Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville

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Archdiocese of Seville

Archidioecesis Hispalensis

Archidiócesis de Sevilla
Seville Cathedral
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceSeville
Statistics
Area14,036 km2 (5,419 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2010)
1,900,224
1,890,000 (99.5%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd Century (As Diocese of Seville)
4th Century (As Archdiocese of Seville)
CathedralCathedral of St Mary in Seville
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJuan Asenjo Pelegrina
SuffragansDiocese of Cádiz and Ceuta
Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Diocese of the Canaries
Diocese of Córdoba
Diocese of Huelva
Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera
Auxiliary BishopsSantiago Gómez Sierra
Bishops emeritusCarlos Amigo Vallejo Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus (2003-2009)
Map
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Seville is part of the Catholic Church in Seville, Spain. The Diocese of Seville was founded in the 3rd century. It was raised to the level of an archdiocese in the 4th century. The current Archbishop is Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina. It has the suffragan dioceses of:

Early History of the Diocese

See also: Early centers of Christianity § Hispania Baetica

During Roman times Seville was the capital of the Province of Baetica, and the origin of the diocese goes back to apostolic times, or at least to the 1st century. Saint Gerontius, Bishop of Italica, preached in Baetica, and without doubt must have left a pastor of its own to Seville. It is certain that in 303, when Saints Justa and Rufina were martyred for refusing to adore the idol Salambo, there was a Bishop of Seville named Sabinus, who assisted at the Council of Illiberis in 287.

Zeno (472-486) was appointed vicar apostolic by Pope Simplicius, and Pope Hormisdas gave the same charge to Bishop Sallustius in the provinces of Baetica and Lusitania. However, the see was rendered illustrious above all by the holy brothers Saints Leander and Isidore. The former of these contributed to the conversion of Saint Hermengild and Recared, and presided at the Third Council of Toledo in 589. While the latter presided at the Fourth Council of Toledo and was the teacher of medieval Spain.

The king's son Philip was appointed Archbishop of Seville, while he was given as coadjutor the Dominican Raimundo de Losada, Bishop of Segovia, who became archbishop five years later, on the abdication of the Infante. In addition to the cathedral chapter, another community of clerics was formed to sing the Divine Office in the Chapel Royal of Our Lady of the Kings (Nuestra Senora de los Reyes) about 1252.

Most of the other mosques of the city were converted into churches, but Santa María la Blanca, Santa Cruz, and San Bartolome were left to the Jews for synagogues. The cathedral originated in the great mosque which was the work of the emirs who built the Aljama mosque, rebuilt in 1171 by the Almohad emir, Yusuf-ben Yacub. The famous tower called the Giralda is due to Almanzor. In order to secure the liturgical orientation, when the mosque was converted into a cathedral its width was made the length of the new church; and it was divided into two parts, the lesser part, on the cast, being separated from the rest by a balustrade and grating, to form the chapel royal.

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Seville

Auxiliary bishops

References

  1. ^ "Archbishop Ramon Losaza, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  2. ^ "Archbishop Juan Almoravid" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  3. ^ "Archbishop Fernando Gutiérrez Tello" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  4. ^ "Archbishop Fernando Álvarez de Albornoz" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  5. ^ "Archbishop Gonzalo Mena Roelas" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  6. ^ a b "Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Ulloa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  7. ^ "Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  8. ^ "Archbishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  9. ^ "Archbishop Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  10. ^ "Archbishop Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  11. ^ "Bishop Reginaldo Romero, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  12. ^ "Bishop Pedro Montemolín" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  13. ^ "Bishop Juan Laso de la Vega, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  14. ^ "Bishop Martín Cabeza de Vaca, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  15. ^ "Bishop Francisco de Jaén (Ilhaen), O.S.Io.Hieros." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  16. ^ "Bishop Sebastián Obregón, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  17. ^ "Bishop Gaspar de Torres, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  18. ^ "Bishop Sebastián de Perea (Pesca)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  19. ^ "Bishop Michael Fitzwalter" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  20. ^ "Bishop Francisco de Vera-Villavicencio, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  21. ^ "Bishop Juan de la Sal" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  22. ^ "Archbishop Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  23. ^ "Bishop Luis Camargo Pacheco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  24. ^ "Bishop Alonso Godina" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  25. ^ "Bishop Juan Arroyo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  26. ^ "Bishop Juan Riquelme" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  27. ^ "Bishop Bishop Melchior de Escuda Aybar" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  28. ^ "Bishop Francisco Domonte, O. de M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  29. ^ "Bishop Pedro Francisco Levanto Vivaldo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  30. ^ "Bishop José Esquivel Castillejos, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  31. ^ "Bishop Manuel Tercero Rozas, O.E.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  32. ^ "Bishop Domingo Pérez Rivera" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  33. ^ "Francisco Cardinal de Solís Folch de Cardona" retrieved January 20, 2016
  34. ^ "Bishop Agustín Ayestarán y Landa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  35. ^ "Bishop Manuel Cayetano Muñoz Benavente" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  36. ^ "Archbishop Juan Acisclo de Vera y Delgado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  37. ^ "Bishop Miguel Fernández Flórez, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  38. ^ "Bishop Vicente Román y Linares, O. Praem." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  39. ^ "Bishop Calixto Castrillo y Ornedo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  40. ^ "Bishop Manuel María León González y Sánchez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  41. ^ "Archbishop José María Cirarda Lachiondo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  42. ^ "Bishop Juan Antonio del Val Gallo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016
  43. ^ "Bishop Rafael Bellido Caro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 20, 2016

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