 2007)
• Alfonso Carrasco Rouco (30 Nov 2007 - )

External links

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