Diocese of Tortosa, Spain

Bishops of Tortosa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Javier Salinas Viñals (62)
(1997.09.05 – ...)

Born:	1948.01.23 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1974.06.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.09.06

Bishop of Ibiza (Spain) (1992.05.26 – 1997.09.05)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1997.09.05 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Lleida (Spain) (2007.03.08 – 2008.07.16)

Bishop Lluís Martínez Sistach (72) (later Cardinal)
(1991.05.17 – 1997.02.20)

Caritas Christi urget nos

Born:	1937.04.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1961.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.12.27
Created Cardinal:	2007.11.24

Titular Bishop of Algeciras (1987.11.06 – 1991.05.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1987.11.06 – 1991.05.17)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1991.05.17 – 1997.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1997.02.20 – 2004.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) (2004.06.15 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe (2007.11.24 [2008.01.20] – ...)

Bishop Ricardo María Carles Gordó (83) (later Cardinal)
(1969.06.06 – 1990.03.23)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1926.09.24 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.03
Created Cardinal:	1994.11.26

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1969.06.06 – 1990.03.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1990.03.23 – 2004.06.15)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino (1994.11.26 – ...)

Bishop Manuel Moll y Salord
(1943.11.18 – 1968.10.05)

Born:	1897.03.15 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1920.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.05.30
Died:	1972.03.23 († 75)

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis in Isauria (1936.06.25 – 1943.11.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1936.06.25 – 1943.11.18)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1943.11.18 – 1968.10.05)

Titular Bishop of Urbisaglia (1968.10.05 – 1972.03.23)

Bishop Félix Bilbao y Ugarriza
(1925.12.14 – 1943.11.18)

Born:	1873.05.18 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1897.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.12.27
Died:	1943.11.18 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Zaraï (1924.04.23 – 1925.12.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1924.04.23 – 1925.12.14)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1925.12.14 – 1943.11.18)

Bishop Pedro Rocamora y García
(1894.05.21 – 1925.01.20)

Born:

1832.02.11 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1894.05.21 – 1925.01.20)

Bishop Francisco Aznar y Pueyo
(1879.02.28 – 1893.06.29)

Born:

1821.05.29 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1879.02.28 – 1893.06.29)

Bishop José Raimundo Benito Villamitjana Vila (later Archbishop)
(1861.12.23 – 1879.02.28)

Born:

1812.10.04 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1861.12.23 – 1879.02.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1879.02.28 – 1888.09.03)

Bishop Miguel José Pratmans Llambés
(1859.09.26 – 1861.01.01)

Born:

1808.05.31 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1859.09.26 – 1861.01.01)

Bishop Gil Estévez y Tomás
(1857.09.25 – 1858.07.19)

Born:

1798.12.16 (Spain)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1848.07.03 – 1854.06.23)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1854.06.23 – 1857.09.25)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1857.09.25 – 1858.07.19)

Bishop Damián Gordo Sáez
(1848.07.03 – 1854.12.24)

Born:

1796.01.19 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1848.07.03 – 1854.12.24)

Bishop Víctor Damián Sáez y Sánchez Mayor
(1824.05.03 – 1839.02.03)

Born:

1776.04.12 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) ([1824.03.17] 1824.05.03 – 1839.02.03)

Bishop Manuel Ros Medrano
(1814.12.19 – 1821.09.23)

Born:

1756.09.12 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) ([1814.09.25] 1814.12.19 – 1821.09.23)

Bishop Antonio José Salinas Moreno, O.F.M.
(1790.03.29 – 1814.06.11)

Born:

1732.02.23 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1790.03.29 – 1814.06.11)

Bishop Victoriano López Gonzalo
(1786.07.24 – 1789.12.14)

Born:

1735.03.23 (Spain)

Bishop of Tlaxcala (Mexico) (1773.09.13 – 1786.07.24)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1786.07.24 – 1789.12.14)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1789.12.14 – 1805.11.21)

Archbishop Pedro Cortez y Larraz
(1779.12.13 – 1786)

Born:

1712.06.06 (Spain)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1766.06.02 – 1779.12.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1779.12.13 – 1786)

Bishop Bernardo Velarde Velarde (later Archbishop)
(1765.04.22 – 1779.03.01)

Born:

1719.12.22 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1765.04.22 – 1779.03.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1779.03.01 – 1782.06.12)

Bishop Luis García Mañero (later Archbishop)
(1759.11.19 – 1764.11.26)

Born:

1703.09.26 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1759.11.19 – 1764.11.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1764.11.26 – 1767.07.20)

Bishop Francisco Borrull Ramón
(1757.09.26 – 1768.08.05)

Born:

1695.10.12 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1757.09.26 – 1768.08.05)

Bishop Bartolomé Camacho Madueño
(1720.03.04 – 1757.04.01)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1720.03.04 – 1757.04.01)

Bishop Juan Miguélez Mendaña
(1714.09.17 – 1717.12.15)

Born:

1656 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1714.09.17 – 1717.12.15)

Bishop Silvestre García Escalona
(1702.02.06 – 1714.06.13)

Born:

1647 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1702.02.06 – 1714.06.13)

Bishop of Salamanca (Spain) (1714.06.13 – 1729.04.20)

Bishop Gregorio Parcero de Castro, O.S.B.
(1655.11.29 – 1663.12.17)

Born:

1566.03.12 (France)

Bishop of Perpignan – Elne (France) (1630.08.12 – 1633.12.19)

Bishop of Gerona (Spain) (1633.12.19 – 1655.11.29)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1655.11.29 – 1663.12.17)

Bishop Juan Bautista Verchi de Campania, O.F.M.
(1640.07.16 – 1653.10.06)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1640.07.16 – 1653.10.06)

Bishop of Pozzuoli (Italy) (1653.10.06 – 1663)

Bishop Justino Antolínez Burgos
(1627.07.07 – 1637.07.09)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1627.07.07 – 1637.07.09)

Cardinal Agustín Spínola Basadone
(1623.03.05 – 1626.09.07)

Born:	1597 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1621.01.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1623.06.24
Died:	1649.02.12 († 52)

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)

Bishop Luis Tena
(1616.08.03 – 1622.09.26)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1616.08.03 – 1622.09.26)

Bishop Alfonso Márquez de Prado
(1612.05.14 – 1616.07.18)

Born:

1557 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1612.05.14 – 1616.07.18)

Bishop of Cartagena (Spain) (1616.07.18 – 1618.07.09)

Bishop of Segovia (Spain) (1618.07.09 – 1621.11.07)

Bishop Isidoro Aliaga, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1611.06.13 – 1612.03.23)

Born:

1565.04.02 (Spain)

Bishop of Albarracin (Spain) (1608.10.10 – 1611.06.13)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1611.06.13 – 1612.03.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1612.03.23 – 1648.01.02)

Bishop Pedro Manrique, O.S.A. (later Archbishop)
(1601.02.12 – 1611.04.08)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1601.02.12 – 1611.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1611.04.08 – 1615.06.07)

Bishop Gaspar Punter
(1589.12.06 – 1600.05.13)

Born:

1540.06.12 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1589.12.06 – 1600.05.13)

Bishop Juan Bautista Cardona
(1587.03.18 – 1589.12.30)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Vic (Spain) (1584.07.04 – 1587.03.18)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1587.03.18 – 1589.12.30)

Bishop Juan Terés (later Archbishop)
(1586.04.14 – 1587.03.17)

Born:

(Spain)

Titular Bishop of Marocco (1575.02.04 – 1579.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1575.02.04 – 1579.05.22)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1579.05.22 – 1586.04.14)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1586.04.14 – 1587.03.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1587.03.17 – 1603.07.10)

Bishop Juan Izquierdo, O.P.
(1574.06.07 – 1585.09.30)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1574.06.07 – 1585.09.30)

Bishop Martín de Córdoba Mendoza, O.P.
(1560.07.17 – 1574.06.04)

Born:

1512.11.03 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1560.07.17 – 1574.06.04)

Bishop of Plasencia (Spain) (1574.06.04 – 1578.06.13)

Bishop of Córdoba (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1581.06.05)

Bishop Fernando de Loaces, O.P. (later Patriarch)
(1553.04.28 – 1560.04.26)

Born:

1483 (Spain)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1542.05.05 – 1543.08.06)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) (1543.08.06 – 1553.04.28)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1553.04.28 – 1560.04.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain) (1560.04.26 – 1567.04.28)

Titular Patriarch of Antioch (1566.02.18 – 1568.02.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) (1567.04.28 – 1568.02.29)

Bishop Jerónimo Requeséns
(1542.05.05 – 1548.11.21)

Bishop of Elne (France) (1537.07.23 – 1542.05.05)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1542.05.05 – 1548.11.21)

Bishop Antonio Calcena, O.F.M.
(1537.06.20 – 1539)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1537.06.20 – 1539)

Cardinal William III van Enckenvoirt
(1523.03.11 – 1529.10.01)

Born:	1464 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:
Created Cardinal:	1523.09.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1523.09.14
Died:	1534.07.19 († 70)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1523.03.11 – 1529.10.01)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1523.09.10 – 1534.07.19)

Bishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) (1529.10.01 – 1534.07.19)

Cardinal Adriaan Florenszoon Dedel (Pope Adrian VI)
(1516.08.18 – 1522.01.09)

Born:	1459.03.02 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1490.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1516
Created Cardinal:	1517.07.01
Elected Pope:	1522.01.09
Installed Pope:	1522.08.31
Died:	1523.09.14 († 64)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1516.08.18 – 1522.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1517.08? – 1522.01.09)

Pope of Roma (Italy) (1522.01.09 [1522.08.31] – 1523.09.14)

Bishop Luis Mercader Escolano, O. Cart.
(1513.05.20 – 1516.06.09)

Born:

1444 (Spain)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1513.05.20 – 1516.06.09)

Bishop Juan de Enguera, O.P.
(1512.10.01 – 1513)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Vic (Spain) (1505.12.19 – 1510.12.09)

Bishop of Lérida (Spain) (1510.12.09 – 1512.10.01)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1512.10.01 – 1513)

Pseudocardinal Otón de Moncada i de Luna
(1415.12.18 – 1473.02.20)

Born:	1390 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Created Cardinal:	1440.10.02
Died:	1473.02.20 († 83)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) [*] (1415.12.18 – 1473.02.20)

Pseudocardinal-Priest of S. Pudenziana [*] (1440.10.02 – 1473.02.20)

Bishop Francisco Clemente Pérez Capera (later Archbishop)
(1406 – 1410)

Born:

(Spain)

Bishop of Mallorca (Spain) (1403 – 1405.03.08)

Bishop of Tarazona (Spain) (1405.03.08 – 1407.06.20)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1406 – 1410)

Bishop of Barcelona (Spain) (1410 – 1415.11.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1415.11.13 – 1419.06.07)

Apostolic Administrator of Barcelona (Spain) (1419.06.07 – 1429.11.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain) (1429.11.21 – 1430)

Bishop Jerónimo de Aragón (later Pseudocardinal)
(1362.01.10 – 1369.03.05)

Born:	1341 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:	1362?
Created Cardinal:	1387.01
Died:	1396.05.30 († 55)

Bishop of Tortosa (Spain) (1362.01.10 – 1369.03.05)

Bishop of Valencia (Spain) (1369.03.05 – 1396.05.30)

Pseudocardinal-Priest of S. Clemente [*] (1389.02 – 1396.05.30)

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