Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Cristóbal de La Laguna / Tenerife / Nivarien(sis) (Latin) / Sancti Christophori de Laguna (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sevilla

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1819.02.01: Established as Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna / Tenerife / Nivarien(sis) (Latin) / Sancti Christophori de Laguna (Latin) (from Diocese of Islas Canarias and became suffragan of Sevilla)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.02.24 – ...):

Bishop-elect Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago (51)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Eloy Alberto Santiago Santiago (51)
(2025.02.24 – ...)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Born:	1973.09.08 (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1999.07.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.05.01

Priest of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1999.07.17 – 2025.02.24)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (2025.02.24 – ...)

Bishop Bernardo Álvarez Afonso (75)
(2005.06.29 – 2024.09.16)

Bishop emeritus of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain)

Omnibus omnia factus sum / Me he hecho todo a todos

Born:	1949.07.29 (Breña Alta, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.09.04

Priest of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1976.07.16 – 2005.06.29)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (2005.06.29 – 2024.09.16)

Bishop Felipe Fernández García
(1991.06.12 – 2005.06.29)

Llamado a ser apóstol de Cristo Jesús

Born:	1935.08.30 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.11.28
Died:	2012.04.06 († 76)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1976.10.22 – 1991.06.12)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1991.06.12 – 2005.06.29)

Bishop Damián Iguacén Borau
(1984.08.14 – 1991.06.12)

El último de todos y el servidor de todos

Born:	1916.02.12 (Fuencalderas, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1941.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.10.11
Died:	2020.11.24 (Huesca, Spain † 104)

Bishop of Barbastro (Spain) (1970.08.10 – 1974.09.23)

Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1974.09.23 – 1984.08.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain) (1974.09.23 – 1984.08.11)

Bishop of Teruel y Albarracín (Spain) (1984.08.11 – 1984.08.14)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1984.08.14 – 1991.06.12)

Bishop Luis Franco Cascón, C.SS.R.
(1962.02.19 – 1983.10.18)

Copiosa apud eum redemptio

Born:	1908.10.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1933.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.04.29
Died:	1984.08.17 († 75)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1962.02.19 – 1983.10.18)

Bishop Andrés A. Domingo Pérez Cáceres
(1947.04.28 – 1961.08.01)

Frange exurienti panem tuum

Born:	1892.11.10 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1916.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.09.21
Died:	1961.08.01 († 68)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1947.04.28 – 1961.08.01)

Bishop Albino González y Menédez Reigada, O.P.
(1924.12.18 – 1946.02.18)

Lux et vita tecum aut de te Domine

Born:	1881.01.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1905.04.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.07.19
Died:	1958.08.13 († 77)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1924.12.18 – 1946.02.18)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1946.02.18 – 1958.08.13)

Bishop Gabriel Llompart y Jaume Santandreu
(1918.05.17 – 1922.06.27)

Non ministrari sed ministrare

Born:	1862.11.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1886.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.09.15
Died:	1928.12.09 († 66)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1918.05.17 – 1922.06.27)

Bishop of Gerona (Spain) (1922.06.27 – 1925.04.30)

Bishop of Mallorca (Spain) (1925.04.30 – 1928.12.09)

Bishop Nicolás Rey y Redondo
(1894.05.21 – 1917.09.05)

Ad majorem Dei gloriam

Born:	1834.01.06 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1860
Consecrated Bishop:	1894.09.09
Died:	1917.09.05 († 83)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1917.09.05)

Bishop Ramón Torrijos y Gómez
(1887.11.25 – 1894.05.21)

Spes mea in Deo est

Born:	1841.09.01 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1866
Consecrated Bishop:	1888.08.19
Died:	1903.01.16 († 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 Jacinto María Cervera y Cervera
(1882.03.27 – 1885.07.21)

Esto vir fortis et labora sicut bonus miles Christi Jesu

Born:	1827.10.12 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.02.06
Died:	1897.11.14 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Issus (1880.12.16 – 1882.03.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1880.12.16 – 1882.03.27)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1882.03.27 – 1885.07.21)

Bishop of Mallorca (Spain) (1886.06.10 – 1897.11.14)

Bishop Ildefonso Joaquín Infante y Macías, O.S.B.
(1877.03.20 – 1882)

Born:	1813.05.31 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1838
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.06.18
Died:	1888.07.02 († 75)

Apostolic Administrator of Ceuta (Spain) (1876.02.15 – 1877.03.20)

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis (1876.05.23 – 1877.03.20)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) (1877.03.20 – 1882)

Bishop Luis Antonio Folgueras Sión (later Archbishop)
(1824.09.27 – 1848.01.17)

Ave Maria gratia plena

Born:	1769.12.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1825.01.30
Died:	1850.10.28 († 80)

Bishop of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Spain) ([1824.06.24] 1824.09.27 – 1848.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1848.01.17 – 1850.10.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral, World Heritage Site (Minor): Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canarias
Minor Basilica: Basílica y Real Santuario Mariano de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria, Candelaria, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, Canarias
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Funchal (↑), Islas Canarias (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 3,381 km²

Population: 928,700 Catholics (88.6% of 1,048,306 total)

Pastoral Centres: 312 parishes, 145 missions

Personnel: 217 priests (169 diocesan, 48 religious), 11 deacons, 380 religious (82 brothers, 298 sisters), 7 seminarians