Diocese of Jaén

Diocese of Jaén Dioecesis Giennensis Diócesis de Jaén
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Granada
Metropolitan	Granada
Statistics
Area	13,497 km2 (5,211 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 660,284 655,000 (99.2%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	7th Century
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Assumption of Our Lady in Jaén
Patron saint	Our Lady of Cabeza
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Sebastián Chico Martínez
Metropolitan Archbishop	Francisco Javier Martínez Fernández
Bishops emeritus	Ramón del Hoyo López
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Jaén (Latin: Dioecesis Giennensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Jaén in the ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.

History

• 7th century: Established as Diocese of Jaén

Leadership

Bishops of Jaén (Roman rite)

• Domingo, O.P. (1236–1248 Died)

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• Pedro Pascual, O. de M. (27 Feb 1296 – 6 Dec 1300 Died)

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• Alfonso Vázquez de Acuña (1457–1474 Died)
• Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1475 – 15 Jan 1483 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Luis Osorio (1483–1496 Died)
• Diego de Deza, O.P. (14 Feb 1498 – 7 Feb 1500 Appointed Bishop of Palencia)
• Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce (1500–1520 Died)
• Esteban Gabriel Merino (12 Jun 1523 – 28 Jul 1535 Died)
• Alessandro Farnese (cardinal) (30 Jul 1535 – 6 Jul 1537 Resigned)
• Francisco Mendoza (bishop of Jaén) (14 Jun 1538 – 1543 Died)
• Pedro Pacheco de Villena (Ladrón de Guevara) (9 Jan 1545 – 30 Apr 1554 Appointed Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Diego Tavera Ponce de Léon (17 Jul 1555 – 28 Apr 1560 Died)
• Diego de los Cobos Molina (4 Sep 1560 – 8 Sep 1565 Died)
• Francisco Delgado López (bishop) (26 Apr 1566 – 2 Oct 1576 Died)
• Diego Deza Tello (11 Sep 1577 – 13 Sep 1579 Died)
• Francisco Sarmiento Mendoza (27 May 1580 – 9 Jun 1595 Died)
• Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas (29 Apr 1596 – 19 Apr 1599 Appointed Archbishop of Toledo)
• Sancho Dávila Toledo (10 Jan 1600 – 20 Jul 1615 Appointed Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Francisco Martínez de Cenicero (3 Aug 1615 – 28 Nov 1617 Died)
• Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval (29 Apr 1619 – 28 May 1646 Appointed Archbishop of Toledo)
• Juan Queipo de Llano Flores (18 Feb 1647 – 1 Nov 1647 Died)
• Fernando Andrade Castro (6 Jul 1648 – 21 Feb 1664 Died)
• Antonio Peña Hermosa (11 Aug 1664 – 19 Jul 1667 Died)
• Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas, O. de M. (9 Apr 1668 – 7 Mar 1671 Died)
• Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (1 Jul 1671 – 23 Dec 1681 Died)
• Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. (20 Apr 1682 – 22 Apr 1692 Died)
• Antonio de Brizuela y Salamanca (13 Apr 1693 – 10 Jan 1708 Died)
• Benito Omañana (24 Sep 1708 – 19 Mar 1712 Died)
• Rodrigo Marín y Rubio (28 May 1714 – 10 Feb 1732 Died)
• Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara (21 Jul 1732 – 5 May 1738 Appointed Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Andrés Cabrejas Molina (5 May 1738 – 4 Sep 1746 Died)
• Francisco Castillo Vintimilla (31 Jul 1747 – 15 Nov 1749 Died)
• Benito Marín, O.S.B. (27 Apr 1750 – 10 Aug 1769 Died)
• Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia (28 May 1770 – 23 Mar 1779 Died)
• Agustín Rubín Cevallos (18 Sep 1780 – 8 Feb 1793 Died)
• Pedro Rubio-Benedicto Herrero (21 Feb 1794 – 27 May 1795 Died)
• Diego Melo Portugal, O.S.A. (18 Dec 1795 – 22 Jan 1816 Died)
• Andrés Esteban y Gómez (22 Jul 1816 – 17 Jun 1831 Died)
• Diego Martínez Carlón y Teruel (24 Feb 1832 – 28 Aug 1836 Died)
• José Escolano y Fenoi (17 Dec 1847 – 21 Jul 1854 Died)
• Tomás Roda y Rodríguez (25 Sep 1857 – 11 Mar 1858 Died)
• Andrés Rosales y Muñoz (25 Jun 1858 – 22 Sep 1864 Confirmed Bishop of Almería)
• Antolín Monescillo y Viso (27 Mar 1865 – 22 Jun 1877 Confirmed Archbishop of Valencia)
• Manuel María León González y Sánchez (22 Jun 1877 – 20 Oct 1896 Died)
• Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez (19 Apr 1897 – 16 Dec 1901 Appointed Bishop of Madrid)
• Salvador Castellote y Pinazo (16 Dec 1901 – 6 Dec 1906 Appointed Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera (6 Dec 1906 – 29 Apr 1909 Confirmed Bishop of Barcelona)
• Juan Manuel Sanz y Saravia (29 Apr 1909 – 19 Jun 1919 Died)
• Manuel Basulto y Jiménez (18 Dec 1919 – 12 Aug 1936 Died)
• Rafael García y García de Castro (29 Dec 1942 – 9 May 1953 Appointed Archbishop of Granada)
• Felix Romero Menjibar (16 Jan 1954 – 2 Jul 1970 Appointed Archbishop of Valladolid)
• Miguel Peinado Peinado (30 Apr 1971 – 31 May 1988 Retired)
• Santiago García Aracil (31 May 1988 – 9 Jul 2004 Appointed Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz)
• Ramón del Hoyo López (19 May 2005 – 9 April 2016)
• Amadeo Rodríguez Magro (9 April 2016 – 25 October 2021)
• Sebastián Chico Martínez (25 October 2021 – present)

See also

• La Magdalena church, Jaén
• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaén is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.

• Part of: Ecclesiastical Province of Granada

External links

• Official website

From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia

Diocese of Jaén — (Giennensis). Diocese in Southern Spain. The city of Jaén, capital of the province of the same name, is situated in north-eastern Andalusia on the lower part of the north-eastern slope of Monte Jabalcuz about 1800 feet above sea-level. In 1900 the population was 26,434. During the period 1013-90 the city of Jaén, the Romans' Aurgi, was the capital of the independent Moorish Kingdom of Djayyan, and was reconquered from the Moors by St. Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon in April, 1246. According to local tradition the first bishop was St. Euphrasius, supposed to be one of the seventy disciples. He is said to have been sent to Southern Spain, together with St. Torquatus and five other pupils of the Apostles, by Sts. Peter and Paul, and to have settled at Iliturgis (now Andújar), where he is reputed to have suffered martyrdom in the year 68 [cf. Henschenius, "De adventu in Hispaniam Sanctorum Torquati etc." in "Acta SS.," III, May (Brussels, 1680), 442-4; Terrones y Robres, "Vida, martirio, translación y milagros de S. Eufrasio, obispo y patrón de Andújar" (Granada, 1657)]. Other predecessors of the bishops of Jaén are, according to local investigations, the bishops of Cazlona (Episcopi Castulonenses), who were active in the period 298-656, and finally four of the bishops of Baeza (Episcopi Beatienses), flourishing between the seventh and the thirteenth centuries. The list of the bishops proper of Jaén does not begin until 1248, when the see was transferred from Baeza to Jaén. The last Bishop of Baeza was Fray Domingo, O.P. (1227-48); the first Bishop of Jaén was Pedro I Martinez (1249-50). The most notable among the sixty-four bishops who have governed the Diocese of Jaén are: St. Pedro III Pascual (1296-1300) and Gonzalo de Zunyiga (1422-56), who both died as martyrs in Moorish prisons; the sixty-fourth bishop, Juan Jose Laguarda y Fenollera (1906-9), was appointed Bishop of Barcelona at the consistory of 29 April, 1909, since which date the See of Jaén has been vacant.

Statistics

The Diocese of Jaén is suffragan of Granada: it is bounded on the north by the Diocese of Ciudad Real, on the east by the Archdiocese of Toledo, on the south by the Archdiocese of Granada and the Diocese of Guadix, on the west by the Diocese of Cordova. According to the latest official diocesan statistics (1 January, 1905) it contains about 395,000 inhabitants, 12 deaneries (arciprestazgos) divided into 136 parishes, 136 parish churches, and 6 dependent churches. There are four male religious congregations with 4 monasteries, 10 cloistered female congregations with 27 houses, and 11 uncloistered with 29 houses. The chapter of the cathedral at Jaén has 12 canonries, besides which the old chapter (6 canonries) still exists at Baeza. There is also the theological seminary of San Felipe Neri at Baeza in addition to the diocesan seminary (Seminario Conciliar) at Jaén. Other educational institutions are the Colegio del Santisimo Sacramento for theological studies, and the Colegio de San Eufrasio for the education of choir-boys, both at Jaén. The massive Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin stands in the highest part of the city of Jaén. It was begun in 1532 by Pedro de Valdelvira, and is a fine specimen of early Spanish Renaissance. In a shrine by the high altar is preserved the famous Santo Rostro or Santa Faz, a handkerchief of Saint Veronica, which is annually exhibited to the people on Good Friday and on the Feast of the Assumption.

DE XIMENA JURADO, Catalogo de los obispos de las iglesias catedrales de la diocesis de Jaén (Madrid, 1654); DE RUS PUERTA, Historia eclesiatica del reino y obispado de Jaén (Jaén, 1634), the first part of which is alone printed, the second part being in the National Library at Madrid (MS. Q 58); DEL BILCHES, Santos y Santuarios del obispado de Jaén y Baeza (Madrid, 1653); GAMS, Kirchengesch. von Spanien, III (Ratisbon, 1876), i, 48 sq., 160, 426 sq.

Bibliography

• Catholic Hierarchy

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