Diocese of Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.04.01 – ...):

Bishop-elect Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Alcalá de Henares (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Antonio Prieto Lucena (49)
(2023.04.01 – ...)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Born:	1974.01.13 (La Rambla, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	2000.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.06.10

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (2023.04.01 – ...)

Bishop Jesús Vidal Chamorro (48)
(Apostolic Administrator 2022.09.21 – 2023.04.01)

Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Plá (75)
(2009.03.07 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop emeritus of Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Monstra te esse matrem

Born:	1947.07.07 (Cocentaina, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1971.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.04.14

Bishop of Segorbe–Castellón de la Plana (Spain) (1996.02.22 – 2005.09.24)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (2005.09.24 – 2009.03.07)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (2009.03.07 – 2022.09.21)

Bishop Jesús Esteban Catalá Ibáñez (73)
(1999.04.27 – 2008.10.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain)

Ut unum sint

Born:	1949.12.22 (Villamarchante, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.05.11

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1996.03.25 – 1999.04.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1996.03.25 – 1999.04.27)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1999.04.27 – 2008.10.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (2008.10.10 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Ureña Pastor (78) (later Archbishop)
(1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Zaragoza (Spain)

Testis spei Christi

Born:	1945.03.04 (Albaida, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.09.11

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1988.07.08 – 1991.07.23)

Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain) (1991.07.23 – 1998.07.01)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1998.07.01 – 2005.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (2005.04.02 – 2014.11.12)

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Statistics

Area: 2,583 km²

Population: 736,241 Catholics (87.1% of 845,700 total) (2020)

Statistics: 93 parishes, 32 missions, 209 priests (148 diocesan, 61 religious), 4 deacons, 272 lay religious (92 brothers, 180 sisters), 73 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 13

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History

400: Established as Diocese of Complutum / Compluten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Toledo)
711: Renamed as Diocese of Complutum / Al-Kalaga
1099.05.04: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo)
1991.07.23: Restored as Diocese of Alcalá de Henares / Compluten(sis) (Latin) (from Archdiocese of Madrid and became suffragan of Madrid)

Diocese of

Alcalá de Henares

Spain