Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo

The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.^[1]

Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.

Statistics

As of 2014^[update], it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km² in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.

History

570: Established as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the (now Portuguese) Archdiocese of Braga
1024: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Iria Flavia
1069: Restored as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from above Diocese of Iria Flavia
1421: Lost territory to Diocese of Ceuta
1959.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo / Tuden(sis)–Vicen(sis) (Latin)^[2]

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Tui (first bishopric): very incomplete : first centuries unavailable

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Saint Viliulfo (952–1003)
Pelayo (?–?)
Alfonso (?–1022)
Suero Bermudez (1022 – see suppressed 1024)

Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)

Saint (George =) Jorge (see restored 1069–1072)
Auderico (1072?–1098?)
Alfonso (1098?–1130)
Pelayo Meléndez (1130–1156)
Isidoro (1156–1167)
Juan (1168–1173)
Beltrán (1173–1187)
Pedro (1188–1205)
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Bernardo Guido, O.P. (26 August 1323 – 20 July 1324), next Bishop of Lodève)
Rodrigo Ibáñez (3 Sep 1326 – 1 March 1335 Died).^[3]
Gómez Manrique (bishop) (18 August 1348 – 8 June 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)^[4]
Juan de Cervantes (Nov 1430 – 1438 Resigned)
Rodrigo de Vergara (1446 – 6 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Pedro Fernández de Solís (6 Oct 1469 – 15 June 1472 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz)
Diego de Muros, O. de M. (15 Jun 1472 – 1 Jun 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)^[5]
Pedro Beltrán (bishop) (1487–1505 Died)^[6]
Juan de Sepúlveda (27 June 1505 – 14 July 1514), next Bishop of Malta)
Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia (14 July 1514 – Oct 1516 Died)
Luis Martiano (4 Feb 1517 – 15 July 1521 Died)
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (4 March 1523 – 26 Oct 1524), next Bishop of Badajoz)
Pedro González Manso (26 Oct 1524 – 3 July 1525), next Bishop of Badajoz)
Diego de Avellaneda (3 July 1525 – 1538 Died)
Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) (29 Jul 1538 – 29 Oct 1539), next Bishop of León)^[7]
Miguel Muñoz (bishop) (28 Jan 1540 – 12 April 1547 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)^[8]
Juan de San Millán (1 June 1547 – 28 July 1564), next Bishop of León)^[9]
Diego Torquemada (28 July 1564 – 26 Dec 1582 Died)
Bartolomé Molina (4 May 1583 – 30 Jan 1589 Died)
Bartolomé de la Plaza (bishop of Valladolid) (14 August 1589 – 18 Dec 1596), next Bishop of Valladolid)
Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. Obs. (8 Jan 1597 – 9 Sep 1600 Died)
Francisco Terrones del Caño (11 May 1601 – 3 Mar 1608), next Bishop of León)
Prudencio Sandoval, O.S.B. (10 March 1608 – 27 Feb 1612), next Bishop of Pamplona)
Juan García Valdemora (16 July 1612 – 15 Aug 1620 Died)
Juan Martínez de Peralta, O.S.H. (7 June 1621 – 13 June 1622), next Bishop of Zamora)
Pedro Herrera Suárez, O.P. (27 June 1622 – 2 Dec 1630), next Bishop of Tarazona)
Pedro Moya Arjona (10 Feb 1631 – 14 Oct 1631 Died)
Diego Vela Becerril (2 August 1632 – 17 May 1635 Died)
Diego Arce Reinoso (1 Oct 1635 – 22 Mar 1638), next Bishop of Ávila)^[10]
Diego Rueda Rico (7 Feb 1639 – 8 Dec 1639 Died)^[11]
Antonio Guzmán Cornejo (8 Oct 1640 – 29 August 1642 Died)^[12]
Diego Martínez Zarzosa (13 July 1643 – 1 March 1649), next Bishop of Cartagena (en España))
Juan Pérez de Vega (López de Vega) (10 May 1649 – 18 Sep 1656), next Bishop of León)
Miguel Ferrer (bishop) (12 March 1657 – 23 Mar 1659 Died)^[13]
Juan Pérez Gutiérrez, O.F.M. (10 Nov 1659 – 23 Jan 1666 Died)
Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (7 June 1666 – 3 June 1669), next Bishop of Coria)
Bernardino León de la Rocha (15 July 1669 – 25 Sep 1673), next Bishop of Coria)
Simón García Pedrejón, O.F.M. (12 March 1674 – 20 April 1682), next Bishop of Oviedo)
Alfonso Galaz Torrero (25 May 1682 – 13 March 1688 Died)
Anselmo Gómez de la Torre, O.S.B. (7 Nov 1689 – 15 Dec 1720 Resigned)
Fernando Ignacio Arango Queipo, O.S.A. (16 Dec 1720 – 18 March 1745 Died)
José Larumbe Mallí (23 August 1745 – 1 Sep 1751 Died)
Juan Manuel Rodríguez Castañón (20 March 1752 – 12 July 1769 Died)
Antonio Fernández Tobar (12 March 1770 – 20 August 1770 Died)
Lucas Ramírez Galán, O.F.M. Obs. (12 Dec 1770 – 19 Mar 1774 Died)
Domingo Ramón Fernández Angulo (13 March 1775 – 2 Oct 1796 Died)
Juan García Benito (24 July 1797 – 27 Sep 1822), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar, O. Cist. (19 Dec 1825 – 28 Jan 1855 Died)
Telmo Maceira (28 Sep 1855 – 9 August 1864 Died)
Ramón Garcia y Antón, O.S.H. (27 March 1865 – 7 April 1876 Died)
Juan María Valero y Nacarino (26 June 1876 – 27 March 1882), next Bishop of Cuenca)
Fernando Hüe y Gutiérrez (27 Mar 1882 – 15 March 1894 Died)
Valeriano Menéndez y Conde (21 May 1894 – 28 May 1914), next Archbishop of Valencia)
Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (28 May 1914 – 22 March 1917), next Bishop of Vitoria)
Manuel Lago y González (4 May 1917 – 24 July 1923), next Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Manuel María Vidal y Boullon (27 Oct 1923 – 26 Jan 1929 Died)
Antonio García y García (5 Feb 1930 – 4 Feb 1938), next Archbishop of Valladolid)
José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. (10 July 1944 – 9 March 1959 see below)

Bishops of Tui-Vigo

José Ángel López Ortiz, O.S.A. (see above 9 March 1959 – 18 Feb 1969); next Archbishop-bishop of Spain, Military * )
José Delicado Baeza (4 August 1969 – 18 April 1975), next Archbishop of Valladolid)
José Cerviño Cerviño (8 November 1976 – 7 June 1996 Retired)
José Diéguez Reboredo (14 July 1996 – 28 January 2010 Retired)^[14]
Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (28 January 2010 – 25 May 2024)
Antonio José Valín Valdés (25 May 2024 – present)^[15]

References

^ "Diocese of Tui-Vigo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Diocese of Tui–Vigo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
^ "Bishop Rodrigo Ibáñez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Archbishop Gómez Manrique" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Bishop Diego de Muros (Moiras), O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
^ "Bishop Pedro Beltrán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
^ "Bishop Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Bishop Miguel Muñoz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 2, 2016
^ "Bishop Juan de San Millán" Catholic-Hierarchy.org David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 2, 2016
^ "Bishop Diego Arce Reinoso" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 21, 2016
^ "Bishop Diego Rueda Rico" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 27, 2016
^ "Bishop Antonio Guzmán Cornejo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 27, 2016
^ "Bishop Miguel Ferrer" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 1, 2016
^ "Obispo Emérito". DIOCESE TUI-VIGO (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-10-09.
^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-05-27.

Sources and external links

(in Galician) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Tui-Vigo
(in English) GCatholic.org, with Google map - data for all sections
(in English) Catholic Hierarchy - Diocese of Tui-Vigo [self-published]
(in Spanish) List of Spanish Dioceses
(in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
(in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Lugo
(in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol
(in Spanish) Official Web-site of the Diocese of Ourense