The Diocese of Ourense (Latin: Dioecesis Auriensis) is one of five dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church in Galicia, northwestern Spain. The Bishop of Ourense has his cathedra (Latin, "chair") in the Catedral de la Virgen Madre de los Milagros in Ourense and his jurisdiction covers all the 28 districts and 735 parishes of the Province of Ourense. Bishops of Ourense Esteban (905) Assur (909–922) Martín (923/924) Diego Pallítiz (938–954) Fredulfo (956–963) Diego (967–977), perhaps the same person as Diego (bishop of Oviedo) Gonzalo (982–985) Viliulfo (986–1003), also Bishop of Tuy Suario (1022), apparently Suarius I, who held nominal control of over several Galician sees in the wake of Norse depredation Vimara (1042–1045) . . . Edoronio (1071–1088) Pedro Méndez I de Sotomayor (1088–1096) Diego (1097x1100–1132) Martín (1133–1156x7) Pedro Seguin (1157–1169) Adán (1169–1173x4) Alfonso (1174–1213) Fernando Méndez (1213–1218) Bishop Lorenzo (1218–1248) Juan Díaz (1249–1276) Pedro Yañez de Novoa (1286–1308) Rodrigo Pérez (1310) Gonzalo Daza y Osorio (1311–1319) Gonzalo Núñez de Novoa (25 Sep 1319 – 16 May 1332 Died) Alfonso Pérez Noya (23 Aug 1361 – 1366 Died) Juan Sierra (15 Jan 1367 – 3 Oct 1370 Appointed, Bishop of Segovia) Juan Gonzalez Fernandez de Illescas (4 Nov 1394 – 17 Mar 1395 Appointed, Bishop of Zamora) Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (11 Jul 1442 – 10 Nov 1445 Resigned) Pedro Silva y Tenorio, O.P. (1447 – 19 Oct 1461 Appointed, Bishop of Badajoz) Juan de Torquemada, O.P. (26 Jan 1463 – 8 Jun 1466 Resigned) Alonso López de Valladolid (1466 – Feb 1469 Died) Juan de Deza (27 Feb 1469 – 1470 Died) Diego de Fonseca (28 Feb 1470 – 27 Jan 1486 Appointed, Bishop of Coria) Antonio Pallavicini Gentili (27 Jan 1486 – 10 Sep 1507 Died) Pietro Isvales (7 Jun 1508 – 22 Sep 1511 Died) Fernando Valdés (12 Jan 1530 – 1 Jul 1532 Appointed, Bishop of Oviedo) Rodrigo Mendoza Manrique (12 Jul 1532 – 11 Jul 1537 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca) Antonio Ramírez de Haro (11 Jul 1537 – 18 Aug 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Ciudad Rodrigo) Fernando Niño de Guevara (patriarch) (18 Aug 1539 – 22 Mar 1542 Appointed, Archbishop of Granada) Francisco Manrique de Lara (29 Mar 1542 – 24 Apr 1556 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca) Francisco Blanco Salcedo (12 Jun 1556 – 13 Apr 1565 Appointed, Bishop of Malaga) Fernando Tricio Arenzana (13 Apr 1565 – 13 Jun 1578 Appointed, Bishop of Salamanca)