Diocese of Vitoria

The Diocese of Vitoria () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos in Spain.

History

• September 8, 1861: Established as Diocese of Vitoria from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Burgos, Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada and Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela

Special churches

• Former Cathedral:
• Catedral vieja de Santa María, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco
• Minor Basilica:
• BVM, Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco

Leadership

• Bishops of Vitoria (Roman rite)
• Bishop Juan Carlos Elizalde Espinal, (2016.01.08 – Present)
• Bishop Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, S.D.B. (1995.09.08 - 2016.01.08)
• Bishop José María Larrauri Lafuente (1979.02.16 – 1995.09.08)
• Bishop Francisco Peralta y Ballabriga (1955.01.10 – 1978.07.10)
• Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)
• Archbishop Carmelo Ballester y Nieto, C.M. (1943.06.10 – 1948.10.09)
• Bishop Mateo Múgica y Urrestarazu (1928.03.10 – 1937.10.12)
• Archbishop Zacarías Martínez Núñez, O.S.A. (1922.12.14 – 1927.12.02)
• Patriarch Leopoldo Eijo y Garay (1917.03.22 – 1922.12.14)
• Archbishop Prudencio Melo y Alcalde (1913.07.18 – 1916.12.04)
• Archbishop José Cadena y Eleta (1904.11.14 – 1913.07.18)
• Bishop Ramón Fernández Piérola y Lopez de Luzuriaca (1889.12.30 – 1904.01.25)
• Archbishop Mariano Miguel Gómez Alguacil y Fernández (1880.12.16 – 1889.12.30)
• Cardinal Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (1876.12.18 – 1880.06)
• Bishop Diego Mariano Alguacil Rodríguez (1861.12.23 – 1876.12.18)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Spain

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website