Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Sevilla

Spain Spain

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Continent: West Europe

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Sevilla (español) / Seville (English) / Siviglia (Italiano) / Hispalen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Cádiz y Ceuta, Córdoba, Huelva, Islas Canarias, Jerez de la Frontera, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: March 11

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2021.04.17 – ...):Archbishop Josep Ángel Sáiz Meneses (67)Archbishop Josep Ángel Sáiz Meneses (67)
Auxiliary Bishop (2023.04.01 – ...):Bishop Teodoro León Muñoz (59)Bishop Teodoro León Muñoz (59)

Titular Bishop of Mentesa

Auxiliary Bishop (2023.04.01 – ...):Bishop Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez (49)Bishop Ramón Darío Valdivia Jiménez (49)

Titular Bishop of Egabro

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sevilla (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Josep Ángel Sáiz Meneses (67)Archbishop Josep Ángel Sáiz Meneses (67)
(2021.04.17 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain)

Duc in altum

Born:1956.08.02 (Sisante, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1984.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:2001.12.15

Priest of Barcelona (Spain) (1984.07.05 – 2001.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Selemselæ (2001.10.30 – 2004.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (2001.10.30 – 2004.06.15)

Bishop of Terrassa (Spain) (2004.06.15 – 2021.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (2021.04.17 – ...)

Archbishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina (78)Archbishop Juan José Asenjo Pelegrina (78)
(2009.11.05 – 2021.04.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla (Spain)

Ex alto

Born:1945.10.15 (Sigüenza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1969.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:1997.04.20

Priest of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain) (1969.09.21 – 1997.02.27)

Titular Bishop of Iziriana (1997.02.27 – 2003.07.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo (Spain) (1997.02.27 – 2003.07.28)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1998 – 2003.06.18)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (2003.07.28 – 2008.11.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (2008.11.13 – 2009.11.05)

Apostolic Administrator of Córdoba (Spain) (2008.11.13 – 2010.02.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (2009.11.05 – 2021.04.17)

Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M.
(1982.05.22 – 2009.11.05)

Gratia et pax

Born:1934.08.23 (Medina de Rioseco, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1960.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1974.04.28
Created Cardinal:2003.10.21
Died:2022.04.27 (Guadalajara, Spain † 87)

Archbishop of Tánger (Morocco) (1973.12.17 – 1982.05.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1982.05.22 – 2009.11.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli (2003.10.21 [2004.04.27] – 2022.04.27)

Cardinal José María Bueno y Monreal
(1957.04.08 – 1982.05.22)

Opus justitiæ pax

Born:1904.09.11 (Zaragoza, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1927.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1946.03.19
Created Cardinal:1958.12.15
Died:1987.08.20 (Pamplona, Spain † 82)

Bishop of Jaca (Spain) (1945.12.01 – 1950.05.13)

Bishop of Vitoria (Spain) (1950.05.13 – 1954.10.27)

Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia (1954.10.27 – 1957.04.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1954.10.27 – 1957.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1957.04.08 – 1982.05.22)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title (1959.03.12 – 1987.08.20)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Spain (1972 – 1978)

Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sáenz
(1937.09.14 – 1957.04.08)

Solo virtud es nobleza

Born:1880.12.04 (Carazo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1906.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:1916.06.13
Created Cardinal:1927.12.19
Died:1957.04.08 (Madrid, Spain † 76)

Titular Bishop of Apollonia (1916.03.14 – 1920.07.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1916.03.14 – 1920.07.10)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1920.07.10 – 1926.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1926.12.20 – 1927.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1927.12.19 – 1931.09.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Trastevere (1929.10.28 – 1957.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1937.09.14 – 1957.04.08)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1954.08.30 – 1957.04.08)

Cardinal Eustaquio Ilundain y Esteban
(1920.12.16 – 1937.08.10)

Omnia honeste et secundum ordinem flavit

Born:1862.09.20 (Pamplona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1886
Consecrated Bishop:1905.03.13
Created Cardinal:1925.03.30
Died:1937.08.10 (Sevilla, Spain † 74)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1904.11.14 – 1920.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1920.12.16 – 1937.08.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1925.12.17 – 1937.08.10)

Cardinal Enrique Almaraz y Santos
(1907.04.18 – 1920.12.16)

Bonus pastor animam dat pro ovibus suis

Born:1847.09.22 (La Vellés, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1893.04.16
Created Cardinal:1911.11.27
Died:1922.01.22 (Madrid, Spain † 74)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1893.01.18 – 1907.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1907.04.18 – 1920.12.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Montorio (1912.12.02 – 1922.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1920.12.16 – 1922.01.22)

Archbishop Salvador Castellote y Pinazo
(1906.12.06 – 1906.12.23)

Born:1846.03.10 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1896.10.04
Died:1906.12.23 († 60)

Bishop of Menorca (Spain) (1896.06.25 – 1901.12.26)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1901.12.26 – 1906.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1906.12.06 – 1906.12.23)

Blessed Cardinal Marcelo Spínola y Maestre
(1895.12.02 – 1906.01.19)

Omni possum in eo

Born:1835.01.14 (San Fernando, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1864.05.02
Consecrated Bishop:1881.02.06
Created Cardinal:1905.12.11
Died:1906.01.19 (Sevilla, Spain † 71)
Beatified:1987.03.29

Titular Bishop of Milos (Greece) (1880.12.16 – 1884.11.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1880.12.16 – 1884.11.10)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1884.11.10 – 1886.06.10)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1886.06.10 – 1895.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1895.12.02 – 1906.01.19)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1905.12.11 – 1906.01.19)

Cardinal. Founder of the Congregation of the Conceptionist Sisters of the Divine Heart.

Cardinal Benito Sanz y Forés
(1889.12.30 – 1895.11.01)

Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea

Born:1828.03.21 (Gandía, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1852
Consecrated Bishop:1868.06.22
Created Cardinal:1893.01.16
Died:1895.11.01 (Madrid, Spain † 67)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1868.06.22 – 1881.11.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1881.11.18 – 1889.12.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1889.12.30 – 1895.11.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1893.06.15 – 1895.11.01)

Cardinal Ceferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P.
(1886.01.15 – 1889.11.28)

Born:1831.01.28 (Villoria, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1854
Consecrated Bishop:1875.10.24
Created Cardinal:1884.11.10
Died:1894.11.29 (Madrid, Spain † 63)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1874.06.16 – 1875.06.21)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1875.07.05 – 1883.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1885.03.27 – 1886.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1885.03.27 – 1886.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1886.01.15 – 1889.11.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1887.03.17 – 1894.11.29)

Archbishop Bienvenudo Monzon y Martin
(1885.03.27 – 1885.08.10)

Born:1820.12.14 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1862.05.25
Died:1885.08.10 († 64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1862.04.07 – 1866.06.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1866.06.08 – 1885.03.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1885.03.27 – 1885.08.10)

Cardinal Ceferino González y Díaz Tuñón, O.P.
(1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Born:1831.01.28 (Villoria, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1854
Consecrated Bishop:1875.10.24
Created Cardinal:1884.11.10
Died:1894.11.29 (Madrid, Spain † 63)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1874.06.16 – 1875.06.21)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1875.07.05 – 1883.03.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1883.03.15 – 1885.03.27)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1885.03.27 – 1886.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1885.03.27 – 1886.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1886.01.15 – 1889.11.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria sopra Minerva (1887.03.17 – 1894.11.29)

Cardinal Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, O.C.D.
(1877.06.22 – 1882.09.24)

In fide et lenitate

Born:1816.02.22 (Manresa, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1838
Consecrated Bishop:1858.12.12
Created Cardinal:1882.03.27
Died:1882.09.24 (Umbrete, Spain † 66)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1858.09.22 – 1868.03.13)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1868.03.13 – 1874.01.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spain) (1868.03.13 – 1874.01.16)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1874.01.16 – 1877.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1877.06.22 – 1882.09.24)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1882.03.27 – 1882.09.24)

Cardinal Luis de la Lastra y Cuesta
(1863.03.16 – 1876.05.05)

Deus noster refugium et virtus

Born:1803.12.01 (Cubas, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1828.12
Consecrated Bishop:1852.06.20
Created Cardinal:1863.03.16
Died:1876.05.05 (Sevilla, Spain † 72)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1852.03.18 – 1857.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valladolid (Spain) (1857.08.03 – 1863.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1863.03.16 – 1876.05.05)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli (1867.07.12 – 1876.05.05)

Cardinal Manuel Joaquín Tarancón y Morón
(1857.08.03 – 1862.08.25)

In omnibus caritas

Born:1782.03.20 (Covarrubias, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1848.01.02
Created Cardinal:1858.03.15
Died:1862.08.25 (Sevilla, Spain † 80)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1847.10.04 – 1857.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1857.08.03 – 1862.08.25)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1858.03.15 – 1862.08.25)

Cardinal Judas José Romo y Gamboa
(1847.12.17 – 1855.01.11)

Born:1779.01.07 (Cañízar, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1834.05.01
Created Cardinal:1850.09.30
Died:1855.01.11 (Sevilla, Spain † 76)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1834.01.20 – 1847.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1847.12.17 – 1855.01.11)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1850.09.30 – 1855.01.11)

Cardinal Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos
(1824.12.20 – 1847.06.21)

Born:1776.03.14 (Oviedo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1819.02.21
Created Cardinal:1826.03.13
Died:1847.06.21 (Alicante, Spain † 71)

Bishop of Cádiz (Spain) (1819.06.04 – 1824.12.20)

Bishop of Algeciras (1819.06.04 – 1824.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1824.12.20 – 1847.06.21)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria del Popolo (1831.02.28 – 1847.06.21)

Apostolic Administrator of Guadix–Baza (Spain) (1840 – 1847.06.21)

Archbishop Romualdo Antonio Mon Velarde
(1816.09.23 – 1819.12.16)

Born:1749.03.04 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1804.04.08
Died:1819.12.16 († 70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1803.09.26 – 1816.09.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1816.09.23 – 1819.12.16)

Cardinal Luis María de Borbón y Vallábriga
(Apostolic Administrator 1800.12.22 – 1814.12.19)

Cardinal Luis María de Borbón y Vallábriga
(1799.03.15 – 1800.12.22)

Born:1777.05.22 (Cadalso de los Vidrios, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1799.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:1799.06.02
Created Cardinal:1800.10.20
Died:1823.03.19 (Madrid, Spain † 45)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1799.03.15 – 1800.12.22)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Scala pro hac vice Title (1800.10.20 – 1823.03.19)

Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1800.12.22 – 1814.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1800.12.22 – 1814.12.29)

Protopriest of Sacred College of Cardinals (1818.09.20 – 1823.03.19)

Archbishop Antonio Despuig y Dameto (later Cardinal)
(1795.12.18 – 1799.01.13)

Born:1745.03.30 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1774.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:1791.09.29
Created Cardinal:1803.07.11
Died:1813.05.02 (Lucca, Italy † 68)

Bishop of Orihuela (Spain) (1791.09.26 – 1795.06.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) ([1794.02.01] 1795.06.01 – 1795.12.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1795.12.18 – 1799.01.13)

Patriarch of Antioch (1799.01.13 – 1803.07.11)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1803.09.26 – 1813.05.02)

Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (1803.12.28 – 1813.05.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of the Vicariate of Rome of Roma (Italy) (1808.03.26 – 1809.11.11)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1810 – 1813.05.02)

Archbishop Alfonso Marcos Llanes
(1783.12.15 – 1795.01.07)

Born:1732.04.24 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1774.08.28
Died:1795.01.07 († 62)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1774.06.06 – 1783.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1783.12.15 – 1795.01.07)

Cardinal Francisco Javier Delgado y Venegas
(1776.05.20 – 1781.12.10)

Born:1714.12.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1761.07.26
Created Cardinal:1778.06.01
Died:1781.12.10 († 66)

Bishop of Islas Canarias (Spain) (1761.05.25 – 1768.12.19)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1768.12.19 – 1776.05.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1776.05.20 – 1781.12.10)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1778.03.30 – 1781.12.10)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1778.06.01 – 1781.12.10)

Cardinal Francisco de Solís Folch de Cardona
(1755.11.17 – 1775.03.21)

Born:1713.02.16 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1749.03.16
Created Cardinal:1756.04.05
Died:1775.03.21 († 62)

Titular Archbishop of Traianopolis (1749.01.20 – 1752.09.25)

Archbishop-Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1752.09.25 – 1755.11.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1755.11.17 – 1775.03.21)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1769.06.26 – 1775.03.21)

Cardinal Luis Antonio Jaime de Borbón y Farnesio
(Apostolic Administrator 1741.09.19 – 1754.12.18)

Archbishop Luis Salcedo Azcona
(1722.10.07 – 1739.05.03)

Born:1667.12.09 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1713.08.20
Died:1739.05.03 († 71)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1713.05.22 – 1716.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1716.07.01 – 1722.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1722.10.07 – 1739.05.03)

Archbishop Felipe Antonio Gil Taboada
(1720.03.04 – 1722.04.29)

Born:1655.05.01 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1715.09.16
Died:1722.04.29 († 66)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1715.07.05 – 1720.03.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1720.03.04 – 1722.04.29)

Cardinal Manuel Arias y Porres
(1702.04.03 – 1717.11.16)

Born:1638.11.01 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1702.05.28
Created Cardinal in pectore:1712.05.18
Revealed as Cardinal:1713.01.30
Died:1717.11.16 († 79)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1702.04.03 – 1717.11.16)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1713.01.30 – 1717.11.16)

Archbishop Jaime de Palafox y Cardona
(1684.11.13 – 1701.12.03)

Born:1642.12.13 (Spain)
Died:1701.12.03 († 58)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Palermo (Italy) (1677.11.08 – 1684.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1684.11.13 – 1701.12.03)

Archbishop Ambrosio Ignacio Spínola y Guzmán
(1668.10.07 – 1684.05.24)

Born:1632.01.07 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1655
Died:1684.05.24 († 52)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1665 – 1667.04.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1667.04.09 – 1668.05.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1668.05.14 – 1668.10.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1668.10.07 – 1684.05.24)

Archbishop Antonio Paiño Sevilla
(1663.06.04 – 1669.05.25)

Born:1599.09.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1643.10.04
Died:1669.05.25 († 69)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1643.07.13 – 1653.08.18)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1653.08.18 – 1658.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Burgos (Spain) (1658.02.25 – 1663.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1663.06.04 – 1669.05.25)

Archbishop Pedro de Urbina de Montoya, O.F.M.
(1658.05.29 – 1663.02.06)

Born:1585.08.12 (Spain)
Died:1663.02.06 († 77)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1644.09.11 – 1649.06.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1649.06.28 – 1658.05.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1658.05.29 – 1663.02.06)

Archbishop Pedro de Tapia, O.P.
(1652.09.23 – 1657.08.25)

Born:1582.03 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1641.07.25
Died:1657.08.25 († 75)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1641.01.07 – 1645.04.24)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1645.04.24 – 1649.08.23)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1649.08.23 – 1652.09.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1652.09.23 – 1657.08.25)

Cardinal Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga, O.P.
(1649.07.19 – 1652.12.02)

Born:1584.10.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1631.05.25
Created Cardinal:1652.02.19
Died:1653.12.02 († 69)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1630.10.02 – 1633.07.18)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1633.07.18 – 1649.07.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1649.07.19 – 1652.12.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1653.06.23 – 1653.12.02)

Cardinal Agustín Spínola Basadone
(1645.01.16 – 1649.02.12)

Born:1597 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1621.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:1623.06.24
Died:1649.02.12 († 51)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1623.03.05 – 1626.09.07)

Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Cosma e Damiano (1623.12.18 – 1631.03.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1626.09.07 – 1630.10.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1630.10.23 – 1645.01.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Bartolomeo all’Isola (1631.03.24 – 1649.02.12)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1632.01.10 – 1633.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1645.01.16 – 1649.02.12)

Cardinal Gaspar Borja y Velasco
(1632.01.19 – 1645.01.16)

Born:1580.06.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1611.08.17
Consecrated Bishop:1630.09.15
Died:1645.12.28 († 65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1612.12.10 – 1616.10.17)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme (1616.10.17 – 1630.07.15)

Camerlengo of Sacred College of Cardinals (1627.01.27 – 1628.01.10)

Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (1630.07.15 – 1645.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1632.01.19 – 1645.01.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1645.01.16 – 1645.12.28)

Cardinal Diego de Guzmán Haros
(1625.09.15 – 1631.01.21)

Born:1566 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1616
Created Cardinal in pectore:1629.11.19
Revealed as Cardinal:1630.07.15
Died:1631.01.21 († 64)

Patriarch of Indias Occidentales (1616.03.14 – 1625.09.15)

Titular Archbishop of Tyrus (1616.04.18 – 1625.09.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1625.09.15 – 1631.01.21)

Cardinal-Priest with no Title assigned (1630.07.15 – 1631.01.21)

Archbishop Luis Fernández de Córdoba
(1624.03.11 – 1625.06.26)

Born:1555.02 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1603.02.09
Died:1625.06.26 († 70)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1602.11.20 – 1615.02.09)

Bishop of Málaga (Spain) (1615.02.09 – 1622.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1622.10.26 – 1624.03.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1624.03.11 – 1625.06.26)

Archbishop Pedro Castro y Quiñones
(1610.07.05 – 1623.12.20)

Born:1534.05.14 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1590.05.18
Died:1623.12.20 († 89)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1589.12.06 – 1610.07.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1610.07.05 – 1623.12.20)

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara
(1601.04.30 – 1609.01.08)

Born:1541 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:1596.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:1599.10.10
Died:1609.01.08 († 67)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Biagio dell’Anello (1597.04.21 – 1599.01.08)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Martino ai Monti (1599.01.08 – 1609.01.08)

Titular Archbishop of Philippi (1599.09.27 – 1601.04.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1601.04.30 – 1609.01.08)

Cardinal Rodrigo de Castro Osorio
(1581.10.20 – 1600.09.18)

Born:1523.03.05 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1559
Consecrated Bishop:1574.11.07
Created Cardinal:1583.12.12
Died:1600.09.18 († 77)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1574.08.30 – 1578.06.13)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1581.10.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1581.10.20 – 1600.09.18)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1585.05.20 – 1600.09.18)

Archbishop Cristóbal Rojas Sandoval
(1571.05.18 – 1580.09.22)

Born:1502.06.26 (Spain)
Died:1580.09.22 († 78)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1546.10.08 – 1556.05.04)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1556.05.04 – 1562.05.27)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1562.05.27 – 1571.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1571.05.18 – 1580.09.22)

Cardinal Gaspar de Zúñiga y Avellaneda
(1569.06.22 – 1571.01.02)

Born:1507 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1550
Created Cardinal:1570.05.17
Died:1571.01.02 († 63)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1550.06.27 – 1558.10.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1558.10.21 – 1569.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1569.06.22 – 1571.01.02)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Barbara (1570.06.16 – 1571.01.02)

Archbishop Fernando Valdés
(1546.08.27 – 1566.12.09)

Born:1483 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1529.10.18
Died:1566.12.09 († 82)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1529.05.24 – 1530.01.12)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1530.01.12 – 1532.07.01)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1532.07.01 – 1539.05.30)

Bishop of León (Spain) (1539.05.30 – 1539.10.29)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1539.10.29 – 1546.08.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1546.08.27 – 1566.12.09)

Cardinal García Loaysa y Mendoza, O.P.
(1539.05.21 – 1546.04.22)

Born:1478 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1524.09.29
Created Cardinal:1530.03.09
Died:1546.04.22 († 67)

Master of the Order of Order of Preachers (Dominicans) (1518.05.23 – 1524.06.08)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1524.06.08 – 1532.02.23)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1530.05.16 – 1546.04.22)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1532.02.23 – 1539.05.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1539.05.21 – 1546.04.22)

Cardinal Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Solís
(1523.08.31 – 1538.09.28)

Born:1471? (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1499?
Created Cardinal:1531.02.22
Died:1538.09.28 († 66)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1499.09.06 – 1516.08.18)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1516.08.18 – 1523.08.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1523.08.31 – 1538.09.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Callisto (1531.04.17 – 1532.07.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (1532.07.12 – 1538.09.28)

Archbishop Diego de Deza, O.P.
(1504 – 1523.06.09)

Born:1443 (Spain)
Died:1523.06.09 († 79)

Bishop of Zamora (Spain) (1487 – 1494)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1494 – 1498)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1498 – 1500)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1500 – 1504)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1504 – 1523.06.09)

Cardinal Juan Zúñiga y Pimentel
(1503.05.05 – 1504.07.26)

Born:1465 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1503?
Created Cardinal in pectore:1503.11.29
Revealed as Cardinal:1503.12.04
Died:1504.07.26 († 38)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1503.05.05 – 1504.07.26)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo (1503.12.06 – 1504.07.26)

Cardinal Diego Hurtado de Mendoza
(1485.08.26 – 1502.10.14)

Born:1444 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal in pectore:1500.03.20
Revealed as Cardinal:1500.10.02
Died:1502.10.14 († 57)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1470.02.13 – 1485.08.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1485.08.26 – 1502.10.14)

Patriarch of Alexandria (1500.10.05 – 1502.10.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sabina (1500.10.05 – 1502.10.14)

Archbishop Rodrigo de Borja y Escrivá
(1485 – 1485)

Born: (Spain)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1485 – 1485)

Archbishop Iñigo Manrique de Lara
(1483.01.15 – 1485.04)

Born: (Spain)
Died:1496

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1444 – 1457)

Bishop of Coria (Spain) (1457 – 1475)

Bishop of Jaén (Spain) (1475 – 1483.01.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1483.01.15 – 1485.04)

Archbishop-Bishop of León (Spain) (1484 – 1485)

Archbishop-Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1485 – 1496)

Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza
(Apostolic Administrator 1474.05.09 – 1482.11.13)

Cardinal Pietro Riario, O.F.M.
(Apostolic Administrator 1473.06.25 – 1474.01.03)

Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
(1464 – 1473)

Born:1418
Died:1473 († 55)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1445 – 1454.02.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1454.02.04 – 1460.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1460.12.03 – 1464)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1464 – 1473)

Fr. Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo (later Patriarch)
(Apostolic Administrator 1460 – 1464)

Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca y Acevedo
(1454.02.04 – 1460.12.03)

(see above)

Cardinal Juan de Cervantes
(Apostolic Administrator 1449.04.07 – 1453.11.25)

Archbishop García Enríquez Osorio
(1442 – 1448)

Born: (Spain)

Bishop of Oviedo (Spain) (1441 – 1442)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1442 – 1448)

Archbishop Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo
(1439 – 1442.06.18)

Born:1376 (Spain)
Died:1446.03.04 († 69)

Bishop of Palencia (Spain) (1426 – 1439)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1439 – 1442.06.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1442.06.18 – 1446.03.04)

Archbishop Diego de Anaya Maldonado
(1435 – 1437.09.26)

Born:1357 (Spain)
Died:1437 († 80)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1384.07.20 – 1390.06.28)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1390.06.28 – 1392.10.16)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1392.10.16 – 1408)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1408 – 1418)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1418 – 1420)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1423 – 1431)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1435 – 1437.09.26)

Archbishop Juan de Cerezuela y Luna
(1433 – 1434.11.08)

Born: (Spain)
Died:1442.02.03

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1422 – 1433)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1433 – 1434.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (1434.11.08 – 1442.02.03)

Archbishop Lope de Olmedo
(Apostolic Administrator 1432 – 1432)

Archbishop Diego de Anaya Maldonado
(1423 – 1431)

Born:1357 (Spain)
Died:1437 († 80)

Bishop of Tui (Spain) (1384.07.20 – 1390.06.28)

Bishop of Ourense (Spain) (1390.06.28 – 1392.10.16)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1392.10.16 – 1408)

Bishop of Cuenca (Spain) (1408 – 1418)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1418 – 1420)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1423 – 1431)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1435 – 1437.09.26)

Archbishop Diego de Anaya Maldonado
(1418 – 1420)

(see above)

Archbishop Alfonso de Egea
(Apostolic Administrator 1408 – 1417)

Archbishop Alfonso de Egea
(1403 – 1408)

Born: (Spain)

Bishop of Ávila (Spain) (1395 – 1403)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1403 – 1408)

Apostolic Administrator of Sevilla (Spain) (1408 – 1417)

Archbishop Pedro Gómez Álvarez de Albornoz
(1394 – 1401)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1394 – 1401)

Archbishop Gonzalo de Mena y Roelas
(1394 – 1401)

Born: (Spain)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1394 – 1401)

Archbishop Fernando Álvarez de Albornoz
(1371 – 1390)

Died:1390

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1371 – 1390)

Archbishop Pedro Gómez Barroso (later Cardinal)
(1369.06.04 – 1371.05.30)

Born:1320? (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1348?
Created Cardinal:1371.05.30
Died:1374.06.02 († 53)

Bishop of Sigüenza (Spain) (1348.08.14 – 1358.08.25)

Bishop of Coimbra (Portugal) (1358.08.25 – 1364.07.23)

Bishop of Lisboa (Portugal) (1364.07.23 – 1369.06.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1369.06.04 – 1371.05.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Prassede (1371.05.30 – 1374.06.02)

Archbishop Alfonso Fernando de Toledo y Vargas, O.E.S.A.
(1363.10.13 – 1366)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1353.02.13 – 1354.10.25)

Bishop of Osma (Spain) (1354.10.25 – 1363.10.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1363.10.13 – 1366)

Archbishop Nuño de Fuentes
(1349 – 1361)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1349 – 1361)

Archbishop Juan Sánchez
(1323 – 1348.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1323 – 1348.11.26)

Archbishop Fernando Gutiérrez Tello
(1303 – 1323)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1303 – 1323)

Archbishop Juan Almoravid
(1300 – 1302.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1300 – 1302.10.05)

Archbishop Sancho González
(1295 – 1299)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1294 – 1295)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1295 – 1299)

Archbishop Gonzalo
(1295 – 1295)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1295 – 1295)

Archbishop Sancho González
(1294 – 1295)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1294 – 1295)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1295 – 1299)

Archbishop García Gutiérrez
(1289 – 1294)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1289 – 1294)

Archbishop Fernando Pérez
(1286 – 1289)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1286 – 1289)

Archbishop Raimundo de Losana
(1259 – 1286)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1249 – 1259)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1259 – 1286)

Archbishop Felipe
(1251 – 1258)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1251 – 1258)

Archbishop Clemente
(1144? – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (1144? – ?)

Archbishop Recafredo
(850 – 860?)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (839? – 850)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (850 – 860?)

Archbishop Félix
(688 – 693.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (688 – 693.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) (693.05.02 – 700?)

Archbishop Floresindo
(682 – 688?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (682 – 688?)

Archbishop Julián
(? – 682?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (? – 682?)

Archbishop Bracario
(? – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (? – ?)

Archbishop Fugitivo
(656 – ?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (656 – ?)

Archbishop Antonio
(641? – 655?)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (641? – 655?)

Archbishop Honorato
(636.05.12 – 641.11.12)

Died:641.11.12

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (636.05.12 – 641.11.12)

Saint Archbishop Isidoro (Isidore of Seville)
(600 – 636.04.04)

Born:560? (Cartagena, Spain)
Died:636.04.04 (Sevilla, Spain † 75)
Proclaimed Doctor of the Church:1722.04.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (600 – 636.04.04)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Leandro, Saint Fulgencio and Saint Florentina de Cartagena. Doctor of the Church.

Saint Archbishop Leandro
(579 – 600.03.13)

Born:534? (Cartagena, Spain)
Died:600.03.13 (Sevilla, Spain † 65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (579 – 600.03.13)

Archbishop. Brother of Saint Isidore of Seville, Saint Fulgencio and Saint Florentina de Cartagena.

Saint Archbishop Laureano
(522 – 539)

Born:480? (Panonia, Spain)
Died:546.07.04 🩸 (Bourges, France † 65)
Canonised:1297 (equipollently)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sevilla (Spain) (522 – 539)

Archbishop. Martyr.

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (282)

Huelva (←), Mérida–Badajoz (↑), Córdoba (↗), Málaga (↘), Jerez de la Frontera (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 14,036 km²

Population: 1,914,922 Catholics (97.8% of 1,958,922 total)

Pastoral Centres: 264 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 615 priests (419 diocesan, 196 religious), 63 deacons, 1,709 religious (278 brothers, 1,431 sisters), 54 seminarians

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