General Vicar of the Armies
This is a list of the General Vicar of the Armies. They are Royal Chief Chaplains whose office is to serve the Spanish army.
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 (1873-1875, 1932-1937).
List of General Vicar of the Armies
- unknown...
- Tomás Iglesias Barcones (1852-1873)
- vacant (1873-1875)
- Francisco de Paula Benavides y Navarrete (1875-1885)
- Miguel Paya y Rico (1886-1891), also Archbishop of Toledo
- Jaime Cardona y Tur (1892-1923)
- Julián de Diego y García Alcolea (1923-1925)
- Francisco Muñoz Izquierdo (1925-1930)
- Ramón Pérez Rodríguez (1930-1932)
- vacant (1932-1937)
From this time forward (1937) the Royal Chief Chaplains are always Archbishop of Toledo...
- Isidro Goma y Tomas (1937-1940)
- Enrique (III) Pla y Daniel (1941-1968)
- Vicente Enrique y Tarancon (1969-1972)
- Marcelo Gonzalez Martin (1972-1995)
- Francisco (II) Alvarez Martinez (1995-2002)
- Antonio Cañizares Llovera (2002-present)