- Roman Catholic Diocese of Majorca
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Diocese of Majorca
Dioecesis MaioricensisLocation Country Spain Metropolitan Valencia Statistics Area 3,604 km2 (1,392 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
753,584
594,860 (78.9%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Catedral de Santa María de Palma, Palma Current leadership Bishop Jesús Murgui Soriano The Roman Catholic Diocese of Majorca (Latin: Maioricen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Palma, Majorca in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain.
Contents
History
- 450: Established as Diocese of Majorca
- 1237: Restored as Diocese of Majorca from Diocese of Barcelona
Special churches
- Minor Basilicas:
- Basílica de Nostra Senyora de Lluc, Mallorca, Illes Balears
- Basílica de Sant Francesc, Palma, Illes Balears
Leadership
- Diego Ribera de Toledo † (22 Dec 1507 - 29 Oct 1511 )
- Rodrigo Sánchez Mercado † (29 Oct 1511 - 12 Jan 1530 )
- Juan Bautista Campeggio † (30 May 1539 - 4 Nov 1558 )
- Diego Arnedo † (19 Sep 1561 - 17 Oct 1572 )
- Juan Vich Manrique de Lara † (31 Jul 1573 - 10 May 1604 )
- Alfonso Laso Sedeño † (1 Dec 1604 - 21 Aug 1607 )
- Simón Bauzá, O.P. † (7 Jan 1608 - 5 Dec 1625
- Baltasar Borja † (15 Sep 1625 - 11 Jul 1630 )
- Juan de Santander, O.F.M. † (10 Feb 1631 - 24 Jan 1644 )
- Tomás Rocamora, O.P. † (14 Nov 1644 - 15 Nov 1653 )
- Francisco Antonio de la Portilla, O.F.M. † ( 1702 - 7 Jun 1711 )
- Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui † (23 Jul 1712 - 5 Jul 1721 )
- Juan Fernández Zapata † (1 Jun 1722 - 3 Aug 1729 )
- Benito Panelles Escardó, O.S.B. † (24 Jul 1730 - 26 Nov 1743 )
- José Cepeda † (13 Jul 1744 - 17 Jan 1750 Died)
- Lorenzo Despuig Cotoner † (24 Apr 1750 - 18 Jul 1763 )
- Francisco Garrido de la Vega † (18 Jul 1763 - 30 Mar 1772 )
- Juan Díaz de La Guerra † (22 Jun 1772 - 23 Jun 1777 )
- Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero † (30 Mar 1778 - 21 Feb 1794 )
- Bernardo Nadal Crespí † (12 Sep 1794 - 12 Dec 1818 )
- Pedro González Vallejo † (6 Aug 1819 - 25 Jun 1825 )
- Antonio Pérez Hirias † (27 Jun 1825 - 18 Dec 1842 )
- Rafael Manso † (17 Dec 1847 - 17 Feb 1851 )
- Miguel Salvá Munar † (5 Sep 1851 - 5 Nov 1873 )
- Mateo Jaume Garau † (17 Sep 1875 - 19 Feb 1886 )
- Jacinto María Cervera y Cervera † (10 Jun 1886 - 14 Nov 1897 )
- Pedro Juan Campins y Barceló † (21 Apr 1898 - 23 Feb 1915 )
- Rigoberto Domenech y Valls † (5 May 1916 - 16 Dec 1924)
- Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu † (30 Apr 1925 - 9 Dec 1928 )
- Juan Hervás y Benet † (22 Dec 1947 - 14 Mar 1955 )
- Jesús Enciso Viana † (30 May 1955 - 21 Sep 1964 )
- Rafael Alvarez Lara † (10 Mar 1965 - 13 Apr 1973 )
- Teodoro Ubeda Gramage † (13 Apr 1973 - 18 May 2003 )
- Jesús Murgui Soriano (27 Dec 2003 - )
See also
Source
Province of Barcelona Province of Burgos Province of Granada Province of Madrid Province of Mérida-Badajoz Province of Oviedo Province of Pamplona Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela · Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño · Diocese of Jaca · Diocese of San SebastiánProvince of
Santiago de CompostelaProvince of Seville Archdiocese of Seville · Diocese of Asidonia-Jerez · Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta · Diocese of the Canaries · Diocese of Córdoba · Diocese of Huelva · Diocese of San Cristóbal de La LagunaProvince of Tarragona Province of Toledo Province of Valencia Archdiocese of Valencia · Diocese of Ibiza · Diocese of Majorca · Diocese of Minorca · Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante · Diocese of Segorbe-CastellónProvince of Valladolid Province of Zaragoza Military Ordinariate Categories:- Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain
- Dioceses established in the 5th century
- Religious organizations established in the 1230s
- Roman Catholic dioceses established in the 13th century
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