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Diocese of Lugo

Dioecesis Lucensis in Hispania

Bishop(s)

Alfonso Carrasco Rouco , Bishop

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 2nd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 7,703 (2,975 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: http://www.diocesisdelugo.org/
Mailing Address: Obispado, Plaza de Santa Maria 1, 27001 Lugo, Espana
Telephone: 982.23.11.43
Fax: 982.28.41.38

Past and Present Ordinaries

Pedro † ( 1114 Appointed - 1133 Died)
Gudio † ( 1134 Appointed - 22 Apr 1152 Died)
Juan , O.S.B. † (Apr 1152 Ordained Bishop - Jul 1181 Died)
Rodrigo Fernández † (Jul 1181 Appointed - 16 Jun 1218 Died)
Ordo?o † (27 Aug 1218 Appointed - 1225 Died)
Miguel † (8 Jun 1225 Appointed - 17 May 1270 Died)
Juan † ( 1270 Appointed - 1271 Died)
Fernando Arias † (28 Apr 1272 Appointed - 28 Jan 1276 Died)
Juan Mart?nez † (18 Mar 1279 Appointed - 1281 Died)
Alonso Ya?ez † (17 Aug 1281 Appointed - 1283 Died)
Arias Soga † ( 1285 Appointed - 1286 Died)
Fernando Pérez de Páramo † (Aug 1286 Appointed - 12 Apr 1290 Died)
Arias Med?n † ( 1294 Appointed - 1299 Died)
Rodrigo Mart?nez † (2 Mar 1300 Appointed - 1306 Died)
Juan Hernández † ( 1307 Appointed - 13 Feb 1318 Died)
Gonzalo N??ez de Novoa † (3 May 1318 Appointed - 25 Sep 1319 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Rodrigo Ibáñez † (25 Sep 1319 Appointed - 3 Sep 1326 Appointed, Bishop of Tuy)
Juan Mart?nez † (3 Sep 1326 Appointed - 1348 Died)
Pedro L?pez de Aguiar, O.P. † (28 Jan 1349 Appointed - )
Lope † (28 Jun 1390 Appointed - 1403 Died)
Juan de Freijo, O.P. † (30 Jul 1403 Appointed - 1409 Died)
Juan Enr?quez, O.F.M. † (3 Jul 1409 Appointed - 1417 Died)
Fernando de Palacios † (28 Nov 1418 Appointed - 1434 Died)
ƒ`lvaro Pérez Osorio † (24 Nov 1434 Appointed - 6 Apr 1440 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Garc?a Mart?nez de Baamonde † (6 Apr 1440 Appointed - 10 Nov 1445 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. † (10 Nov 1445 Appointed - 27 Mar 1447 Appointed, Bishop of Orense)
Garc?a Mart?nez de Baamonde † (27 Mar 1447 Appointed - 1475 Died)
Alonso Enr?quez de Lemos, O.F.M. † (8 Mar 1476 Appointed - 1495 Died)
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce † (4 Dec 1495 Appointed - 7 Feb 1500 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Diego Ram?rez de Guzmán † (7 Feb 1500 Appointed - 26 Jun 1500 Appointed, Bishop of Catania)
Pedro Ribera † (26 Jun 1500 Appointed - 1530 Died)
Mart?n Tristán Calvete † (8 Jun 1534 Appointed - 30 May 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Juan Suárez Carvajal † (9 Sep 1539 Appointed - 10 Mar 1561 Retired)
Francisco Delgado L?pez † (13 Jun 1561 Appointed - 26 Apr 1566 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Fernando Vellosillo Barrio † (13 Jan 1567 Appointed - 18 Feb 1587 Died)
Juan Ruiz de Villarán † (22 Jun 1587 Appointed - 18 Mar 1591 Died)
Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avenda?o † (4 Nov 1591 Appointed - 1 Feb 1599 Appointed, Bishop of ƒ`vila)
Pedro Castro Nero † (17 Feb 1599 Appointed - 13 Aug 1603 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia)
Juan Garc?a Valdemora † (27 Aug 1603 Appointed - 16 Jul 1612 Appointed, Bishop of Tuy)
Alfonso L?pez Gallo † (17 Sep 1612 Appointed - 29 May 1624 Confirmed, Bishop of Valladolid)
Diego Vela Becerril † (29 Jul 1624 Confirmed - 2 Aug 1632 Confirmed, Bishop of Tuy)
Juan del ƒ`guila Velázquez † (24 Nov 1632 Appointed - 17 Feb 1633 Died)
Diego Castej?n Fonseca † (9 Jan 1634 Appointed - 1 May 1636 Resigned)
Juan Vélez de Valdivielso † (9 Jun 1636 Appointed - 25 Feb 1641 Appointed, Bishop of ƒ`vila)
Pedro Rosales Encio † (12 Aug 1641 Confirmed - 31 Mar 1642 Died)
Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. † (13 Jul 1643 Confirmed - 12 Jan 1646 Died)
Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † (16 Jul 1646 Appointed - 10 Jan 1650 Appointed, Bishop of Le?n)
Francisco Torres Sánchez de Roa † (24 Jan 1650 Appointed - 14 Jul 1651 Died)
Juan Bravo Lasprilla † (4 Mar 1652 Appointed - 7 Jun 1660 Appointed, Bishop of Le?n)
Andrés Gir?n † (21 Jun 1660 Appointed - 28 Apr 1664 Confirmed, Bishop of Pamplona)
Mat?as de Moratinos y Santos † (21 Jul 1664 Appointed - 5 Aug 1669 Appointed, Bishop of Astorga)
Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. † (9 Sep 1669 Appointed - 26 Jun 1673 Appointed, Bishop of ƒ`vila)
Juan Aparicio Navarro † (27 Nov 1673 Appointed - 7 Oct 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Le?n)
Antonio Medina Cach?n y Ponce de Le?n † (9 Dec 1680 Appointed - 8 Apr 1685 Confirmed, Bishop of Cartagena (en Espa?a))
Miguel de Fuentes Blas y Altossano, O. Cist. † (9 Apr 1685 Appointed - 25 May 1699 Died)
Lucas Bustos de la Torre † (30 Mar 1700 Appointed - 30 Jul 1710 Died)
Andrés Caper? Agramunt, O.C.D. † (11 Dec 1713 Confirmed - 10 Mar 1719 Died)
Manuel Jos? de Santa Mar?a y Salazar † (4 Mar 1720 Appointed - 2 Sep 1734 Died)
Cayetano Gil Taboada † (26 Sep 1735 Appointed - 23 Aug 1745 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro † (23 Aug 1745 Appointed - 12 Apr 1748 Died)
Francisco Izquierdo y Tavira, O.P. † (16 Sep 1748 Appointed - 6 Jan 1762 Died)
Juan Sáenz de Bururaga † (14 Jun 1762 Appointed - 25 Jan 1768 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Francisco Arma?? Font, O.E.S.A. † (20 Jun 1768 Appointed - 14 Feb 1785 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
Antonio Paramo Somoza † (10 Dec 1785 Appointed - 8 Mar 1786 Died)
Felipe Peláez Caunedo † (18 Dec 1786 Appointed - 9 Jul 1811 Died)
Jos? Antonio Azpeitia y Sáenz de Santamaria † (19 Dec 1814 Confirmed - 21 Mar 1825 Confirmed, Bishop of Cartagena (en Espa?a))
Hip?lito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. † (21 Mar 1825 Confirmed - 29 Apr 1839 Died)
Santiago Rodr?guez Gil, O.P. † (17 Dec 1847 Confirmed - 7 Apr 1857 Died)
Jos? de los R?os y Lamadrid † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 8 Mar 1884 Died)
Gregorio Mar?a Aguirre y Garc?a, O.F.M. Disc. † (27 Mar 1885 Appointed - 21 May 1894 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Benito Mur?a y L?pez † (21 May 1894 Appointed - 29 Apr 1909 Appointed, Archbishop of Burgos)
Bl. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez † (4 Sep 1909 Appointed - 18 Dec 1919 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
Plácido ƒ`ngel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. † (18 Dec 1919 Appointed - 30 Jul 1927 Resigned)
Rafael Balanz? y Navarro † (2 Mar 1928 Appointed - 29 Sep 1960 Died)
Antonio O?a de Echave † (24 May 1961 Appointed - 25 Jul 1979 Retired)
Jos? Higinio G?mez González, O.F.M. † (23 Apr 1980 Appointed - 30 Nov 2007 Retired)
Alfonso Carrasco Rouco (30 Nov 2007 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
2nd Century	Erected	Diocese of Lugo (erected)
20 April 1926	Territory Added	Diocese of Orense (Santas and Candosa (in Espi?eira))	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Astorga (10 parishes in Quiroga)	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Mondo?edo (Mellid with 6 parishes in Lugo)	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Added	Diocese of Orense (Bubal with 5 parishes, Torbeo (Lugo))	Diocese of Lugo
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lugo (Territory in Le?n)	Diocese of Le?n
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lugo (Begonte with 4 parishes)	Diocese of Mondo?edo
17 October 1954	Territory Lost	Diocese of Lugo (San Pedro de Espi?eira (in Orense))	Diocese of Orense

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 391,212 391,299 100.0% 622 81 703 556 143 270 639 ap1951

1970 333,301 333,594 99.9% 734 60 794 419 99 456 678 ap1971

1980 311,435 311,713 99.9% 573 46 619 503 70 405 678 ap1981

1990 328,000 330,000 99.4% 462 40 502 653 55 357 678 ap1991

1999 304,790 305,248 99.8% 400 35 435 700 61 235 649 ap2000

2000 304,790 305,248 99.8% 400 33 433 703 55 231 1,138 ap2001

2001 302,236 302,794 99.8% 381 36 417 724 47 316 1,138 ap2002

2002 296,389 296,961 99.8% 382 36 418 709 45 305 1,138 ap2003

2003 296,389 296,961 99.8% 366 35 401 739 44 331 1,138 ap2004

2004 296,389 296,961 99.8% 361 40 401 739 65 328 1,138 ap2005

2013 288,000 290,200 99.2% 315 61 376 765 83 235 1,139 ap2014

2016 287,900 290,100 99.2% 315 61 376 765 83 235 1,139 ap2017

2019 251,650 263,544 95.5% 259 23 282 892 33 216 1,139 ap2020

2021 256,520 268,646 95.5% 239 24 263 975 37 181 1,138 ap2022

2023 247,490 259,625 95.3% 195 23 218 1,135 31 174 1,138 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	391,212	391,299	100.0%	622	81	703	556	143	270	639	ap1951
1970	333,301	333,594	99.9%	734	60	794	419	99	456	678	ap1971
1980	311,435	311,713	99.9%	573	46	619	503	70	405	678	ap1981
1990	328,000	330,000	99.4%	462	40	502	653	55	357	678	ap1991
1999	304,790	305,248	99.8%	400	35	435	700	61	235	649	ap2000
2000	304,790	305,248	99.8%	400	33	433	703	55	231	1,138	ap2001
2001	302,236	302,794	99.8%	381	36	417	724	47	316	1,138	ap2002
2002	296,389	296,961	99.8%	382	36	418	709	45	305	1,138	ap2003
2003	296,389	296,961	99.8%	366	35	401	739	44	331	1,138	ap2004
2004	296,389	296,961	99.8%	361	40	401	739	65	328	1,138	ap2005
2013	288,000	290,200	99.2%	315	61	376	765	83	235	1,139	ap2014
2016	287,900	290,100	99.2%	315	61	376	765	83	235	1,139	ap2017
2019	251,650	263,544	95.5%	259	23	282	892	33	216	1,139	ap2020
2021	256,520	268,646	95.5%	239	24	263	975	37	181	1,138	ap2022
2023	247,490	259,625	95.3%	195	23	218	1,135	31	174	1,138	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Alfonso Carrasco Rouco (Bishop: 30 Nov 2007 - )

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Juan del ƒ`guila Velázquez † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1632 to 17 Feb 1633)
Gregorio Mar?a Aguirre y Garc?a, O.F.M. Disc. † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1885 to 21 May 1894)
Juan Aparicio Navarro † (Bishop: 27 Nov 1673 to 7 Oct 1680)
Fernando Arias † (Bishop: 28 Apr 1272 to 28 Jan 1276)
Francisco Arma?? Font, O.E.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 Jun 1768 to 14 Feb 1785)
Benjam?n de Arriba y Castro †
Juan Asensio Barrios, O. de M. † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1669 to 26 Jun 1673)
Jos? Antonio Azpeitia y Sáenz de Santamaria † (Bishop: 19 Dec 1814 to 21 Mar 1825)
Rafael Balanz? y Navarro † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1928 to 29 Sep 1960)
Bl. Manuel Basulto y Jiménez † (Bishop: 4 Sep 1909 to 18 Dec 1919)
Jacinto de Boada y Montenegro †
Giulio Cesare Borea †
Juan Bravo Lasprilla † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1652 to 7 Jun 1660)
Lucas Bustos de la Torre † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1700 to 30 Jul 1710)
Mart?n Tristán Calvete † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1534 to 30 May 1539)
Andrés Caper? Agramunt, O.C.D. † (Bishop: 11 Dec 1713 to 10 Mar 1719)
Diego Castej?n Fonseca † (Bishop: 9 Jan 1634 to 1 May 1636)
Pedro Castro Nero † (Bishop: 17 Feb 1599 to 13 Aug 1603)
Francisco Delgado L?pez † (Bishop: 13 Jun 1561 to 26 Apr 1566)
Juan Enr?quez, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 3 Jul 1409 to 1417)
Rodrigo Fernández † (Bishop: Jul 1181 to 16 Jun 1218)
Juan Bautista Ferrer y Castro † (Bishop: 23 Aug 1745 to 12 Apr 1748)
Juan de Freijo, O.P. † (Bishop: 30 Jul 1403 to 1409)
Miguel de Fuentes Blas y Altossano, O. Cist. † (Bishop: 9 Apr 1685 to 25 May 1699)
Manuel Garcia Gil, O.P. †
Juan Garc?a Montenegro †
Juan Garc?a Valdemora † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1603 to 16 Jul 1612)
Cayetano Gil Taboada † (Bishop: 26 Sep 1735 to 23 Aug 1745)
Andrés Gir?n † (Bishop: 21 Jun 1660 to 28 Apr 1664)
Jos? Higinio G?mez González, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 23 Apr 1980 to 30 Nov 2007)
Pedro G?mez Sarmiento de Villandrando †
Amadeu González Ferreiros, O. de M. †
Juan Hernández † (Bishop: 1307 to 13 Feb 1318)
Rodrigo Ibáñez † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1319 to 3 Sep 1326)
Francisco Izquierdo y Tavira, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Sep 1748 to 6 Jan 1762)
Alonso Enr?quez de Lemos, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 8 Mar 1476 to 1495)
Pedro L?pez de Aguiar, O.P. † (Bishop: 28 Jan 1349 - )
Alfonso L?pez Gallo † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1612 to 29 May 1624)
Jos? de los R?os y Lamadrid † (Bishop: 25 Sep 1857 to 8 Mar 1884)
Cristoforo Lugaresi †
Juan Mart?nez † (Bishop: 18 Mar 1279 to 1281)
Juan Mart?nez † (Bishop: 3 Sep 1326 to 1348)
Rodrigo Mart?nez † (Bishop: 2 Mar 1300 to 1306)
Garc?a Mart?nez de Baamonde † (Bishop: 6 Apr 1440 to 10 Nov 1445)
Arias Med?n † (Bishop: 1294 to 1299)
Antonio Medina Cach?n y Ponce de Le?n † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1680 to 8 Apr 1685)
Mat?as de Moratinos y Santos † (Bishop: 21 Jul 1664 to 5 Aug 1669)
Benito Mur?a y L?pez † (Bishop: 21 May 1894 to 29 Apr 1909)
Gonzalo N??ez de Novoa † (Bishop: 3 May 1318 to 25 Sep 1319)
Antonio O?a de Echave † (Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Mar 1956; Bishop: 24 May 1961 to 25 Jul 1979)
Lorenzo Asensio Otaduy Avenda?o † (Bishop: 4 Nov 1591 to 1 Feb 1599)
Fernando de Palacios † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1418 to 1434)
Antonio Paramo Somoza † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1785 to 8 Mar 1786)
Felipe Peláez Caunedo † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1786 to 9 Jul 1811)
Fernando Pérez de Páramo † (Bishop: Aug 1286 to 12 Apr 1290)
ƒ`lvaro Pérez Osorio † (Bishop: 24 Nov 1434 to 6 Apr 1440)
Juan del Pozo Horta, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Jul 1646 to 10 Jan 1650)
Diego Ram?rez de Guzmán † (Bishop: 7 Feb 1500 to 26 Jun 1500)
Plácido ƒ`ngel Rey de Lemos, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 18 Dec 1919 to 30 Jul 1927)
Pedro Ribera † (Bishop: 26 Jun 1500 to 1530)
Santiago Rodr?guez Gil, O.P. † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1847 to 7 Apr 1857)
Pedro Rosales Encio † (Bishop: 12 Aug 1641 to 31 Mar 1642)
Juan Ruiz de Villarán † (Bishop: 22 Jun 1587 to 18 Mar 1591)
Juan Sáenz de Bururaga † (Bishop: 14 Jun 1762 to 25 Jan 1768)
Juan (de la Serna) Sánchez Alonso de Guevara, O.S.H. † (Bishop: 13 Jul 1643 to 12 Jan 1646)
Hip?lito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 21 Mar 1825 to 29 Apr 1839)
Manuel Jos? de Santa Mar?a y Salazar † (Bishop: 4 Mar 1720 to 2 Sep 1734)
Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. † (Bishop: 10 Nov 1445 to 27 Mar 1447)
Arias Soga † (Bishop: 1285 to 1286)
Juan Suárez Carvajal † (Bishop: 9 Sep 1539 to 10 Mar 1561)
Alonso Suárez de la Fuente del Sauce † (Bishop: 4 Dec 1495 to 7 Feb 1500)
Francisco Torres Sánchez de Roa † (Bishop: 24 Jan 1650 to 14 Jul 1651)
Jos? Vázquez D?az, O. de M. †
Diego Vela Becerril † (Bishop: 29 Jul 1624 to 2 Aug 1632)
Juan Vélez de Valdivielso † (Bishop: 9 Jun 1636 to 25 Feb 1641)
Fernando Vellosillo Barrio † (Bishop: 13 Jan 1567 to 18 Feb 1587)
Fernando de Villag?mez †
Alonso Ya?ez † (Bishop: 17 Aug 1281 to 1283)
Gudio † (Bishop: 1134 to 22 Apr 1152)
Juan † (Bishop: 1270 to 1271)
Juan , O.S.B. † (Bishop: Apr 1152 to Jul 1181)
Lope † (Bishop: 28 Jun 1390 to 1403)
Miguel † (Bishop: 8 Jun 1225 to 17 May 1270)
Ordo?o † (Bishop: 27 Aug 1218 to 1225)
Pedro † (Bishop: 1114 to 1133)