Diocese of

Jerez de la Frontera

Spain

Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Jerez de la Frontera / Asidonia–Jerez / Assidonen(sis)–Ierezen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sevilla

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 10

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

600: Established as Diocese of Asidonia / Assidonen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Sevilla)
1145: Without ecclesiastical province
1146: Suppressed
1263.08.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Cádiz
1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Assidona (Italiano) / Assidonen(sis) (Latin)
1980.03.03: Restored as Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera / Asidonia–Jerez / Assidonen(sis)–Ierezen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla and Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta and became suffragan of Sevilla)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.09 – ...):

Bishop José Rico Pavés (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Jerez de la Frontera (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Rico Pavés (57)
(2021.06.09 – ...)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain)

Ut gaudium meum in vobis

Born:	1966.10.09 (Granada, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1992.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.09.21

Priest of Toledo (Spain) (1992.10.11 – 2012.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Mentesa (2012.07.06 – 2021.06.09)

Auxiliary Bishop of Getafe (Spain) (2012.07.06 – 2021.06.09)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2021.06.09 – ...)

Bishop José Mazuelos Pérez (63)
(2009.03.19 – 2020.07.06)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain)

Redemptor hominis Jesus Christus

Born:	1960.10.09 (Osuna, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1990.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.06

Priest of Sevilla (Spain) (1990.03.17 – 2009.03.19)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2009.03.19 – 2020.07.06)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (2020.07.06 – ...)

Archbishop Juan del Río Martín
(Apostolic Administrator 2008.06.30 – 2009.03.19)

Bishop Juan del Río Martín (later Archbishop)
(2000.06.29 – 2008.06.30)

Opus justitiæ pax

Born:	1947.10.14 (Ayamonte, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1974.02.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.09.23
Died:	2021.01.28 (Madrid, Spain † 73)

Priest of Sevilla (Spain) (1974.02.02 – 2000.06.29)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2000.06.29 – 2008.06.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (2008.06.30 – 2009.03.19)

Archbishop Military Ordinary of Spain (Spain) (2008.06.30 – 2021.01.28)

Bishop Rafael Bellido Caro
(1980.03.03 – 2000.06.29)

Servir al señor con alegría

Born:	1924.03.10 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1948.11.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.30
Died:	2004.03.16 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Mutia (1973.11.29 – 1980.03.03)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1973.11.29 – 1980.03.03)

Bishop of Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) (1980.03.03 – 2000.06.29)

Bishops of Asidonia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Innominado
(1145? – ?)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (1145? – ?)

Bishop Esteban
(1000? – ?)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (1000? – ?)

Bishop Miro
(862? – ?)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (862? – ?)

Bishop Geroncio
(690 – 693)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (690 – 693)

Bishop Teoderacio
(681 – 688)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (681 – 688)

Bishop Pimenio
(629 – 649)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (629 – 649)

Bishop Rufino
(610 – 619)

Bishop of Asidonia (Spain) (610 – 619)

Former Titular Bishops

Titular Bishop: Bishop Aldo Garzia (1975.10.07 – 1978.03.18)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Dante Bernini (1971.10.30 – 1975.07.10)
Titular Bishop: Bishop Edward Quentin Jennings (1969.09.18 – 1970.11.23)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestro Señor San Salvador, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Milagros Prioral, El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Minor Basilica: Basílica de Santa María de la Asunción, Arcos de la Frontera, Cádiz, Andalucía
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (93)

Huelva (↖), Sevilla (↑), Málaga (→), Cádiz y Ceuta (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 3,677 km²

Population: 462,000 Catholics (85.1% of 542,747 total)

Pastoral Centres: 85 parishes

Personnel: 150 priests (91 diocesan, 59 religious), 21 deacons, 373 religious (90 brothers, 283 sisters), 16 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2023.11.30

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