Diocese of Tui-Vigo
diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain
The Diocese of Tui-Vigo (Latin: Dioecesis Tudensis-Vicensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northwestern Spain. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela.
Its cathedral is Tui Cathedral, dedicated to Santa Maria, in the episcopal see of Tui. It also has a co-cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin and the Virgin Mary in Vigo: the Co-Cathedral of Santa María, Vigo.
Statistics
As of 2014, it pastorally served 533,800 Catholics (94.9% of 562,200 total) on 1,718 km2 in 275 parishes and 60 missions with 254 priests (195 diocesan, 59 religious), 2 deacons, 472 lay religious (102 brothers, 370 sisters) and 14 seminarians.
History
570: Established as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), on territory split off from its Metropolitan, the (now Portuguese) Archdiocese of Braga
1024: Suppressed, its territory being reassigned to the Diocese of Iria Flavia
1069: Restored as Diocese of Tui / Tuden(sis) (Latin), regaining its territory from above Diocese of Iria Flavia
1421: Lost territory to Diocese of Ceuta
1959.03.09: Renamed as Diocese of Tui–Vigo / Tuden(sis)–Vicen(sis) (Latin)
Episcopal ordinaries
Bishops of Tui (first bishopric)
very incomplete : first centuries unavailable
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Saint Viliulfo (952–1003)
Pelayo (?–?)
Alfonso (?–1022)
Suero Bermudez (1022 – see suppressed 1024)
Bishops of Tui (restored bishopric)
Saint (George =) Jorge (see restored 1069–1072)
Auderico (1072?–1098?)
Alfonso (1098?–1130)
Pelayo Meléndez (1130–1156)
Isidoro (1156–1167)
Juan (1168–1173)
Beltrán (1173–1187)
Pedro (1188–1205)
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Bernardo Guido, O.P. (26 August 1323 – 20 July 1324), next Bishop of Lodève)
Rodrigo Ibáñez (3 Sep 1326 – 1 March 1335 Died).
Gómez Manrique (bishop) (18 August 1348 – 8 June 1351 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
Juan de Cervantes (Nov 1430 – 1438 Resigned)
Rodrigo de Vergara (1446 – 6 Oct 1469 Appointed, Bishop of León)
Pedro Fernández de Solís (6 Oct 1469 – 15 June 1472 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz)
Diego de Muros, O. de M. (15 Jun 1472 – 1 Jun 1487 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
Pedro Beltrán (bishop) (1487–1505 Died)
Juan de Sepúlveda (27 June 1505 – 14 July 1514), next Bishop of Malta)
Martín Zurbano de Azpeitia (14 July 1514 – Oct 1516 Died)
Luis Martiano (4 Feb 1517 – 15 July 1521 Died)
Pedro Gómez Sarmiento de Villandrando (4 March 1523 – 26 Oct 1524), next Bishop of Badajoz)
Pedro González Manso (26 Oct 1524 – 3 July 1525), next Bishop of Badajoz)
Diego de Avellaneda (3 July 1525 – 1538 Died)
Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) (29 Jul 1538 – 29 Oct 1539), next Bishop of León)
Miguel Muñoz (bishop) (28 Jan 1540 – 12 April 1547 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Juan de San Millán (1 June 1547 – 28 July 1564), next Bishop of León)
Diego Torquemada (28 July 1564 – 26 Dec 1582 Died)
Bartolomé Molina (4 May 1583 – 30 Jan 1589 Died)
Bartolomé de la Plaza (bishop of Valladolid) (14 August 1589 – 18 Dec 1596), next Bishop of Valladolid)
Francisco de Tolosa, O.F.M. Obs.
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