# Roman Catholic Diocese of Coria-Cáceres

The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres (Latin: Dioecesis Cauriensis-Castrorum Caeciliorum) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.

## History

* 1143: Established as Diocese of Coria
* April 9, 1957: Renamed as Diocese of Coria – Cáceres

## Bishops of Coria

* Jacinto (c. 589)
* Elías (c. 610)
* Bonifacio I (c. 633, 638)
* Juan (c. 646, 653)
* Donato (c. 666)
* Atala (c. 681, 688)
* Bonifacio II (c. 693)
* Jacobo (c. 876, 899)
* Diego I. (900–902)
* Íñigo Navarro (1142–1152, named Bishop of Salamanca)
* Suero I (1157–1168), first bishop to also hold Cáceres (1166)
* Pedro I (1169–1177)
* Arnaldo I (1181–1197)
* Arnaldo II (1199–1211)
* Giraldo (1212–1227)
* Pedro II (1227–1232)
* Sancho (1232–1252)
* Pedro III (1253–1260)
* Fernando I (1261–1271)
* Gonzalo (1272–1277)
* Suero II (1277–1280)
* Simón (1281–1282)
* Alonso I (1283–1316)
* Pedro Méndez Sotomayor y Meirás (1317 Appointed – 1324 Died)
* Alonso II (1325–1335)
* Juan I (1335–1343)
* Alfonso (1344–1348)
* Pedro Raimundo de Barrière, O.S.A. (20 Feb 1348 – 31 Aug 1360 Appointed, Bishop of León)
* Rodrigo (1360–1365?)
* Diego II (1365–1368?)
* Gil (1368–1371)
* Guillermo (1371–1379)
* Fernando II (1379–1380?)
* Alonso Maimón (1381?–1389)
* Juan II (1399–1400)
* Esteban de Crivelo (1400–1401)
* Alonso III (1401–1403 Elect)
* García de Castronuño (1403–1420?)
* Martín Galos (1420–1436)
* Alfonso de Villegas (1436–1437)
* Pedro López de Miranda (1438–1443)
* Juan de Carvajal (11 Oct 1443 – 10 Aug 1446, not possessed) Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia
* Alonso Enríquez de Mendoza (May 1444 – 1455)
* Fernando López de Villaescusa (1455–1457) Appointed, Bishop of Segovia
* Iñigo Manrique de Lara (archbishop) (1457–1475 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén
* Francisco de Toledo (bishop) (1475–1479) Died
* Juan de Ortega (1479–1485) Died
* Diego de Fonseca (27 Jan 1486 – 1487 Died)
* César de Borja (1495 – 6 Sep 1499 Resigned)
* Juan López (bishop of Coria) (1499 – 5 Aug 1501 Died)

### 1500 to 1700

* François Busleiden (26 Nov 1501 – 23 Aug 1502 Died)
* Juan Ortega Bravo de la Laguna (5 May 1503 – 1517 Died)
* Bernardo Dovizi da Bibbiena (4 Nov 1517 – 9 Sep 1519 Appointed, Administrator of Coutances)
* Carlos Lalaing (1520 – 1524)
* Pedro de Montemolín (1527-?)
* Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga (1528 – 2 Mar 1529 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
* Guillermo Valdenese (2 May 1529 – 23 May 1530 Died)
* Francisco de Quiñones, O.F.M. Obs. (5 Dec 1530 – 1532 Resigned)
* Francisco Mendoza Bobadilla (14 Feb 1533 – 27 Jun 1550 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
* Diego Enríquez de Almansa (14 Jul 1550 – Oct 1565 Died)
* Diego Deza Tello (26 Apr 1566 – 11 Sep 1577 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
* Pedro Serrano Téllez (11 Sep 1577 – 22 Sep 1578 Died)
* Pedro García Galarza (9 Jan 1579 – 6 May 1604 Died)
* Pedro Carvajal Girón de Loaysa (10 Dec 1603 – 8 Sep 1621 Died)
* Jerónimo Ruiz Camargo (23 May 1622 – 16 Feb 1632 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
* Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B. (8 Mar 1632 – 16 Sep 1635 Died)
* Antonio González Acevedo (5 Oct 1637 – 14 Mar 1642 Died)
* Juan Queipo de Llano y Valdés (bishop) (13 Jul 1643 – 17 Oct 1643 Died)
* Pedro Urbina Montoya, O.F.M. (2 May 1644 – 28 Jun 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Valencia)
* Francisco de Zapata y Mendoza (13 Sep 1649 – 1655 Died)
* Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez (14 May 1655 – 9 Jul 1657 Confirmed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
* Diego López de la Vega (28 Jan 1658 – 5 Jun 1659 Died)
* Francisco de Gamboa, O.S.A. (10 Nov 1659 – 2 Jul 1663 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
* Gabriel Vázquez Saavedra y Rojas (27 Aug 1663 – 1664 Died)
* Frutos Bernardo Patón de Ayala (23 Jun 1664 – 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
* Antonio Fernández del Campo Angulo y Velasco (3 Jun 1669 – 1 Jul 1671 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
* Gonzalo Bravo de Grajera (28 Sep 1671 – 30 Aug 1672 Died)
* Baltasar de los Reyes, O.S.H. (30 Jan 1673 – 5 May 1673 Died)
* Bernardino León de la Rocha (25 Sep 1673 – 4 Jan 1675 Died)
* Francisco Antonio Sarmiento de Luna y Enríquez, O.S.A. (27 May 1675 – 21 Jul 1683 Died)
* Juan de Porras y Atienza (24 Apr 1684 – 28 Jul 1704 Died)

### 1700 to 1949

* Miguel Pérez Lara (9 Feb 1705 – 1710 Died)
* Luis de Salcedo y Azcona (22 May 1713 – 1 Jul 1716 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
* Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (5 Oct 1716 – 15 Oct 1731 Died)
* Miguel Vicente Cebrián y Agustín (9 Jun 1732 – 24 Sep 1742 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
* José Francisco Magdaleno (24 Sep 1742 – 5 Feb 1749 Died)
* José Cepeda (19 Jan 1750 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect)
* Juan José García Alvaro (25 May 1750 – Jan 1784 Died)
* Diego Martín Rodríguez, O.F.M. Obs. (14 Feb 1785 – 4 May 1789 Died)
* Juan Alvarez Castro (29 Mar 1790 – 29 Aug 1809 Died)
* Blas Jacobo Beltrán (10 Jul 1815 – 28 Apr 1821 Died)
* Joaquín López y Sicilia (12 Jul 1824 – 15 Mar 1830 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
* Ramón Montero (15 Mar 1830 – 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
* Manuel Anselmo Nafría (17 Jan 1848 – 28 Jan 1851 Died)
* Antonio María Sánchez Cid y Carrascal, C.O. (27 Sep 1852 – 14 Feb 1858 Died)
* Juan Nepomuceno Garcia Gómez (25 Jun 1858 – 6 Oct 1864 Died)
* Esteban José Pérez Fernández (25 Sep 1865 – 22 Jun 1868 Confirmed, Bishop of Málaga)
* Pedro Núñez y Pernía, O.S.B. (24 Sep 1868 – 16 Mar 1884 Died)
* Marcelo Spínola y Maestre (10 Nov 1884 – 10 Jun 1886 Appointed, Bishop of Málaga)
* Luis Felipe Ortiz y Gutiérrez (10 Jun 1886 – 19 Jan 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora)
* Ramón Peris Mencheta (21 May 1894 – 6 Jan 1920 Died)
* Pedro Segura y Sáenz (10 Jul 1920 – 20 Dec 1926 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
* Dionisio Moreno y Barrio (2 Dec 1927 Appointed – 10 Dec 1934 Died)
* Francisco Barbado y Viejo, O.P. (1 May 1935 – 10 Apr 1942 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)
* Francisco Cavero y Tormo (9 Dec 1944 – 10 Apr 1949 Died)

## Bishops of Coria-Cáceres

* Manuel Llopis Ivorra (2 Feb 1950 – 16 Mar 1977 Retired)
* Jesús Domínguez Gómez (16 Mar 1977 – 26 Oct 1990 Died)
* Ciriaco Benavente Mateos (17 Jan 1992 – 16 Oct 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Albacete)
* Francisco Cerro Chaves (21 Jun 2007 – 27 Dec 2019 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
* Jesús Pulido Arriero, H.S.O.D. (7 Dec 2021 – )