Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz, Spain 🇪🇸

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.06.29 – ...):

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (72)

Monsignors (6)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Mérida–Badajoz (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (72)
(2024.06.29 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Scio enim cui credidi

Born:	1953.08.11 (Lodoselo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1977.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.05.18

Minister General of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) (2003.06.05 – 2013.04.06)

Grand Chancellor of Pontifical University Antonianum (2003.06.05 – 2013.04.06)

President of Union of Superiors General (U.S.G.) (2012.11.22 – 2013.04.06)

Titular Archbishop of Belcastro (2013.04.06 – 2023.09.14)

Secretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (2013.04.06 – 2023.10.07)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (2023.09.14 – 2024.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (2024.06.29 – ...)

Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78)
(2015.05.21 – 2024.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Monstra te matrem

Born:	1948.01.28 (Huércanos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1972.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.02.05

Priest of Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) (1972.06.24 – 2010.12.29)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1993.01.25 – 2004.03.30)

Bureau Chief of Congregation for Clergy (2000.10.14 – 2009.11.10)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2004.03.30 – 2010.12.29)

Undersecretary of Congregation for Clergy (2009.11.10 – 2010.12.29)

Titular Archbishop of Alba marittima (2010.12.29 – 2014.10.08)

Secretary of Congregation for Clergy (2010.12.29 – 2014.10.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (2014.10.08 – 2015.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (2015.05.21 – 2024.06.29)

Archbishop Santiago García Aracil
(2004.07.09 – 2015.05.21)

Spes mea in Deo

Born:	1940.05.08 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1963.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.12.27
Died:	2018.12.28 (Valencia, Spain † 78)

Priest of Valencia (Spain) (1963.09.21 – 1984.11.20)

Titular Bishop of Croæ (1984.11.20 – 1988.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1984.11.20 – 1988.05.31)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1988.05.31 – 2004.07.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (2004.07.09 – 2015.05.21)

Archbishop Antonio Montero Moreno
(1994.07.28 – 2004.07.09)

Parare vias Domini

Born:	1928.08.28 (Churriana de la Vega, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.17
Died:	2022.06.16 (Seville, Spain † 93)

Priest of Granada (Spain) (1951.05.19 – 1969.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Regiana (1969.04.04 – 1980.05.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1969.04.04 – 1980.05.03)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1980.05.03 – 1994.07.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain) (1994.07.28 – 2004.07.09)

Bishops of Badajoz (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Montero Moreno (later Archbishop)
(1980.05.03 – 1994.07.28)

(see above)

Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández
(1971.07.22 – 1979.01.15)

Born:	1913.03.13 (Huelde, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.06.03
Died:	1989.07.10 († 76)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santander (Spain) (1956.03.06 – 1962.02.19)

Titular Bishop of Castabala (1956.03.06 – 1971.07.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1962.02.19 – 1971.07.22)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1971.07.22 – 1979.01.15)

Bishop José María Alcaráz y Alenda
(1930.03.13 – 1971.07.22)

Born:	1877.04.23 (Aspe, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1901.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.07.20
Died:	1971.07.22 († 94)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1930.03.13 – 1971.07.22)

Bishop Raimondo Pérez y Rodríguez (later Patriarch)
(1920.08.21 – 1929.01.07)

Born:	1868.03.19 (Mecinilla, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1891.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.11.28
Died:	1937.01.28 (Cádiz, Spain † 68)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1920.08.21 – 1929.01.07)

Titular Archbishop of Sion (1929.01.07 – 1930.06.30)

Military Vicar of Spain (Spain) (1929.01.07 – 1930.06.30)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1930.06.30 – 1937.01.28)

Bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta (Spain) (1933.04.21 – 1937.01.28)

Bishop Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz
(1913.07.18 – 1920.07.11)

Born:	1864.07.18 (Soto de Campóo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1888.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1909.10.03
Died:	1945.12.21 († 81)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1909.04.29 – 1913.07.18)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1920.07.11)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1920.07.11 – 1945.12.21)

Bishop Félix Soto y Mancera
(1904.11.14 – 1910.01.31)

Born:	1849.02.25 (Zafra, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.02.24
Died:	1910.01.31 († 60)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1904.11.14 – 1910.01.31)

Bishop José Hevía y Campomanes
(1903.06.25 – 1904.05.02)

Born:	1841.03.24 (Pola de Lena, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1864.05.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1890.04.13
Died:	1904.05.02 (Badajoz, Spain † 63)

Bishop of Nueva Segovia (Philippines) (1889.05.27 – 1903.06.12)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1903.06.25 – 1904.05.02)

Bishop Ramón Torrijos y Gómez
(1894.05.21 – 1903.01.16)

Spes mea in Deo est

Born:	1841.09.01 (Cardenete, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1866
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.08.19
Died:	1903.01.16 (Badajoz, Spain † 61)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1887.11.25 – 1894.05.21)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1903.01.16)

Bishop Francisco Sáenz de Urturi y Crespo, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1891.06.01 – 1894.05.21)

Born:	1842.01.03 (Arlucea, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1891.09.20
Died:	1903.12.13 († 61)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1891.06.01 – 1894.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1894.05.21 – 1899.04.27)

Titular Archbishop of Bostra (1899.04.27 – 1903)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1903 – 1903.12.13)

Bishop Fernando Ramírez Vázquez
(1865.09.25 – 1890.11.14)

Born:	1807.12.03 (Salvatierra de los Barros, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1832.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.02.04
Died:	1890.11.14 († 82)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1865.09.25 – 1890.11.14)

Bishop Joaquín Hernández Herrero
(1863.12.21 – 1865.09.25)

Born:	1808.01.16 (Las Heras, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1833.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1864.04.10
Died:	1868.02.18 († 60)

Priest of Segorbe (Spain) (1833.12.21 – 1863.12.21)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1863.12.21 – 1865.09.25)

Bishop of Segorbe (Spain) (1865.09.25 – 1868.02.18)

Bishop Pantaleón Montserrat Navarro
(1862.04.07 – 1863.10.01)

Born:	1807.07.27 (Maella, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1832.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1862.09.14
Died:	1870.07.21 (Frascati, Italy † 62)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1862.04.07 – 1863.10.01)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1863.10.01 – 1870.07.21)

Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez
(1858.12.23 – 1861.12.23)

Born:	1805.03.29 (Córdoba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1828.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.03.20
Died:	1884.01.10 († 78)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1858.12.23 – 1861.12.23)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1861.12.23 – 1876.12.18)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1876.12.18 – 1884.01.10)

Bishop Manuel García Gil, O.P. (later Cardinal)
(1853.12.22 – 1858.12.23)

Ad Jesum per mariam

Born:	1802.03.14 (San Salvador de Gamba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1827.03.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1854.04.23
Created Cardinal:	1877.03.12
Died:	1881.04.28 (Zaragoza, Spain † 79)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1853.12.22 – 1858.12.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1858.12.23 – 1881.04.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio (1877.09.21 – 1881.04.28)

Bishop Francisco Javier Rodríguez Obregón
(1847.12.07 – 1853.01.04)

Born:	1780.12.03 (Valladolid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.05.14
Died:	1853.01.04 († 72)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1847.12.07 – 1853.01.04)

Archbishop Mateo Delgado Moreno
(1802.08.09 – 1841.02.16)

Born:	1754.02.15 (Oliva de Jérez, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1801.02.01
Died:	1841.02.16 († 87)

Titular Archbishop of Sebastia (1800.12.22 – 1802.08.09)

Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1802.08.09 – 1841.02.16)

Bishop Gabriel Alvarez Faria
(1797.12.18 – 1802.04.11)

Born:	1721.01.20 (Badajoz, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1798.03.06
Died:	1802.04.11 († 81)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1797.12.18 – 1802.04.11)

Bishop Alfonso Solís Grajera, O.S.
(1783.02.17 – 1797.02.08)

Born:	1716.09.14 (Miajadas, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1757.07.24
Died:	1797.02.08 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Gerrha (1757.07.18 – 1783.02.17)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1783.02.17 – 1797.02.08)

Bishop Santiago Palmero
(1780.12.11 – 1781.12.10)

Born:	1726.01.10 (Villanueva del Campo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1781.02.18
Died:	1781.12.10 († 55)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1780.12.11 – 1781.12.10)

Bishop Manuel Pérez Minayo
(1755.07.21 – 1779.11.28)

Born:	1695.12.28 (Urueña, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1755.10.05
Died:	1779.11.28 († 83)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1755.07.21 – 1779.11.28)

Bishop Amador Merino Malaguilla
(1730.02.08 – 1755.01.29)

Born:	1677.12.28 (Sigüenza, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1730.05.21
Died:	1755.01.29 († 77)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1730.02.08 – 1755.01.29)

Bishop Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo
(1715.07.08 – 1729.02.02)

Born:	1662.02.02 (Sevilla, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1703.07.08
Died:	1729.02.02 († 67)

Titular Bishop of Lacedæmon (1703.06.04 – 1715.07.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1703.06.04 – 1715.07.08)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1715.07.08 – 1729.02.02)

Bishop Francisco Valero Losa (later Archbishop)
(1707.11.07 – 1715.03.18)

Born:	1664 (Villanueva de la Jara, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1708.05.01
Died:	1720.04.23 († 55)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1707.11.07 – 1715.03.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1715.03.18 – 1720.04.23)

Fr. Alfonso Rozado
(1706.07.19 – 1706 not possessed)

Died:

1706

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1706.07.19 – 1706 not possessed)

Bishop Juan Marín y Rodezno
(1681.04.28 – 1706.01.12)

Born:	1627? (Nájera, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1681.09.21
Died:	1706.01.12 († 78)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1681.04.28 – 1706.01.12)

Bishop Juan Herrero Jaraba
(1677.11.08 – 1681.03.17)

Born:	1620? (Guadalupe, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1678.03.06
Died:	1681.04.27 († 60)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1677.11.08 – 1681.03.17)

Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1681.03.17 – 1681.04.27)

Bishop Agustín Antolínez, O.E.S.A.
(1675.12.16 – 1677.07.17)

Born:	1615? (Valladolid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1676.03.22
Died:	1677.07.17 († 61)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1675.12.16 – 1677.07.17)

Bishop Francisco de Lara
(1673.06.26 – 1675.10.23)

Born:	1613? (Quesada, Spain)
Died:	1675.10.23 († 61)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1673.06.26 – 1675.10.23)

Bishop Francisco de Rois y Mendoza, O. Cist. (later Archbishop)
(1668.05.14 – 1673.05.29)

Born:	1611.03.16 (Madrid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1635.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1668.09.23
Died:	1677.03.16 († 66)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1668.05.14 – 1673.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1673.05.29 – 1677.03.16)

Bishop Jerónimo Rodríguez de Valderas, O. de M.
(1662.04.17 – 1668.04.09)

Born:	1592.05.25? (Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain)
Died:	1671.03.17 († 78)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1662.04.17 – 1668.04.09)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1668.04.09 – 1671.03.17)

Bishop Gabriel de Esparza Pérez
(1659.01.27 – 1662.03.13)

Born:	1606.06.24 (Pamplona, Spain)
Died:	1686.01.10 († 79)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1659.01.27 – 1662.03.13)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1662.03.13 – 1670.06.02)

Bishop of Calahorra y La Calzada (Spain) (1670.06.02 – 1686.01.10)

Bishop Hugo Castillo Arteaga
(1658.02.25 – 1658.09.21)

Born:	1605.01.19 (Tudela, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1632.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1658.03.03
Died:	1658.09.21 († 53)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1654.03.09 – 1658.02.25)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1658.02.25 – 1658.09.21)

Bishop Diego López de la Vega
(1649.08.23 – 1658.01.28)

Born:	1591 (Tortuera, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1650.03.06
Died:	1659.06.05 († 67)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1649.08.23 – 1658.01.28)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1658.01.28 – 1659.06.05)

Bishop Angel Manrique, O. Cist.
(1645.06.12 – 1649.02.28)

Born:	1577.02.28 (Cubel, Spain)
Died:	1649.02.28 († 72)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1645.06.12 – 1649.02.28)

Bishop José Valle de la Cerda, O.S.B.
(1640.12.17 – 1644.10.22)

Born:	1601? (Valladolid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1638
Died:	1644.10.22 († 42)

Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1637.11.19 – 1640.12.17)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1640.12.17 – 1644.10.22)

Bishop Gabriel Ortiz Sotomayor
(1635.12.03 – 1640.04.17)

Born:	(Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1636.02.25
Died:	1640.04.17

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1635.12.03 – 1640.04.17)

Bishop Juan Roco Campofrío, O.S.B.
(1627.07.05 – 1632.03.08)

Born:	1565.06.08 (Alcántara, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1625.06.29
Died:	1635.09.16 († 70)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1625.03.17 – 1627.07.05)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1627.07.05 – 1632.03.08)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1632.03.08 – 1635.09.16)

Bishop Pedro Fernández Zorrilla
(1618.07.23 – 1627.06.14)

Born:	(Huérmeces, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1616
Died:	1637.08.11

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1615 – 1616.03.23)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1616.03.23 – 1618.07.23)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1618.07.23 – 1627.06.14)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1627.06.14 – 1637.08.11)

Bishop Cristóbal Lobera Torres
(1615.11.06 – 1618.07.09)

Born:	(Plasencia, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1616.03.13
Died:	1632.10.21

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1615.11.06 – 1618.07.09)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1618.07.09 – 1623.03.06)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1623.03.06 – 1625.02.19)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1625.02.19 – 1630.12.02)

Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1630.12.02 – 1632.10.21)

Archbishop Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa
(1611.11.28 – 1615.01.12)

Born:	1540 (Valencia del Ventoso, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1606.12.08
Died:	1622.05.22 († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Salerno (Italy) (1606.12.04 – 1611.11.28)

Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1611.11.28 – 1615.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1615.01.12 – 1622.05.22)

Bishop Andrés Fernández de Córdoba y Carvajal
(1602.10.07 – 1611.07.09)

Born:	(Guadalcázar, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1602.10.20
Died:	1611.07.09

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1602.10.07 – 1611.07.09)

Archbishop Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T.
(1578.06.13 – 1601.08.15)

Born:	1529 (Potes, Spain)
Died:	1601.08.15 (Badajoz, Spain † 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1577.03.27 – 1578.06.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1601.08.15)

Bishop Diego de Simancas
(1568.12.03 – 1578.06.13)

Born:	1513? (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1565.04.01
Died:	1583.10.16 († 69)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1564.12.15 – 1568.12.03)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1568.12.03 – 1578.06.13)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1583.10.16)

Saint Patriarch Juan de Ribera
(1562.05.27 – 1568.12.03)

Born:	1532.03.20 (Sevilla, Spain)
Died:	1611.01.06 (Valencia, Spain † 78)
Beatified:	1796.09.18
Canonised:	1960.06.12
Feast:	01.06

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1562.05.27 – 1568.12.03)

Patriarch of Antioch (1568.04.30 – 1611.01.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1568.12.03 – 1611.01.06)

Patriarch.

Bishop Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval (later Archbishop)
(1556.05.04 – 1562.05.27)

Born:	1502.06.26 (Fuenterrabía, Spain)
Died:	1580.09.22 (Cigalles, Spain † 78)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1546.10.08 – 1556.05.04)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1556.05.04 – 1562.05.27)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1562.05.27 – 1571.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1571.05.18 – 1580.09.22)

Bishop Francisco de Navarra y Hualde (later Archbishop)
(1545.12.14 – 1556.05.04)

Born:	1498 (Spain)
Died:	1563.04.14 († 64)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1542.05.22 – 1545.12.14)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1545.12.14 – 1556.05.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1556.05.04 – 1563.04.14)

Bishop Jerónimo Suárez Maldonado
(1532.03.20 – 1545.09.18)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1545.09.18

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1525.07.10 – 1532.03.20)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1532.03.20 – 1545.09.18)

Bishop Pedro González Manso
(1525.07.03 – 1532.03.13)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1524.06.28
Died:	1537.02.12

Bishop of Guadix–Baza (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1524.10.26)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1532.03.13)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1532.03.13 – 1537.02.12)

Bishop Pedro Sarmiento (later Cardinal)
(1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03)

Born:	1478? (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1525?
Created Cardinal:	1538.10.18
Died:	1541.10.13 († 62)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1523.03.04 – 1524.10.26)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1524.10.26 – 1525.07.03)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1525.07.03 – 1534.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1534.06.08 – 1541.10.13)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1538.11.15 – 1541.10.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Anagni (Italy) (1541.01.28 – 1541.04.06)

Bishop Bernardo de Mesa, O.P.
(1521.02.20 – 1524)

Born:	1470
Died:	1524 († 54)

Auxiliary Bishop of Forlì (Italy) (1508.06.07 – 1515.09.10)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1515.09.10 – 1521.02.20)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1521.02.20 – 1524)

Bishop Pedro Ruiz de la Mota, O.S.B.
(1516.08.22 – 1520.07.04)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1522

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1516.08.22 – 1520.07.04)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1520.07.04 – 1522)

Bishop Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís (later Cardinal)
(1499.09.06 – 1516.08.18)

Born:	1471? (Segura de León, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1499?
Created Cardinal:	1531.02.22
Died:	1538.09.28 (Sevilla, Spain † 66)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1499.09.06 – 1516.08.18)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1516.08.18 – 1523.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1538.09.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1531.04.17 – 1532.07.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1532.07.12 – 1538.09.28)

Bishop Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca
(1495.02.20 – 1499.09.06)

Born:	1451 (Zamora, Spain)
Died:	1524.11.12 († 72)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1495.02.20 – 1499.09.06)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1499.09.06 – 1504)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1504 – 1514)

Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1514 – 1524.11.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Rossano (Italy) (1519.06.20 – 1524.11.12)

Bishop Juan Ruiz de Medina
(1493.03.27 – 1495.02.20)

Died:

1507.01.30

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1489 – 1493.03.27)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1493.03.27 – 1495.02.20)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1495.02.20 – 1502)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1502 – 1507.01.30)

Bishop Bernardino López de Carvajal (later Cardinal)
(1489.01.23 – 1493.03.27)

Born:	1456.09.08 (Plasencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1488.12.21
Created Cardinal:	1493.09.20
Deposed as Cardinal:	1511.10.24
Reinstated as Cardinal:	1513.06.27
Died:	1523.12.16 (Roma, Italy † 67)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1488.08.27 – 1489.01.23)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1489.01.23 – 1493.03.27)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1493.03.27 – 1495.02.20)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Marcellino e Pietro (1493.09.23 – 1495.02.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1495.02.02 – 1507.08.03)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1495.02.20 – 1511.10.24)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1498.01 – 1499.01.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Avellino (Italy) (1503.07.28 – 1505)

Apostolic Administrator of Frigento (Italy) (1503.07.28 – 1505)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1503.12.30 – 1511.10.24)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1507.08.03 – 1507.09.17)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1507.09.17 – 1508.09.22)

Apostolic Administrator of Rossano (Italy) (1508.01.10 – 1519.06.20)

Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1508.09.22 – 1509.03.28)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1509.03.28 – 1511.10.24)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1513.06.27 – 1519)

Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina (1513.06.27 – 1521.07.24)

Patriarch of Jerusalem (1513.06.27 – 1523.02.20)

Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1521.01.14 – 1523.12.16)

Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1521.07.24 – 1523.12.16)

Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1521.07.24 – 1523.12.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Foligno (Italy) (1522.09.26 – 1523.02.04)

Bishop Pedro Ximénez de Préxamo
(1486.01.18 – 1489.01.23)

Died:

1495

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1486.01.18 – 1489.01.23)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1489.01.23 – 1495)

Bishop Gómez Suárez de Figueroa
(1479.05.14 – 1485.11.11)

Died:

1485.11.11

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1479.05.14 – 1485.11.11)

Cardinal Giovanni d’Aragona
(Apostolic Administrator 1479.01.20 – 1479.05.14)

Bishop Pedro de Silva y Tenorio, O.P.
(1461.10.19 – 1479.01.20)

Died:

1479.01.20

Bishop of Lugo (Spain) (1445 – 1447)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1447 – 1461.10.19)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1461.10.19 – 1479.01.20)

Bishop Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa
(1444.03.16 – 1456)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1444.03.16 – 1456)

Bishop Juan de Morales, O.P.
(1418.04.13 – 1443)

Died:

1443

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1418.04.13 – 1443)

Bishop Juan Rodríguez Villalón
(1415.12.18 – 1418.03.16)

Died:

1424.05.28

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1415.12.18 – 1418.03.16)

Bishop of León (Spain) (1418.03.16 – 1424.05.28)

Bishop Diego Badán, O.F.M.
(1409.09.11 – 1415.12.18)

Died:

1423

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1409.09.11 – 1415.12.18)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1415.12.18 – 1422.10.02)

Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1422.10.02 – 1423)

Bishop Gonzalo de Alba, O.P.
(1407.03.14 – 1408.11.26)

Died:

1412?

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1407.03.14 – 1408.11.26)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1408.11.26 – 1412)

Bishop Pedro Tenorio
(1403? – ?)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1403? – ?)

Bishop Fernando Suárez de Figueroa
(1379 – 1398)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1379 – 1398)

Bishop Fernando Sánchez
(1373.03.04 – 1378.04.11)

Died:

1378.04.11

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1373.03.04 – 1378.04.11)

Bishop Juan García Palomeque
(1354.10.25 – 1373.03.04)

Died:

1374

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1354.10.25 – 1373.03.04)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1373.03.04 – 1374)

Bishop Alfonso Fernando de Toledo y Vargas, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1353.02.13 – 1354.10.25)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1353.02.13 – 1354.10.25)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1354.10.25 – 1363.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1363.10.13 – 1366)

Bishop Juan
(1349.05.25 – 1353?)

Died:

1353?

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1349.05.25 – 1353?)

Bishop Fernando Martínez de Ágreda
(1335.01.19 – 1344)

Died:

1344

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1322 – 1335.01.19)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1335.01.19 – 1344)

Bishop Juan de Morales
(1329.10.23 – 1335.01.19)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1329.10.23 – 1335.01.19)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1335.01.19 – 1357)

Bishop Bernabé
(1324.07.27 – 1329.10.20)

Died:

1351

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1324.07.27 – 1329.10.20)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1329.10.20 – 1351)

Bishop Simón, O. de M.
(1309.07.15 – 1324.07.20)

Died:

1326.08

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1309.07.15 – 1324.07.20)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1324.07.20 – 1326.08)

Bishop Bernardo
(1300.06.13 – 1307.07)

Died:

1307.07

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1300.06.13 – 1307.07)

Bishop Gil Colonia
(1282? – 1299?)

Died:

1299?

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1282? – 1299?)

Bishop Lorenzo Suárez, O.M.Alc.
(1264 – ?)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1264 – ?)

Bishop Pedro Pérez, O.F.M.
(1255? – ?)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1247 – 1264)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1255? – ?)

Bishop Daniel
(1000? – ?)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1000? – ?)

Bishop Julio
(932? – ?)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (932? – ?)

Bishop Teudocuto
(904? – ?)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (904? – ?)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo, O.F.M. (72) (2023.09.14 – 2024.06.29)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78) (2014.10.08 – 2015.05.21)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Doroteo Fernández y Fernández (1962.02.19 – 1971.07.22)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Eugenio Beitia Aldazabal (1954.10.30 – 1962.01.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop) (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13)