List of bishops of the Canary Islands

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The List of Bishops of the Canary Islands lists the bishops of the dioceses that existed or exist in the Canary Islands since 1351 .

For the period from 1819 onwards, only the bishops of the Canary Islands diocese are listed, for the other diocese that has existed since then see List of Bishops of San Cristóbal de La Laguna .

Bishops of the Diocese of Telde :

  • Bernardo Font (1351-1354)
  • Bartolomé (1361-1362)
  • Bonanat Tarí (1369-1392)
  • Jaime Olzina (1392-1411)

Bishops of Rubicón , Lanzarote :

  • Alfonso Sanlúcar de Barrameda (1404–1417)
  • Mendo de Viedma (1417–1431)
  • Fernando de Talmonte (1431-1436)
  • Francisco de Moya (1436–1441)
  • Juan Cid (1441-1459)
  • Roberto (1459-1460)
  • Diego López de Illesca (1460–1468)
  • Martín de Rojas (1468-1470)
  • Juan de Sanlúcar (1470–1474)
  • Juan de Frías (1474–1485) (moved the bishopric from Rubicón to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1483 )

Bishops based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (since 1483):

  • Miguel López de la Serna (1486–1490)
  • Diego de Muros (1496–1506)
  • Pedro López de Ayala (1507-1513)
  • Fernando Vázquez de Arce (1513–1520)
  • Luis Cabeza de Vaca (1523–1530) (also Bishop of Salamanca)
  • Pedro Fernández Manrique (1530–1530) (also Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo)
  • Juan de Salamanca, OP (1531-1538)
  • Alonso Ruiz de Virués, OSB (1538–1545)
  • Antonio de la Cruz (1545-1550)
  • Francisco de la Cerda Córdoba, OP (1551–1551)
  • Melchor Cano, OP (1552–1554)
  • Diego Deza Tello (1554–1566) (also Bishop of Coria)
  • Bartolomé Torres (1566–1568)
  • Juan de Arzolaras, OSH (1568–1574)
  • Cristóbal Vela Tavera (1574–1580) (also Archbishop of Burgos)
  • Fernando Rueda (1580–1585)
  • Fernando Suárez Figueroa (1587–1597) (also Bishop of Zamora)
  • Francisco Martínez de Cenicero (1597–1607) (also Bishop of Cartagena)
  • Francisco de Sosa, OFM (1607–1613) (also Bishop of Osma)
  • Juan Nicolás Carriazo (1610–1611) (also Bishop of Guadix)
  • Lope Velasco Valdivieso (1611-1613)
  • Antonio Corrionero (1614–1621) (also Bishop of Salamanca)
  • Pedro Herrera Suárez, OP (1621–1622) (also Bishop of Tui)
  • Juan Guzmán, OFM (1622–1627) (also Archbishop of Tarragona)
  • Cristóbal de la Cámara y Murga (1627–1635) (also Bishop of Salamanca)
  • Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega (1635–1658)
  • Rodrigo Gutiérrez de Rozas (1651–1658)
  • Juan de Toledo (1659-1665)
  • Bartolomé García Jiménez (1665–1690)
  • Bernardo de Vicuña Zuazo (1691–1705)
  • Juan Ruiz Simón (1706-1712)
  • Lucas Conejero Molina (1714–1724) (also Archbishop of Burgos)
  • Félix Bernuy Zapata y Mendoza (1724-1730)
  • Pedro Manuel Dávila Cárdenas (1731–1738) (also Bishop of Plasencia)
  • Juan Francisco Guillén (1739–1751) (also Archbishop of Burgos)
  • Valentín Moran Menéndez, O. de M. (1751–1761)
  • Francisco Javier Delgado Benegas (1761–1768) (also Bishop of Sigüenza)
  • Juan Bautista Cervera, OFM (1769–1777) (also Bishop of Cádiz)
  • Joaquín Herrera Bárcena, OSB (1779–1783)
  • Antonio Martínez de la Plaza (1785–1790) (also Bishop of Cádiz)
  • Antonio Tavira Almazán (1791–1796) (also Bishop of Osma)
  • Manuel Verdugo Albiturría (1796-1818)

In 1819, the new diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna was founded from parts of the territory of the diocese of the Canary Islands . It includes the islands of Tenerife , La Palma , La Gomera and El Hierro . The Canary Islands diocese was henceforth limited to the islands of Lanzarote , Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria .

  • Manuel Bernardo Morete Bodelón (1824–1825) (also Bishop of Astorga)
  • Fernando Cano Almirante, OFM (1825–1826)
  • Bernardo Martínez Carnero (1827-1833)
  • Judas José Romo y Gamboa (1834–1847) (also Archbishop of Seville)
  • Buenaventura Codina Augerolas, CM (1847–1857)
  • Joaquín Lluch y Garriga, OCD (1858–1868) (also Bishop of Salamanca)
  • José Maria de Urquinaona y Vidot (1868–1878) (also Bishop of Barcelona)
  • José Proceso Pozuelo y Herrero (1879–1890) (also Bishop of Segovia)
  • José Cueto y Díez de la Maza, OP (1891–1908)
  • Adolfo Pérez y Muñoz (1909–1913) (also Bishop of Badajoz)
  • Angel Marquina y Corrales (1913–1922) (also Bishop of Guadix)
  • Miguel de los Santos Serra y Sucarrats (1922–1936) (also Bishop of Segorbe)
  • Antonio Pildáin y Zapiáin (1936–1966)
  • José Antonio Infantes Florido (1967–1978) (also Bishop of Cordoba)
  • Ramón Echarren Ystúriz (1978-2005)
  • Francisco Cases Andreu (2005-2020)
  • José Mazuelos Pérez (since 2020)

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