Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jerez de la Frontera / Assidonen(sis)–Ierezen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sevilla

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Juan Grande Román

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 10

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1980.03.03: Established as Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera / Assidonen(sis)–Ierezen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla and Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta, from the suppressed Titular Episcopal See of Asidonia and became suffragan of Sevilla)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.09 – ...):

Bishop José Rico Pavés (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jerez de la Frontera (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Rico Pavés (57)
(2021.06.09 – ...)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Ut gaudium meum in vobis

Born:	1966.10.09 (Granada, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1992.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.21

Priest of Toledo (Spain) (1992.10.11 – 2012.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Mentesa (2012.07.06 – 2021.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (2012.07.06 – 2021.06.09)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2021.06.09 – ...)

Bishop José Mazuelos Pérez (63)
(2009.03.19 – 2020.07.06)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Redemptor hominis Jesus Christus

Born:	1960.10.09 (Osuna, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1990.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.06

Priest of Sevilla (Spain) (1990.03.17 – 2009.03.19)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2009.03.19 – 2020.07.06)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (2020.07.06 – ...)

Archbishop Juan del Río Martín
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.06.30 – 2009.03.19)

Bishop Juan del Río Martín (later Archbishop)
(2000.06.29 – 2008.06.30)

Opus justitiæ pax

Born:	1947.10.14 (Ayamonte, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1974.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.23
Died:	2021.01.28 (Madrid, Spain † 73)

Priest of Sevilla (Spain) (1974.02.02 – 2000.06.29)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2000.06.29 – 2008.06.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2008.06.30 – 2009.03.19)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Spain (Spain) (2008.06.30 – 2021.01.28)

Bishop Rafael Bellido Caro
(1980.03.03 – 2000.06.29)

Servir al señor con alegría

Born:	1924.03.10 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1948.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.30
Died:	2004.03.16 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Mutia (1973.11.29 – 1980.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1973.11.29 – 1980.03.03)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (1980.03.03 – 2000.06.29)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestro Señor San Salvador, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Milagros Prioral, El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Santa María de la Asunción, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (93)

Huelva (↖), Sevilla (↑), Málaga (→), Cádiz y Ceuta (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,677 km²

Population: 462,400 Catholics (85.1% of 543,273 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes

Personnel: 160 priests (97 diocesan, 63 religious), 21 deacons, 350 religious (93 brothers, 257 sisters), 16 seminarians