Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (), also called Diocese of Tenerife or Diocese Nivariense, is a diocese located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Islands in the Ecclesiastical province of Sevilla in Spain. The diocese includes the islands of Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The bishop of this diocese is Bernardo Álvarez Afonso. The arrival of Christianity to the western islands of the Canaries took place (as in the
Religion in the Canary Islands subdued on the islands of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Gomera and El Hierro will be baptized, as well as their followers. In 1424, Pope Martin V erected in Betancuria the "Bishopric of Fuerteventura", which encompassed all the Canary Islands except the island of Lanzarote. This bishopric was abolished just seven years after it was created in 1431. In the mid-fifteenth century there is evidence of the presence of Christian missionaries in the western Canary Islands, because around 1450 is based in the area of the modern municipality of Candelaria in Tenerife a hermitage consisting of three friars led by friar Alfonso