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.^[1] Its territory around Ceuta had previously belonged to the Order of Christ.^[2]

The diocese of Tanger was united to it, in 1570.^[3] In 1851, upon the signature of the concordat between the Holy See and Spain, the diocese of Ceuta was agreed to be suppressed, being combined into the diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta^[4] (up to then diocese of Cádiz y Algeciras). The agreement was implemented in 1879.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Ceuta

Erected: 4 April 1417
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Seville

• Aymar de Aureliano (21 Mar 1421 – 1443 Died)
• João Manuel (20 Jul 1444 – 9 Jul 1459 Appointed, Bishop of Guarda)
• Juan Roderici (13 Jul 1459 – 27 Sep 1459 Appointed, Bishop of Coimbra)
• Alvaro (17 Oct 1469 – )
• João Manuel Ferraz (9 Jan 1472 – 17 Mar 1477 Appointed, Bishop of Guarda)
• Martin Pedro (28 Mar 1477 – 24 Sep 1477 Appointed, Bishop of Lamego)
• Justo Baldini (15 Mar 1479 – 1493 Died)
• Fernando de Almeida (bishop) (Cotignus) (19 Jul 1493 – 19 Jun 1499 Appointed, Bishop of Nevers)
• Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas (3 May 1500 – 27 Jun 1505 Appointed, Bishop of Viseu)
• Henrique Alvari de Coimbra (30 Jan 1506 – 14 Sep 1532 Died)
• Diego da Silva (4 Mar 1534 – 24 Sep 1540 Appointed, Archbishop of Braga)
• Diego de Ortiz de Vilhegas (24 Sep 1540 – 4 Jul 1544 Died)
• Jorge de Coimbra (9 Oct 1545 – 12 Mar 1569 Died)
• Francisco Quaresma (9 Jun 1570 – 1585 Died)
• Manoel de Séabra (Leabra) (14 Jan 1577 – 1583 Resigned)
• Diogo Correia (15 Jul 1585 – 16 Feb 1598 Appointed, Bishop of Portalegre)
• Hector Valladares (11 Mar 1598 – 1600 Died)
• Jerónimo de Gouveia (24 Jan 1601 – 1602 Resigned)
• Agostinho Ribeiro (27 Aug 1603 – 29 Jul 1613 Appointed, Bishop of Angra)
• Antonio de Aguilar (21 Oct 1613 – 1632 Died)
• Gonçalvo da Silva (6 Sep 1632 – 16 Feb 1649 Died)
• Antonio Medina Cachón y Ponce de León (16 Dec 1675 – 9 Dec 1680 Appointed, Bishop of Lugo)
• Juan de Porras y Atienza (12 May 1681 – 24 Apr 1684 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
• Luis de Ayllón (5 Jun 1684 Confirmed – )
• Antonio Ibáñez de la Riva Herrera (9 Apr 1685 Confirmed – 28 Apr 1687 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente (9 Jun 1687 – 5 Apr 1694 Died)
• Vidal Marín Fernández (13 Sep 1694 – 10 Mar 1709 Died)
• Sancho Antonio Belunza Corcuera (11 Dec 1713 Confirmed – 5 Oct 1716 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
• Francisco Laso de la Vega Córdova (5 Oct 1716 – 28 May 1721 Appointed, Bishop of Plasencia)
• Tomás Crespo Agüero (16 Jul 1721 – 17 Mar 1727 Appointed, Archbishop of Zaragoza)
• Tomás del Valle (17 Mar 1727 – 12 Feb 1731 Appointed, Bishop of Cádiz)
• Andrés Mayoral Alonso de Mella (9 Apr 1731 – 27 Jan 1738 Appointed, Archbishop of Valencia)
• Miguel Aguiar (27 Jan 1738 – 14 Feb 1743 Died)
• Martín Barcia Carrascal (15 Jul 1743 – 12 Jan 1756 Appointed, Bishop of Córdoba)
• José Patricio de la Cuesta Velarde (7 Apr 1756 – 17 Aug 1761 Appointed, Bishop of Sigüenza)
• Antonio Gómez de la Torre y Jaraveitia (17 Aug 1761 – 28 May 1770 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• José Domingo Rivero (6 Aug 1770 – Jan 1771 Died)
• Manuel Fernández Torres (17 Jun 1771 – 6 Sep 1773 Died)
• Felipe Antonio Solano Marín (18 Apr 1774 – 1 Mar 1779 Appointed, Bishop of Cuenca)
• Diego Martín Rodríguez (13 Dec 1779 – 14 Feb 1785 Appointed, Bishop of Coria)
• Bartolomé Antonio Fernández Sobrado (19 Dec 1785 – Dec 1811 Died)
• Andrés Esteban y Gómez (19 Dec 1814 Confirmed – 22 Jul 1816 Appointed, Bishop of Jaén)
• Rafael Téllez (14 Apr 1817 – 12 Jul 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Burgos)
• Francisco Javier García Casarrubios y Melgar (27 Sep 1824 Confirmed – 19 Dec 1825 Confirmed, Bishop of Tui)
• Pablo Hernández (13 Mar 1826 Confirmed – 21 Jul 1829 Died)
• Juan Sánchez Barragán y Vera (15 Mar 1830 Confirmed – 14 Aug 1846 Died)

5 September 1851: United with Diocese of Cádiz to form Diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta