C�rdoba (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Jes�s Fern�ndez Gonz�lez, Bishop
Demetrio Fern�ndez Gonz�lez, Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
Erected: 3rd Century
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville}
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Spain
Square Kilometers: 13,717 (5,298 Square Miles)
Official Web Site: https://www.diocesisdecordoba.es
Mailing Address: Calle Torrijos 12, 14003 Cordoba, Espana
Telephone: 957.49.64.74
Fax: 957.49.64.75

Past and Present Ordinaries

Lope Fitero † ( 1237 Appointed - 10 Jun 1245 Died)
Gutierrez Ruiz Doclea † (23 Mar 1246 Appointed - 6 Feb 1249 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Pedro Y��ez (or Ib��ez) † ( 1249 Appointed - 1251 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo)
Lope P�rez † (5 Mar 1252 Appointed - 1257 Resigned)
Fernando de Mesa † (8 Dec 1257 Appointed - 17 Nov 1274 Died)
Pascual † ( 1274 Appointed - 1292 Died)
Gil Dom�nguez † (15 Nov 1294 Appointed - 1299 Died)
Fernando Guti�rrez † (13 Jun 1300 Appointed - 11 Apr 1326 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Gutierre Ruiz de Mesa (T�llez) † (11 Apr 1326 Appointed - 28 Feb 1336 Died)
Juan P�rez † (20 Mar 1336 Appointed - Jul 1346 Died)
Fernando N��ez de Cabrera † (11 Dec 1346 Appointed - 15 Feb 1350 Died)
Mart�n Jim�nez Argote † (21 May 1350 Appointed - 14 Dec 1362 Died)
Andr�s Perez Navarro † (22 Mar 1363 Appointed - 14 Sep 1372 Died)
Alfonso de Vargas † (11 Nov 1372 Appointed - 7 Jan 1379 Died)
Garsias Men�ndez, O.F.M. † ( 1378 Appointed - 11 Feb 1393 Appointed, Bishop of Bayonne)
Fernando Gonz�lez Deza † (20 Sep 1398 Appointed - 1425 Died)
Gonzalo Venegas † (10 Jul 1427 Appointed - 1439 Died)
Sancho de Rojas † (6 Apr 1440 Appointed - 15 Jun 1454 Died)
Gonzalo de Illescas, O.S.H. † (16 Aug 1454 Appointed - 1465 Died)
Pedro de Cordoba y Solier † (14 Jun 1465 Appointed - 19 Aug 1476 Died)
Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. † (30 Apr 1477 Appointed - 8 Jul 1482 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Tellez de Buendia † (15 Jan 1483 Appointed - 1484 Died)
Luis Velasco † (20 Feb 1484 Appointed - 1485 Died)
I�igo Manrique de Lara † (26 Aug 1485 Appointed - 1 Mar 1496 Died)
Francisco S�nchez de la Fuente † (27 Jan 1496 Appointed - Sep 1498 Died)
Juan Rodr�guez de Fonseca † (6 Sep 1499 Appointed - 4 Nov 1504 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
Juan Rodr�guez Daza † (4 Nov 1504 Appointed - 21 May 1510 Died)
Mart�n Fern�ndez de Angulo Saavedra y Luna † (30 Sep 1510 Appointed - 21 Jun 1516 Died)
Alfonso Manrique de Lara y Sol�s † (18 Aug 1516 Appointed - 31 Aug 1523 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan �lvarez de Toledo, O.P. † (31 Aug 1523 Appointed - 11 Apr 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)
Pedro Fern�ndez Manrique † (11 Apr 1537 Appointed - 7 Oct 1540 Died)
Leopoldo de Austria † (29 Apr 1541 Appointed - 27 Sep 1557 Died)
Diego Alava Esquivel † (21 Oct 1558 Appointed - 24 Mar 1562 Died)
Crist�bal Rojas Sandoval † (27 May 1562 Appointed - 18 May 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Bernardo de Fresneda, O.F.M. Obs. † (16 Nov 1571 Appointed - 14 Oct 1577 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
Mart�n de C�rdoba Mendoza, O.P. † (13 Jun 1578 Appointed - 5 Jun 1581 Died)
Antonio Rodr�guez de Pazos y Figueroa † (19 Mar 1582 Appointed - 28 Jun 1586 Died)
Francisco Pacheco de C�rdoba † (14 Jan 1587 Appointed - 2 Oct 1590 Died)
Fernando de la Vega Fonseca † (20 Mar 1591 Appointed - 3 Sep 1591 Died)
Pedro Portocarrero † (12 Jan 1594 Appointed - 28 May 1597 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Francisco Reinoso Baeza † (11 Jun 1597 Appointed - 23 Aug 1601 Died)
Pablo Laguna † (30 Jul 1603 Appointed - 30 Jul 1606 Died)
Diego Mardones, O.P. † (7 Feb 1607 Appointed - Sep 1624 Died)
Crist�bal de Lobera y Torres † (19 Feb 1625 Appointed - 2 Dec 1630 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
Jer�nimo Ruiz Camargo † (16 Feb 1632 Appointed - 3 Jan 1633 Died)
Domingo Pimentel Z��iga, O.P. † (18 Jul 1633 Appointed - 19 Jul 1649 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Pedro Tapia, O.P. † (23 Aug 1649 Appointed - 23 Sep 1652 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan Francisco Pacheco † (14 Oct 1652 Appointed - 6 Oct 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
Antonio Vald�s Herrera † (10 Nov 1653 Confirmed - 13 Apr 1657 Died)
Francisco Diego Alarc�n y Covarrubias † (24 Sep 1657 Appointed - 18 May 1675 Died)
Alfonso de Salizanes y Medina, O.F.M. † (18 Nov 1675 Appointed - 19 Nov 1685 Died)
Pedro de Salazar Guti�rrez de Toledo, O. de M. † (16 Sep 1686 Appointed - 15 Aug 1706 Died)
Juan Bonilla Vargas, O.SS.T. † (11 Apr 1707 Appointed - 1 Jan 1712 Died)
Francisco Sol�s Herv�s, O. de M. † (17 Jan 1714 Confirmed - 14 Oct 1716 Died)
Marcelino Siuri Navarro † (1 Oct 1717 Appointed - 28 Jan 1731 Died)
Tom�s Ratto Ottonelli † (9 Nov 1731 Appointed - 17 Feb 1738 Died)
Pedro Salazar G�ngora † (5 May 1738 Appointed - 21 Feb 1742 Died)
Miguel Vicente Cebri�n y Agust�n † (24 Sep 1742 Appointed - 30 May 1752 Died)
Francisco de Sol�s Folch de Cardona † (25 Sep 1752 Appointed - 17 Nov 1755 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Mart�n Barcia Carrascal † (12 Jan 1756 Appointed - 22 Jun 1771 Died)
Francisco Garrido de la Vega † (30 Mar 1772 Appointed - 20 Jan 1776 Died)
Baltasar Yusta y Navarro † (17 Feb 1777 Appointed - Dec 1787 Died)
Antonio Caballero y G�ngora † (15 Sep 1788 Appointed - 24 Mar 1796 Died)
Agust�n Ayestar�n y Landa † (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 8 Apr 1804 Died)
Pedro Antonio Trevilla † (26 Jun 1805 Appointed - 15 Dec 1832 Died)
Juan Jos� Bonel y Orbe † (29 Jul 1833 Appointed - 4 Oct 1847 Confirmed, Archbishop of Toledo)
Manuel Joaqu�n Taranc�n y Mor�n † (4 Oct 1847 Confirmed - 3 Aug 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Juan Alfonso Albuquerque Beri�n † (25 Sep 1857 Confirmed - 13 Mar 1874 Died)
Zeferino Gonz�lez y D�az Tu��n, O.P. † (5 Jul 1875 Confirmed - 15 Mar 1883 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Sebasti�n Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. † (15 Mar 1883 Appointed - 24 Mar 1898 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
Jos� Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero † (24 Mar 1898 Appointed - 23 Mar 1913 Died)
Ram�n Guillamet y Coma † (18 Jul 1913 Appointed - 22 Apr 1920 Appointed, Bishop of Barcelona)
Adolfo P�rez y Mu�oz † (11 Jul 1920 Appointed - 21 Dec 1945 Died)
Albino Gonz�lez y Men�dez Reigada, O.P. † (18 Feb 1946 Appointed - 13 Aug 1958 Died)
Manuel Fern�ndez-Conde y Garc�a del Rebollar † (2 Feb 1959 Appointed - 1 Jan 1970 Died)
Jos� Mar�a Cirarda Lachiondo † (3 Dec 1971 Appointed - 31 Jan 1978 Appointed, Archbishop of Pamplona (-Tudela))
Jos� Antonio Infantes Florido † (25 May 1978 Appointed - 15 Mar 1996 Retired)
Francisco Javier Mart�nez Fern�ndez (15 Mar 1996 Appointed - 15 Mar 2003 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada)
Juan Jos� Asenjo Pelegrina (28 Jul 2003 Appointed - 13 Nov 2008 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Sevilla {Seville})
Demetrio Fern�ndez Gonz�lez (18 Feb 2010 Appointed - 27 Mar 2025 Retired)
Jes�s Fern�ndez Gonz�lez (27 Mar 2025 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
3rd Century	Erected		Diocese of C�rdoba (erected)
18 November 1875	Territory Lost	Diocese of C�rdoba Diocese of Cuenca Archdiocese of Toledo	Territorial Prelature of Ciudad Real (erected)
30 April 1958	Territory Added	Archdiocese of Sevilla {Seville} (Fuente Palmera and Puente Genil (in C�rdoba))	Diocese of C�rdoba
30 April 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of C�rdoba (Castuera in Badajoz)	Diocese of Badajoz
30 April 1958	Territory Lost	Diocese of C�rdoba (Villanueva de Tapia in M�laga)	Diocese of M�laga

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

1950 1,000,900 1,001,005 100.0% 196 95 291 3,439 197 1,285 128 ap1951

1967 802,500 802,700 100.0% 359 215 574 1,398 399 984 204 ap1971

1980 760,380 765,620 99.3% 310 198 508 1,496 337 1,023 227 ap1981

1990 785,000 792,000 99.1% 292 117 409 1,919 160 887 229 ap1991

1999 757,700 767,175 98.8% 246 79 325 2,331 126 737 234 ap2000

2000 758,000 767,175 98.8% 246 80 326 2,325 121 734 239 ap2001

2001 787,098 789,375 99.7% 253 79 332 2,370 129 1,152 239 ap2002

2002 767,089 769,625 99.7% 256 112 368 2,084 160 1,100 240 ap2003

2003 768,489 771,131 99.7% 254 112 366 2,099 160 1,089 230 ap2004

2004 768,337 771,131 99.6% 258 112 370 2,076 154 1,089 232 ap2005

2006 780,005 783,520 99.6% 263 113 376 2,074 181 1,006 230 ap2007

2013 801,317 805,857 99.4% 275 79 354 2,263 122 778 230 ap2014

2016 792,018 795,611 99.5% 274 86 360 2,200 2 136 680 231 ap2017

2019 786,640 790,000 99.6% 283 70 353 2,228 2 117 658 231 ap2020

2021 781,243 785,240 99.5% 272 71 343 2,277 3 118 646 231 ap2022

2023 766,672 777,622 98.6% 255 73 328 2,337 4 119 710 231 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1950	1,000,900	1,001,005	100.0%	196	95	291	3,439		197	1,285	128	ap1951
1967	802,500	802,700	100.0%	359	215	574	1,398		399	984	204	ap1971
1980	760,380	765,620	99.3%	310	198	508	1,496		337	1,023	227	ap1981
1990	785,000	792,000	99.1%	292	117	409	1,919		160	887	229	ap1991
1999	757,700	767,175	98.8%	246	79	325	2,331		126	737	234	ap2000
2000	758,000	767,175	98.8%	246	80	326	2,325		121	734	239	ap2001
2001	787,098	789,375	99.7%	253	79	332	2,370		129	1,152	239	ap2002
2002	767,089	769,625	99.7%	256	112	368	2,084		160	1,100	240	ap2003
2003	768,489	771,131	99.7%	254	112	366	2,099		160	1,089	230	ap2004
2004	768,337	771,131	99.6%	258	112	370	2,076		154	1,089	232	ap2005
2006	780,005	783,520	99.6%	263	113	376	2,074		181	1,006	230	ap2007
2013	801,317	805,857	99.4%	275	79	354	2,263		122	778	230	ap2014
2016	792,018	795,611	99.5%	274	86	360	2,200	2	136	680	231	ap2017
2019	786,640	790,000	99.6%	283	70	353	2,228	2	117	658	231	ap2020
2021	781,243	785,240	99.5%	272	71	343	2,277	3	118	646	231	ap2022
2023	766,672	777,622	98.6%	255	73	328	2,337	4	119	710	231	ap2024