The Diocese of Cuenca (Latin: Dioecesis Conchensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cuenca in the ecclesiastical province of Toledo in Spain.^[1][2]

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Cuenca Cathedral
Location
Country	Spain
Ecclesiastical province	Toledo
Metropolitan	Toledo
Statistics
Area	17,140 km2 (6,620 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	(as of 2006) 200,577
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	5 July 1183
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in Cuenca
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José María Yanguas Sanz
Metropolitan Archbishop	Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Website
Website of the Diocese

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• July 5, 1183: Established as Diocese of Cuenca

Bishops of Cuenca (Roman rite)

• Juan Yáñez (1183–1195)
• St. Julian of Cuenca (1196 – 1208 Died)^[3]

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• Pedro Laurencio (1262 – 1271 Died)^[4]
• Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel (1272 – 27 Sep 1275 Appointed, Bishop of Burgos)^[5]

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• Gonzalo Diego Palomeque (15 Mar 1289 – 16 Jan 1299 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)^[6]

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• Fernando Gutiérrez (bishop) (11 Apr 1326 – 1327 Died)^[7]
• Juan del Campo (bishop) (8 Aug 1327 – 7 May 1328 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo) ^[8]

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• Pedro Gomez Barroso (4 Mar 1373 – 1378 Appointed, Bishop of Évora)^[9]

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• Diego de Anaya Maldonado (1407–1418)

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• Lope de Barrientos, O.P. (7 Apr 1445 – 30 May 1469 Died)^[10]
• Giacopo Antonio Venier (6 Oct 1469 – 3 Aug 1479 Died)
• Raffaele Sansone Riario (13 Aug 1479 – 8 Jul 1482 Appointed, Administrator of Salamanca)
• Alfonso de Burgos, O.P. (1482 – 1485 Appointed, Bishop of Palencia)
• Alfonso de Fonseca (26 Aug 1485 – 24 May 1493 Appointed, Bishop of Osma)^[11]
• Raffaele Sansone Riario (24 May 1493 – 9 Jul 1521 Died)
• Diego Ramírez de Fuenleal (1518 – 1537 Died)^[12]
• Alessandro Cesarini (Sr.) (24 May 1538 – 13 Feb 1542 Died)
• Sebastián Ramírez de Fuenleal (Arellano) (2 Jun 1542 – 22 Jan 1547 Died) ^[13]
• Miguel Muñoz (bishop) (12 Apr 1547 – 13 Sep 1553 Died)^[14]
• Pedro Castro Lemos (5 Jun 1555 – 1 Aug 1561 Died)
• Bernardo de Fresneda, O.F.M. (4 May 1562 – 16 Nov 1571 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela (17 Dec 1571 – 6 Sep 1577 Appointed, Archbishop of Toledo)
• Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva (6 Sep 1577 – 27 Sep 1577 Died)
• Rodrigo de Castro Osorio (de Lemos) (13 Jun 1578 – 20 Oct 1581 Appointed, Archbishop of Sevilla)
• Gómez Zapata (8 Nov 1582 – 1 Feb 1587 Died)
• Juan Fernández Vadillo (7 Aug 1587 – 1 Sep 1595 Died)
• Pedro Portocarrero (bishop) (28 May 1597 – 20 Sep 1600 Died)^[15][16]
• Andrés Pacheco (13 Aug 1601 – 1622 Resigned)
• Enrique Pimentel Zúñiga (13 Feb 1623 – 11 Jun 1653 Died)^[17]
• Juan Francisco Pacheco (6 Oct 1653 – 24 May 1663 Died)^[18]
• Francisco de Zárate y Terán (28 Jan 1664 – 21 Dec 1679 Died)^[19]
• Alonso Antonio de San Martín (21 Oct 1681 – 5 Jul 1705 Died)^[20]
• Miguel del Olmo Manrique (22 Mar 1706 – 27 Feb 1721 Died)
• Juan Lancaster (or Alencaster) Norona (16 Jun 1721 – 31 Oct 1733 Died)
• Diego González Toro y Villalobos (5 May 1734 – 13 Sep 1737 Died)
• José Flores Osorio (3 Mar 1738 – 26 Nov 1759 Died)
• Isidro Carvajal Lancaster (21 Jul 1760 – 15 Jan 1771 Died)
• Sebastián Flóres Pabón (29 Jul 1771 – 25 Jul 1777 Died)
• Felipe Antonio Solano Marín (1 Mar 1779 – 10 May 1800 Died)
• Antonio Palafox y Croy de Abre (20 Oct 1800 – 9 Dec 1802 Died)
• Ramón Falcón y Salcedo (28 Mar 1803 – 20 Nov 1826 Died)
• Jacinto Rodríguez Rico (21 May 1827 – 12 Jan 1841 Died)
• Juan Gilberto Ruiz Capucín y Feijó (17 Dec 1847 – 9 Oct 1848 Died)
• Fermín Sánchez Artesoro, O.F.M. Cap. (2 Apr 1849 – 4 Dec 1855 Died)
• Miguel Payá y Rico (25 Jun 1858 – 16 Jan 1874 Appointed, Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela)
• Sebastián Herrero y Espinosa de los Monteros, C.O. (17 September 1875 – 18 December 1876 Confirmed, Bishop of Vitoria)
• José Moreno y Mazón (20 Mar 1877 – 18 Nov 1881 Appointed, Patriarch of the West Indies)
• Juan María Valero y Nacarino (27 Mar 1882 – 16 Nov 1890 Died)
• Pelayo González y Conde (1 Jun 1891 – 18 Nov 1899 Died)
• Wenceslao Sangüesa y Guía (19 Apr 1900 – 1921 Retired)
• Cruz Laplana y Laguna (30 Nov 1921 Appointed – 7 Aug 1936 Died)
• Inocencio Rodríguez Díez (10 Jun 1943 – 13 Apr 1973 Retired)
• José Guerra Campos (13 Apr 1973 – 26 Jun 1996 Retired)
• Ramón del Hoyo López (26 Jun 1996 – 19 May 2005 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• José María Yanguas Sanz (23 Dec 2005 – )

• García de Sahagún, O. de M. (11 Mar 1501 –)^[21]
• García Gil Manrique (5 Mar 1618 – 30 Aug 1627)^[22]
• Rodrigo Cruzado Caballero (8 Jan 1652 – ?)
• Juan de Las Peñas (30 Aug 1723 – 10 Jul 1726)
• Pedro del Cañizo Losa y Valera (11 Sep 1726 – ?)

• Roman Catholicism in Spain
• Cuenca Cathedral