Diocese of Vitoria, Spain 🇪🇸

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Vitoria / Victorien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Burgos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Burgos (↙), Bilbao (↑), San Sebastián (↗), Pamplona y Tudela (→), Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Prudencio de Armentia

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: April 29

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1861.09.08: Established as Diocese of Vitoria / Victorien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada, Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela and Diocese of Santander and became suffragan of Burgos)
1949.11.02: Gained territory from Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada and lost territory to establish Diocese of Bilbao and Diocese of San Sebastián

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.01.08 – ...):

Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal (66)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Vitoria (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal (66)
(2016.01.08 – ...)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain)

Tu es filius meus dilectus

Born:	1960.06.25 (Mezkiritz, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1987.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.03.12

Priest of Pamplona y Tudela (Spain) (1987.10.03 – 2016.01.08)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (2016.01.08 – ...)

Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, S.D.B.
(1995.09.08 – 2016.01.08)

Born:	1940.03.06 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1967.03.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1990.09.30
Died:	2016.08.09 († 76)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1990.07.27 – 1995.09.08)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1995.09.08 – 2016.01.08)

Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente
(1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)

Born:	1918.03.04 (Vitoria, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1948.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.11.04
Died:	2008.12.09 († 90)

Priest of Vitoria (Spain) (1948.06.29 – 1970.09.21)

Titular Bishop of Ofena (1970.09.21 – 1979.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1970.09.21 – 1979.02.16)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)

Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga
(1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)

Born:	1911.08.15 (Hijar, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1936.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1955.03.20
Died:	2006.08.23 († 95)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)

Bishop José María Bueno y Monreal (later Cardinal)
(1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)

Opus justitiæ pax

Born:	1904.09.11 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1927.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.03.19
Created Cardinal:	1958.12.15
Died:	1987.08.20 (Pamplona, Spain † 82)

Priest of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1927.03.19 – 1945.12.01)

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1945.12.01 – 1950.05.13)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia (1954.10.27 – 1957.04.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1954.10.27 – 1957.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1957.04.08 – 1982.05.22)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title (1959.03.12 – 1987.08.20)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1972 – 1978)

Bishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)

Born:	1881.02.15 (Cartagena, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1903.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.05.15
Died:	1949.01.31 († 67)

Bishop of León (Spain) (1938.02.12 – 1943.06.10)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1948.10.09 – 1949.01.31)

Bishop Francisco Javer Lauzurica y Torralba (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1937 – 1943.06.10)

Bishop Matteo Múgica y Urrestarazu
(1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)

Veni Domine Jesu

Born:	1870.09.21 (Idiazabal, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1893.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.05.20
Died:	1968.10.29 († 98)

Priest of Vitoria (Spain) (1893.12.23 – 1918.02.22)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1918.02.22 – 1923.10.26)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1923.10.26 – 1928.03.10)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)

Titular Bishop of Cinna (1937.10.12 – 1968.10.29)

Bishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.E.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)

Born:	1864.11.05 (Baños de Valdearados, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1888.08.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.06.15
Died:	1933.09.06 († 68)

Bishop of Huesca (Spain) (1918.12.04 – 1922.12.14)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1927.12.02 – 1933.09.06)

Bishop Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (later Patriarch)
(1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)

In veritate et caritate

Born:	1878.04.11 (Vigo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1900.12.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1914.11.08
Died:	1963.07.31 (Vigo, Spain † 85)

Priest of Tui (Spain) (1900.12.27 – 1914.05.28)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1914.05.28 – 1917.03.22)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)

Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1922.12.14 – 1963.07.31)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1946.07.21 – 1963.07.31)

Bishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (later Archbishop)
(1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)

Born:	1860.04.27 (Burgos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1883.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1908.03.29
Died:	1945.10.31 († 85)

Priest of Burgos (Spain) (1883.09.21 – 1907.12.19)

Titular Bishop of Olimpus (1907.12.19 – 1913.07.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain) (1907.12.19 – 1913.07.18)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)

Bishop of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1916.12.04 – 1922.12.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1922.12.14 – 1945.10.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Segorbe (Spain) (1940 – 1944.08.10)

Bishop José Cadena y Eleta (later Archbishop)
(1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)

Born:	1855.03.20 (Pitillas, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1880?
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.07.07
Died:	1918.06.06 (Burgos, Spain † 63)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1901.04.08 – 1904.11.14)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1918.06.06)

Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca
(1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)

Born:	1829.09.01 (Otiñano, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1853
Consecrated Bishop:	1879.11.09
Died:	1904.01.25 († 74)

Bishop of La Habana (Cuba) (1879.09.04 – 1887.03.17)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1887.03.17 – 1889.12.30)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)

Bishop Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (later Archbishop)
(1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)

Born:	1814.02.02 (Cervera de Rio Pisuerga, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.08.13
Died:	1891.09.14 († 77)

Bishop of Segorbe (Spain) (1876.04.03 – 1880.12.16)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1889.12.30 – 1891.09.14)

Bishop Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (later Cardinal)
(1876.12.18 – 1880.08.28)

Born:	1822.01.20 (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1860
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.11.30
Created Cardinal:	1903.06.22
Died:	1903.12.09 (Valencia, Spain † 81)