Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.04.01 – ...):

Archbishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández (56)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Santiago de Compostela (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández (56)
(2023.04.01 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

Sequi salvatorem participare est salutem

Born:	1968.08.18 (Orense, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1993.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.04.10

Priest of Ourense (Spain) (1993.06.26 – 2021.01.28)

Titular Bishop of Vergi (2021.01.28 – 2023.04.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (2021.01.28 – 2023.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Archbishop Julián Barrio Barrio (78)
(1996.01.05 – 2023.04.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

In verbo tuo Domine

Born:	1946.08.15 (Manganeses de la Polvorosa, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.02.07

Priest of Astorga (Spain) (1971.07.04 – 1992.12.31)

Titular Bishop of Sasabe (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1996.01.05 – 2023.04.01)

Archbishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (88) (later Cardinal)
(1984.05.09 – 1994.07.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Madrid (Spain)

In ecclesiæ communione

Born:	1936.08.20 (Villalba, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1959.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.10.31
Created Cardinal:	1998.02.21

Priest of Mondoñedo–Ferrol (Spain) (1959.03.28 – 1976.09.17)

Titular Bishop of Gergis (1976.09.17 – 1984.05.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1976.09.17 – 1984.05.09)

Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1983.06.11 – 1984.05.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1984.05.09 – 1994.07.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) (1994.07.28 – 2014.08.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Damaso (1998.02.21 [1998.10.11] – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1999.03.02 – 2005.03.08)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2004.12.16 – 2014.02.24)

President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (2008.03.04 – 2014.03.12)

Bishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (88) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1983.06.11 – 1984.05.09)

Archbishop Angel Suquía Goicoechea (later Cardinal)
(1973.04.13 – 1983.04.12)

Pro vobis et pro multis

Born:	1916.10.02 (Zaldivia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.07.16
Created Cardinal:	1985.05.25
Died:	2006.07.13 (San Sebastián, Spain † 89)

Priest of Vitoria (Spain) (1940.07.07 – 1966.05.17)

Bishop of Almería (Spain) (1966.05.17 – 1969.11.28)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1969.11.28 – 1973.04.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1973.04.13 – 1983.04.12)

Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) (1983.04.12 – 1991.07.23)

Cardinal-Priest of Gran Madre di Dio (1985.05.25 – 2006.07.13)

President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1987 – 1993)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madrid (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1994.07.28)

Cardinal Fernando Quiroga y Palacios
(1949.06.04 – 1971.12.07)

Omnia in caritate fiant

Born:	1900.01.21 (San Pedro de Maceda, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1922.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.03.25
Created Cardinal:	1953.01.12
Died:	1971.12.07 (Madrid, Spain † 71)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1945.11.24 – 1949.06.04)

Apostolic Administrator of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1949.06.04 – 1950.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1949.06.04 – 1971.12.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Agostino (1953.10.29 – 1971.12.07)

President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1966 – 1969)

Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M.
(1948.10.09 – 1949.01.31)

Born:	1881.02.15 (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)

Archbishop Tomás Muñiz Pablos
(1935.08.13 – 1948.03.15)

Born:	1874.01.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1897.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.06.03
Died:	1948.03.15 († 74)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1928.03.10 – 1935.08.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1935.08.13 – 1948.03.15)

Archbishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.E.S.A.
(1927.12.02 – 1933.09.06)

Born:	1864.11.05 (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)

Patriarch Julián de Diego y García Alcolea
(1925.10.08 – 1927.01.16)

Born:	1859.02.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1881.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.02.05
Died:	1927.01.16 († 67)

Bishop of Astorga (Spain) (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1913.07.18 – 1923.07.27)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1923.07.27 – 1925.10.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1925.10.08 – 1927.01.16)

Archbishop Manuel Lago y González
(1923.07.24 – 1925.03.18)

Born:	1865.10.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1888.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.04.03
Died:	1925.03.18 († 59)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1909.08.25 – 1917.05.04)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1917.05.04 – 1923.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1923.07.24 – 1925.03.18)

Cardinal José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia
(1889.02.14 – 1922.12.08)

Cor Jesus caritatis victima

Born:	1835.08.26 (Aldeadávila de la Rivera, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1859.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.10.03
Created Cardinal:	1897.04.19
Died:	1922.12.08 (Santiago de Compostela, Spain † 87)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago (Cuba) (1875.07.05 – 1889.02.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1889.02.14 – 1922.12.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Traspontina (1898.03.24 – 1922.12.08)

Archbishop Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez
(1886.06.10 – 1888.01.20)

Born:	1821.08.11 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.01.24
Died:	1888.01.20 († 66)

Bishop of Teruel (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1876.09.29)

Apostolic Administrator of Albarracin (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1876.09.29)

Titular Bishop of Dora (1876.09.29 – 1882.03.27)

Prior nullius of Ciudad Real (Spain) (1877.05.28 – 1882.03.27)

Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1882.03.27 – 1886.06.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1886.06.10 – 1888.01.20)

Cardinal Miguel Payá y Rico
(1874.01.16 – 1886.06.07)

Honorificate diligite deum timete regem fraternitatem

Born:	1811.12.20 (Benejama, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1836.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1858.09.12
Created Cardinal:	1877.03.12
Died:	1891.12.24 (Toledo, Spain † 80)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1858.06.25 – 1874.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1886.06.07)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta (1877.06.25 – 1891.12.24)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1886.06.07 – 1891.12.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1886.06.07 – 1891.12.24)

Cardinal Miguel García Cuesta
(1851.09.05 – 1873.04.14)

Born:	1803.10.06 (Macotera, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1828.03.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.07.16
Created Cardinal:	1861.09.27
Died:	1873.04.14 (Santiago de Compostela, Spain † 69)

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1848.04.14 – 1851.09.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1851.09.05 – 1873.04.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prisca (1862.05.21 – 1873.04.14)

Archbishop Rafael Manuel José Benito de Vélez Téllez, O.F.M. Cap.
(1824.12.20 – 1850.08.03)

Born:	1777.10.15 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1817.06.13
Died:	1850.08.03 († 72)

Bishop of Ceuta (Spain) (1817.04.14 – 1824.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) ([1824.05.30] 1824.07.12 – 1824.10.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ([1824.10.29] 1824.12.20 – 1850.08.03)

Archbishop Simón Antonio Rentería Reyes
(1824.07.12 – 1824.10.04)

Born:	1762.09.08 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.06.20
Died:	1824.10.04 († 62)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) ([1819.02.19] 1819.03.29 – 1824.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ([1824.05.30] 1824.07.12 – 1824.10.04)

Archbishop Juan García Benito
(1822.10.26 – 1824.07.18)

Born:	1752.07.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1797.10.22
Died:	1825.09.12 († 73)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1797.07.24 – 1822.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1822.10.26 – 1824.07.18)

Archbishop Rafael Múzquiz Aldunate
(1801.07.20 – 1821.05.12)

Born:	1747.10.20 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1795.07.26
Died:	1821.05.12 († 73)

Titular Archbishop of Seleucia Trachea (1795.06.01 – 1799.04.15)

Archbishop-Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1799.04.15 – 1801.07.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1801.07.20 – 1821.05.12)

Archbishop Felipe Antonio Fernández Vallejo
(1797.12.18 – 1800.12.08)

Born:	1739.03.31 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1794.11.30
Died:	1800.12.08 († 61)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1794.09.12 – 1797.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1797.12.18 – 1800.12.08)

Archbishop Sebastián Malvar y Pinto, O.F.M.
(1783.12.15 – 1795.09.25)

Born:	1720.11.23 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1778.04.19
Died:	1795.09.25 († 74)

Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) ([1777.10.19] 1777.12.15 – 1783.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1783.12.15 – 1795.09.25)

Archbishop Francisco Alejandro Bocanegra Jivaja
(1773.03.08 – 1782.04.16)

Born:	1709.05.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1758.04.02
Died:	1782.04.16 († 72)

Bishop of Guadix–Baza (Spain) (1757.12.19 – 1773.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1773.03.08 – 1782.04.16)

Archbishop Bartolomé Rajoy Losada
(1751.07.19 – 1772.07.17)

Born:	1690.08.25 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1751.09.12
Died:	1772.07.17 († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1751.07.19 – 1772.07.17)

Archbishop Cayetano Gil Taboada
(1745.08.23 – 1751.05.12)

Born:	1688.08.07 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1735.12.04
Died:	1751.05.12 († 62)

Bishop of Lugo (Spain) (1735.09.26 – 1745.08.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1745.08.23 – 1751.05.12)

Archbishop Manuel Isidro Orozco Manrique de Lara
(1738.05.05 – 1745.02.01)

Born:	1681.05.14 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1732.10.05
Died:	1745.02.01 († 63)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1732.07.21 – 1738.05.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1738.05.05 – 1745.02.01)

Archbishop José del Yermo Santibáñez
(1728.03.08 – 1737.11.07)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1720.06.16
Died:	1737.11.07

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1720.03.20 – 1728.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1728.03.08 – 1737.11.07)

Archbishop Miguel Herrero Esgueva
(1723.01.20 – 1727.07.27)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1720.06.02
Died:	1727.07.27

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1720.04.15 – 1723.01.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1723.01.20 – 1727.07.27)

Archbishop Luis Salcedo Azcona
(1716.07.01 – 1722.10.07)

Born:	1667.12.09 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1713.08.20
Died:	1739.05.03 († 71)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1713.05.22 – 1716.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1716.07.01 – 1722.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1722.10.07 – 1739.05.03)

Archbishop Antonio de Monroy, O.P.
(1685.07.10 – 1715.11.07)

Born:	1634.07.06 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1685.06.11
Died:	1715.11.07 († 81)

Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1677 – 1686)

Bishop of Michoacán (Mexico) (1680 – 1680)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1685.07.10 – 1715.11.07)

Archbishop Francisco de Seijas Losada
(1681.07.10 – 1684.10.26)

Born:	1615 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1640
Died:	1684.10.26 († 68)

Bishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1664.06.23 – 1670.06.20)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1670.06.20 – 1681.07.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1681.07.10 – 1684.10.26)

Archbishop Andrés Girón
(1670.06.02 – 1680.08.07)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1660.11.01
Died:	1680.08.07

Bishop of Lugo (Spain) (1660 – 1664.04.28)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1664.04.28 – 1670.06.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1670.06.02 – 1680.08.07)

Archbishop Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán
(1668.05.14 – 1668.10.07)

Born:	1632.01.07 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1655
Consecrated Bishop:	1665.10.18
Died:	1684.05.24 († 52)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1665 – 1667.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1667.04.09 – 1668.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1668.05.14 – 1668.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1668.10.07 – 1684.05.24)

Archbishop Pedro Carrillo y Acuña
(1655.08.30 – 1664.04)

Born:	1595.02.22
Ordained Priest:	1630
Consecrated Bishop:	1648.11.22
Died:	1664.04 († 69)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1648.07.27 – 1655.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1655.08.30 – 1664.04)

Archbishop Fernando Andrade Sotomayor
(1645.03.20 – 1655.01.21)

Born:	1579 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1628.09.10
Died:	1655.01.21 († 75)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1628.05.29 – 1631.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1631.11.10 – 1640.09.10)

Archbishop-Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1640.09.10 – 1645.03.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1645.03.20 – 1655.01.21)

Cardinal Agustín Spínola Basadone
(1630.10.23 – 1645.01.16)

Born:	1597 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1621.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1623.06.24
Died:	1649.02.12 († 51)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1623.03.05 – 1626.09.07)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 – 1631.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1626.09.07 – 1630.10.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1630.10.23 – 1645.01.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1631.03.24 – 1649.02.12)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1632.01.10 – 1633.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1645.01.16 – 1649.02.12)

Archbishop José González Díez, O.P.
(1627.05.17 – 1630.08.12)

Born:	1566.11.11 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1616.04
Died:	1631.03.28 († 64)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1616.02.29 – 1625.07.28)

Bishop of Pamplona (Spain) (1625.07.28 – 1627.05.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1627.05.17 – 1630.08.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1630.08.12 – 1631.03.28)

Archbishop Agustín Antolínez, O.E.S.A.
(1624.07.01 – 1626.06.19)

Born:	1554.12.06 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1623.08.24
Died:	1626.06.19 († 71)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1623.05.10 – 1624.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1624.07.01 – 1626.06.19)

Archbishop Luis Fernández de Córdoba
(1622.10.26 – 1624.03.11)

Born:	1555.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1603.02.09
Died:	1625.06.26 († 70)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1602.11.20 – 1615.02.09)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1615.02.09 – 1622.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1622.10.26 – 1624.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1624.03.11 – 1625.06.26)

Archbishop Juan Beltrán Guevara y Figueroa
(1615.01.12 – 1622.05.22)

Born:	1540 (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)

Archbishop Maximiliano de Austria
(1603.04.21 – 1614.07.01)

Born:	1555.11.13 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1597.02.16
Died:	1614.07.01 († 58)

Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1596.09.23 – 1601.08.27)

Bishop of Algeciras (Spain) (1596.09.23 – 1601.08.27)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1601.08.27 – 1603.04.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1603.04.21 – 1614.07.01)

Archbishop Juan de Sanclemente Torquemada
(1587.07.27 – 1602.04.20)

Born:	1534.08.19 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1579.01.25
Died:	1602.04.20 († 67)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1578.07.07 – 1587.07.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1587.07.27 – 1602.04.20)

Archbishop Alonso Velázquez
(1583.03.09 – 1587.01.14)

Born:	1533 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1578.09
Died:	1587.01.14 († 53)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1583.03.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1583.03.09 – 1587.01.14)

Archbishop Juan de Liermo Hermosa
(1582.07.26 – 1584.01.08)

Born:	1522 (Spain)
Died:	1584.01.08 († 61)

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1582.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1582.07.26 – 1584.01.08)

Archbishop Francisco Blanco Salcedo
(1574.06.04 – 1581.04.26)

Born:	1512.01.01 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1556.08.23
Died:	1581.04.26 († 69)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1556.06.12 – 1565.04.13)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1565.04.13 – 1574.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1581.04.26)

Archbishop Cristóbal Fernández Valtodano
(1570.02.20 – 1572.11.14)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1572.11.14

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1561.06.02 – 1570.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1570.02.20 – 1572.11.14)

Archbishop Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda (later Cardinal)
(1558.10.21 – 1569.06.22)

Born:	1507 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1550
Created Cardinal:	1570.05.17
Died:	1571.01.02 († 63)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1558.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1558.10.21 – 1569.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 – 1571.01.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara (1570.06.16 – 1571.01.02)

Cardinal Juan Álvarez de Toledo, O.P.
(1550.06.27 – 1557.09.15)

Born:	1488.07.15 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1523
Created Cardinal:	1538.12.20
Died:	1557.09.15 († 69)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1537.04.11)

Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1537.04.11 – 1550.06.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Portico Octaviae pro hac vice Title (1541.05.04 – 1541.07.06)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sisto (1541.07.06 – 1547.01.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Clemente (1547.01.24 – 1551.12.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pancrazio (1550.02.28 – 1553.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1557.09.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1553.11.20 – 1553.12.11)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1553.12.11 – 1555.05.29)

Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (1555.05.29 – 1557.09.15)

Archbishop Pedro Manuel
(1546.04.09 – 1550.01.01)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1550.01.01

Bishop of León (Spain) (1523.06.12 – 1534.06.17)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1534.06.17 – 1546.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1546.04.09 – 1550.01.01)

Cardinal Gaspar de Ávalos de la Cueva
(1542.03.29 – 1545.11.02)

Born:	1485 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1524?
Created Cardinal:	1544.12.19
Died:	1545.11.02 († 59)

Bishop of Guadix–Baza (Spain) (1524.11.14 – 1529.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1529.01.22 – 1542.03.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1542.03.29 – 1545.11.02)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1544.12.19 – 1545.11.02)

Cardinal Pedro Sarmiento
(1534.06.08 – 1541.10.13)

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)

Cardinal Juan Pardo de Tavera
(1524.06.08 – 1534.04.27)

Born:	1472.05.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1514
Created Cardinal:	1531.02.22
Died:	1545.08.01 († 73)

Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1514.07.14 – 1523.12.31)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1523.12.31 – 1524.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1524.06.08 – 1534.04.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (1531.04.27 – 1545.08.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1534.04.27 – 1545.08.01)

Archbishop Alfonso Fonseca Acevedo
(1507.08.04 – 1523.12.31)

Born:	1476 (Spain)
Died:	1534.02.04 († 57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1507.08.04 – 1523.12.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1523.12.31 – 1534.02.04)

Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (later Patriarch)
(1486 – 1505?)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1508

Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1460 – 1464)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1486 – 1505?)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1505? – ?)

Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
(1460.12.03 – 1486)

Born:	1418
Died:	1486 († 68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1454.02.04 – 1460.12.03)

Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1460.12.03 – 1464)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1460.12.03 – 1486)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1464 – 1473)

Archbishop Rodrigo de Luna
(1451 – 1460)

Born:

(Spain)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1451 – 1460)

Archbishop Álvaro Núñez de Isorna
(1445.04.07 – 1449.02.09)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1449.02.09

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1400 – 1415.08.19)

Bishop of León (Spain) (1415.08.19 – 1418.03.16)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1418.03.16 – 1445.04.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1445.04.07 – 1449.02.09)

Archbishop Lope de Mendoza
(1399 – 1445)

Born:	(Spain)
Died:	1445.02.03

Bishop of Mondoñedo (Spain) (1393 – 1399)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1399 – 1445)

Archbishop Juan García Manrique
(1383 – 1388)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1368 – 1376)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1376 – 1381)

Bishop of Burgos (Spain) (1381 – 1382)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1383 – 1388)

Apostolic Administrator of Tui (Spain) (1394.01.28 – ?)

Archbishop Rodrigo de Moscoso
(1368 – 1382)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1368 – 1382)

Archbishop Alonso Sánchez de Moscoso
(1367 – 1367)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1367 – 1367)

Archbishop Suero Gómez de Toledo
(1362 – 1366)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1362 – 1366)

Archbishop Gómez Manrique
(1351.06.08 – 1362.05.02)

Died:

1375.12.19

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1348.08.18 – 1351.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1351.06.08 – 1362.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1362.05.02 – 1375.12.19)

Archbishop Pedro
(1344 – 1351)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1344 – 1351)

Archbishop Martín Fernández
(1339 – 1343)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1339 – 1343)

Archbishop Juan Fernández de Limia
(1330.10.26 – 1338)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1321 – 1330.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1330.10.26 – 1338)

Archbishop Béranger de Landore, O.P.
(1317.07.15 – 1330)

Born:	1262 (France)
Died:	1330 († 68)

Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1312 – 1317.07.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1317.07.15 – 1330)

Archbishop Rodrigo del Padrón
(1307? – 1316)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1307? – 1316)

Archbishop Rodrigo González
(1286 – 1304)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1286 – 1304)

Archbishop Gonzalo Gómez
(1273 – 1281?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1273 – 1281?)

Archbishop Egas Fafes de Lanhoso
(1267.12.18 – 1268.03.09)

Died:

1268.03.09

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1248.12.15 – 1267.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1267.12.18 – 1268.03.09)

Archbishop Juan Arias
(1238 – 1266)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1238 – 1266)

Archbishop Bernardo
(1224 – 1237)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1224 – 1237)

Archbishop Pedro Muñiz
(1207 – 1224)

Bishop of León (Spain) (1205 – 1207)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1207 – 1224)

Archbishop Pedro Suárez de Deza
(1173 – 1206)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1166 – 1173)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1173 – 1206)

Archbishop Pedro Gundestéiz
(1168 – 1173)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1168 – 1173)

Archbishop Martín Martínez
(1156 – 1167)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1156 – 1167)

Archbishop Pelayo Camundo
(1153 – 1156)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1153 – 1156)

Archbishop Bernardo
(1151 – 1152)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1151 – 1152)

Archbishop Pedro Helías
(1143 – 1149)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1143 – 1149)

Archbishop Berenguel
(1140 – 1142)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1140 – 1142)

Archbishop Diego Gelmírez
(1120.02.27 – 1140)

Apostolic Administrator of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1096 – 1100)

Bishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1100 – 1120.02.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1120.02.27 – 1140)

Bishops of Santiago de Compostela (Roman Rite)

Bishop Diego Gelmírez (later Archbishop)
(1100 – 1120.02.27)

(see above)

Fr. Diego Gelmírez (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1096 – 1100)

Saint Bishop Rosendo
(Apostolic Administrator 970 – 977.03.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Fr. Fernando Ortiz de Hinojosa (1598.04.03 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco José Prieto Fernández (56) (later Archbishop) (2021.01.28 – 2023.04.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Jesús Fernández González (69) (2013.12.10 – 2020.06.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Quinteiro Fiuza (77) (1999.04.23 – 2002.08.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julián Barrio Barrio (78) (later Archbishop) (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ricardo Blázquez Pérez (82) (later Cardinal) (1988.04.08 – 1992.05.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Antonio María Rouco Varela (88) (later Cardinal) (1976.09.17 – 1984.05.09)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Cerviño Cerviño (1968.06.04 – 1976.11.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Miguel Nóvoa Fuente (1956.04.09 – 1966.05.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Souto Vizoso (1945.02.03 – 1949.07.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Justo Rivas Fernández (1922.09.22 – 1924.12.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Ramiro Fernández y Balbuena (1911.07.07 – 1922.03.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Severo Araújo y Silva (1906.04.28 – 1910.08.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Tomás Díez Bedoya, O.F.M. Cap. (1825.12.19 – 1851.12.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Varela Fondevilla y Verea (1769.11.20 – 1785.04.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lorenzo Taranco Mujaurrieta (1736.02.27 – 1745.03.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Platas (1732.10.01 – 1745.11.02)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Antonio Jaspe Montenegro (1705.05.18 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Nicolas Franch (1652 – 1666)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Strong (1597.01.20 – 1602.01.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop-elect Bernardino de Carmona (1551.07.10 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Gil Falcón (1533.07.18 – 1550.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Pedro Soto (1519.05.13 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Santiago Álvarez, O.E.S.A. (1514.08.04 – ?)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Diego de Saldanha (1493.03.13 – 1497)