Diocese of Zamora in Spain

The Diocese of Zamora (Latin: Dioecesis Zamorensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Zamora in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.^[1]^[2]

History

Bishops of Zamora

Juan Gonzalez Fernandez de Illescas (17 Mar 1395 – 30 Jul 1403 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)

Diego de Deza, O.P. (14 Apr 1494 – 23 Jun 1494 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)^[3]
Diego Meléndez de Valdés (1494–1506 Died)^[4]
Antonio Acuña (4 Jan 1507 – 23 Mar 1526 Died)
Francisco Mendoza (3 Apr 1527 – 18 Jan 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia).^[5]
Pedro Manuel (17 Jun 1534 – 9 Apr 1546 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)^[6]
Antonio del Aguila Vela y Paz (9 Apr 1546 – 1560 Died)^[7]
Alvaro Moscoso (2 Jun 1561 – 1564 Died)^[8]
Juan Manuel de la Cerda (19 Jan 1565 – 4 Jun 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) (30 Aug 1574 – 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Diego de Simancas (13 Jun 1578 – 16 Oct 1583 Died)^[9]^[10]
Juan Ruiz Agüero (19 Mar 1584 – 24 May 1595 Died)
Fernando Suárez de Figueroa (26 Mar 1597 – 2 Aug 1608 Died)

Pedro Ponce de Léon (bishop of Zamora), O.P. (29 Mar 1610 – 1615 Resigned)^[11]
Juan Zapata Osorio (16 Nov 1615 – 13 Jun 1621 Died)
Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. (13 Jun 1622 – 29 Jan 1624 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Plácido Tosantos Medina, O.S.B. (12 Feb 1624 – 30 Aug 1624 Died)
Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (17 Mar 1625 – 5 Jul 1627 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz)^[12]
Juan Pérez de la Serna (19 Jul 1627 – 8 Aug 1631 Died)^[13]
Diego Zúñiga Sotomayor (9 Jan 1634 – 11 Nov 1637 Died)
Juan de la Torre Ayala (13 Jun 1638 – 11 Sep 1638 Died)
Juan Coello Ribera y Sandoval (11 Apr 1639 – 11 Dec 1652 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Antonio Paiño Sevilla (18 Aug 1653 – 25 Feb 1658 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Alfonso de Llaño Buelna (18 Mar 1658 – 19 Oct 1658 Died)
Alfonso de Sanvítores de la Portilla, O.S.B. (27 Jan 1659 – 14 Jul 1660 Died)
Diego García de Trasmiera (6 Dec 1660 – 26 Jan 1661 Died)
Pedro Gálvez (8 Aug 1661 – 18 Aug 1662 Died)
Lorenzo de Sotomayor, O.S. (4 Jun 1663 – 28 Aug 1666 Died)
Antonio Rodríguez Castañon (7 Mar 1667 – 27 Jan 1668 Died)
Dionisio Pérez Escobosa (9 Jul 1668 – 1 Apr 1671 Died)
Juan Astorga de Castillo (1 Jul 1671 – 4 Jan 1679 Died)
Alfonso de Balmaseda, O.S.A. (4 Sep 1679 – 13 Sep 1684 Died)
Antonio de Vergara, O.P. (1 Oct 1685 – 7 Jan 1693 Died)
Fernando Manuel de Mejía (5 Oct 1693 – 15 Jan 1703 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)

Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales (23 Apr 1703 – 14 Jan 1720 Died)
José Gabriel Zapata Illescas (3 Jul 1720 – 3 Jan 1727 Died)
Jacinto Arana Cuesta (26 Jan 1728 – 23 Feb 1739 Died)
Cayetano Benítez de Lugo, O.P. (22 Jun 1739 – 4 Sep 1739 Died)
Onésimo Salamanca Zaldívar (14 Dec 1739 – 20 Mar 1752 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Jaime Cortada y Brú (24 Apr 1752 – 26 Sep 1753 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
José Gómez (10 Dec 1753 – 14 Oct 1754 Died)
Isidro Alfonso Cavanillas (12 May 1755 – 9 Nov 1766 Died)
Antonio Jorge y Galván (27 Apr 1767 – 29 Jan 1776 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Manuel Ferrer y Figueredo (23 Jun 1777 – 14 Feb 1785 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Malaga)
Angel Molinos, O.P. (19 Dec 1785 – 8 Aug 1786 Died)
Antonio Puñuela Alonso (23 Apr 1787 – 23 Aug 1793 Died)
Ramón Falcón y Salcedo (21 Feb 1794 – 28 Mar 1803 Confirmed, Bishop of Cuenca)

Joaquín Carrillo Mayoral (26 Mar 1804 – 12 Feb 1810 Died)
Pedro Inguanzo y Rivero (26 Sep 1814 – 27 Sep 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Tomás La Iglesia España (20 Dec 1824 – 20 May 1834 Died)
Miguel José Irigoyen (17 Dec 1847 – 20 May 1850 Confirmed, Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada)
Rafael Manso (17 Feb 1851 – 28 Dec 1862 Died)
Bernardo Conde y Corral, O. Praem. (16 Mar 1863 – 1 Jul 1880 Died)
Tomás Belestá y Cambeses (16 Dec 1880 – 6 Apr 1892 Died)
Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (19 Jan 1893 – 9 Feb 1914 Died)

Antonio Álvaro y Ballano (25 May 1914 – 31 Dec 1927 Died)
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena (5 Feb 1929 – 22 Jan 1938 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Jaime Font y Andreu (29 Mar 1944 – 13 May 1950 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)
Eduardo Martinez González (14 Dec 1950 – 31 Jan 1970 Resigned)
Ramón Buxarrais Ventura (16 Aug 1971 – 13 Apr 1973 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga)
Eduardo Poveda Rodriguez (11 Oct 1976 – 17 Oct 1991 Resigned)
Juan María Uriarte Goiricelaya (17 Oct 1991 – 13 Jan 2000 Appointed, Bishop of San Sebastián)

Casimiro López Llorente (2 February 2001 – 25 April 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana)
Gregorio Martínez Sacristán (15 December 2006 – 20 September 2019 Died)
Fernando Valera Sánchez (30 October 2020 appointed)