Roman Catholic Diocese of Tudela


The Catholic Diocese of Tudela was a modern Latin bishopric with see in Tudela, Navarre, northern Spain, which existed 1783-1851 and again 1889-1956, each time being split off from the Pamplona see or reunited with it.

History

  • Established on 1783.03.27 as Diocese of Tudela / Tudelen, on territory split off from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pamplona.
  • Suppressed on 1851.09.05, territory and title merged into the henceforth Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela.
  • Restored on 1889.07.17 as Diocese of Tudela / Tudelen, split off again from Diocese of Pamplona–Tudela. It has often been vacant except for an apostolic administrator.
  • On 1984.08.11 it was again effectively suppressed, but formally in personal union with Pamplona y Tudela, so it kept its cathedral, which was not even relegated to co-cathedral.

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops of Tudela

  • Francisco Ramón Larumbre
  • Simón Casaviella López
  • Juan Raimundo Santos Larumbe y Larrayoz
  • Ramón María Azpeitia de y Sáenz de Santamaria
On 5 September 1851, Diocese of Tudela was suppressed, and its territory merged to the Diocese of Pamplona-Tudela

Apostolic administrators of Tudela

The Diocese of Tudela was restored on 17 July 1889. No Bishop was appointed, and it was headed by Apostolic Administrators.
On 11 August 1984, the Diocese of Pamplona was united aeque principaliter with the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pamplona.