This is a list of the General Vicar of the Armies. They are Royal Chief Chaplains whose office is to serve the Spanish Armed Forces.
The office was first established in 1644 and is usually attached with the title Patriarch of the West Indies (except for the period of 1891–1920). It only at first existed in wartime period but was permanently established in 1762. Also it was abolished during the First and Second Spanish republican era (1873–1874, 1932–1937). The pastoral care for the Spanish armed forces is now, since 1986, provided by the Military Archbishopric of Spain.
From this time forward (1937) the Royal Chief Chaplains are always Archbishop of Toledo...
The Titular Patriarchate of the West Indies is a Latin Church titular patriarchate of the Catholic Church. It has been vacant since the death of its last holder in 1963.
The Catholic diocese of Ceuta, first Portuguese and afterwards Spanish, existed from 1417 to 1879. It was a suffragan of the Patriarchate of Lisbon until 1675, with the end of the Iberian Union, when Ceuta chose to remain linked to the king of Spain. Since then it was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Seville. Its territory around Ceuta had previously belonged to the Order of Christ.
The Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is the northernmost of the four suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela, which covers Galicia in the northwest of Spain. The area had previously been home to Britonia, a settlement founded by expatriate Britons in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. Britonia was represented by the diocese referred to as Britonensis ecclesia in sources from the 6th and 7th centuries.
The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Madrid is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. It is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 12 June 2023 the archbishop of Madrid has been José Cobo Cano.
The Diocese of Cádiz and Ceuta is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville.
The Archdiocese of Granada is a Latin ecclesiastical province of the Catholic Church in Spain. Originally the Diocese of Elvira from the 3rd century through the 10th, it was re-founded in 1437 as the diocese of Granada and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Alexander VI on 10 December 1492. Its suffragan sees are Almería, Cartagena, Guadix, Jaén and Málaga.
The Archdiocese of Mérida–Badajoz is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in Spain, created in 1255. Until 1994, it was known as the Diocese of Badajoz.
The Diocese of Palencia is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Palencia in the ecclesiastical province of Burgos, Spain.
The Diocese of Almería is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Almería in the ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.
The Diocese of Cartagena is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Cartagena in the ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.
The Diocese of Jaén is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Jaén in the ecclesiastical province of Granada in Spain.
The Diocese of Málaga is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain. Its episcopal see is the city of Málaga. The diocese is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Granada.
The Diocese of Coria-Cáceres is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Coria and Cáceres in the ecclesiastical province of Mérida–Badajoz in Spain.
The Diocese of Córdoba is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Córdoba in the ecclesiastical province of Sevilla in Spain. Bishop Demetrio Fernández González is the current bishop of Cordoba.
The Diocese of Mallorca (Latin: Dioecesis Maioricensis is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Palma, Majorca in the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain.
The Diocese of Cuenca is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cuenca in the ecclesiastical province of Toledo in Spain.
The Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Sigüenza and Guadalajara, Spain in the ecclesiastical province of Toledo in Spain. It is in the located in the secular Spanish province of Guadalajara in Castile, central Spain. It is bounded on the north by Soria, on the east by Zaragoza and Teruel, on the south by Cuenca and on the west by Guadalajara and Segovia.
The Diocese of Ávila is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Ávila in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.
The Diocese of Salamanca is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Salamanca in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.
The Diocese of Zamora is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the city of Zamora in the ecclesiastical province of Valladolid in Spain.