Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca





























Diocese of Huesca


Dioecesis Oscensis

Diócesis de Huesca



Fachada principal y torre de la Catedral de Huesca.JPG
Huesca Cathedral

Location
Country Spain
Ecclesiastical provinceZaragoza
MetropolitanZaragoza
Statistics
Area4,728 km2 (1,825 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
79,600
78,600 (98.7%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic

Sui iuris church
Latin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established533
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Montserrat in Huesca
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJulián Ruiz Martorell
Metropolitan ArchbishopSede vacante
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Huesca (Latin, Oscensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragón. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.


Huesca embraces parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself.


Diocese created in or before the 6th century; after the Moorish conquest of 713 its bishops moved to Aragon (the itinerant "Bishops of Aragon"). The episcopal seat was established in Jaca during 1063-1096, then finally moved back to Huesca after king Pedro I of Aragon took the city from the Moors in November 1096.




Contents





  • 1 History

    • 1.1 Early history (c. 500 – 713)


    • 1.2 Itinerant bishops of Aragon (713–1063)


    • 1.3 Jaca as seat of the bishops of Huesca (1063–1096)


    • 1.4 Bishops' seat returns to Huesca (1096–present)



  • 2 Population figures for the Diocese


  • 3 Bishops of Huesca


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




History



Early history (c. 500 – 713)


The date of origin of the diocese cannot be definitely ascertained; the earliest evidence of its existence is the signature of Gabinius, Bishop of Huesca, to the decrees of the Third Council of Toledo, held in 589. Isidore of Seville, writing in the 7th century, (De viris illustr., c. xxxiv) mentions the presence of Elpidius, Bishop of Huesca, at an earlier council, but this is not considered authoritative. The year of the diocese being erected is given as 533 at
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhues.html.


After 589, we next hear of the diocese through a synod held there in 598 which ordered annual diocesan conferences and enacted various disciplinary measures.



Itinerant bishops of Aragon (713–1063)


The Moorish invasion of 710 rapidly worked toward Huesca; when the city was taken in 713 the bishop fled, and the diocese was directed from Aragon by itinerant bishops, sometimes called bishops of Aragon, sometimes bishops of Huesca or Jaca, who lived either at Jaca or in the neighbouring monasteries of San Juan de la Peña, San Pedro de Siresa, and San Adrián de Sasabe.


Among the bishops of Aragon were:


  • . c. 920 : Iñigo

  • . c. 922 : Ferriolus

  • 933–947 : Fortuño

  • 971–978 : Aureolus

  • . c. 981 : Atón

  • 1011–1036 : Mancius

  • 1036–1057 : García

  • 1058–1075 : Sancho

  • 1076–1086 : García Ramírez

  • 1087–1097 : Peter


Jaca as seat of the bishops of Huesca (1063–1096)


A council held at Jaca in 1063 determined anew the boundaries of the Diocese of Huesca, which thereafter included the present dioceses of Huesca, Jaca, and Barbastro, as well as a part of the Diocese of Lérida. Jaca was then made the permanent seat of the diocese.


At the same time Sancho II was appointed Bishop of Huesca, and hastened to request the Pope Alexander II to confirm the decisions of the council. In the same year of 1063, however, King Sancho Ramirez of Aragon (1063-1094) had won back from the Moors the city of Barbastro, and had granted it to the Bishop of Roda. García Ramírez, the new Bishop of Huesca (1076–1086) and the king's brother, regarded this as an infringement of the rights of jurisdiction granted the Bishop of Jaca by the council of Jaca. He therefore renewed his petition to the new pope (Gregory VII) to have the decisions of the council confirmed, which request the pope granted (cf. Jaffé, "Reg. Pont. Roman", I, 2nd ed., Berlin, 1885, n. 5098). As, however, Bishop Raimundo of Roda also obtained the confirmation of all his privileges from Gregory, a violent dispute arose between the Bishops of Huesca and Roda as to jurisdiction over the churches of Barbastro, Bielsa, Gistao, and Alquezar, which in 1080 was decided by the king in favour of the Bishop of Roda.



Bishops' seat returns to Huesca (1096–present)


In November 1096, King Pedro I of Aragon took back Huesca from the Moors and restored the original see.
Pope Urban II decreed (May 11, 1098) that, instead of Jaca, Huesca should again be the seat of the bishop, as it had been until the year 713 (cf. Jaffé, "Reg. Pont. Roman", I, 2nd ed., Berlin, 1885, n. 5703).


But Jaca itself had a separate existence under a vicar-general, independent of the Bishop of Huesca. It also retained its own cathedral chapter, which originally followed the Rule of St. Augustine, but in 1270 both this chapter and that of Huesca were secularized.


The history of the Diocese of Huesca is from this time on closely associated with that of the present Diocese of Barbastro.


The episcopal city of Huesca was long a centre for education and art. Ancient Osca was the seat of the famous school of Sertorius. After the failure of his plans at Perpignan, king Pedro IV of Aragon in 1354 established a university at Huesca, which was maintained by a tax laid on the city's food, and which pursued a steady if not a brilliant existence until it was eclipsed by the great college at Saragossa.


In 1571, the Diocese of Barbastro was erected out of part of Huesca. From 1848 to 1851 the See of Huesca was vacant. The Concordat of 1851 formally annexed Barbastro once more to Huesca, but preserving its name and administration, being administered by a vicar Apostolic.



Population figures for the Diocese


In 1910, the Diocese of Huesca comprised 181 parishes and 15 subsidiary parishes, with 240 priests and 50 churches and chapels. It had a Catholic population of 87,659.


In 1950, there were 110,000 Catholics in the diocese. There were 196 parishes in the Diocese. By 1980, there were 76,500 Catholics in the Diocese, and it had 197 parishes. 1990 saw 82,500 Catholics and 210 parishes in the Diocese. By 2004, there were 78,000 Catholics and 200 parishes. (source=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhues.html)



Bishops of Huesca


  • c. 522–546 : Elpidius

  • c. 546–556 : Pompeianus

  • 557–576 : Vincent

  • 576–600 : Gabinius

  • --------------- : Ordulfus - (Mentioned between 633 and 638)

  • --------------- : Eusebius - (Mentioned in 653)

  • --------------- : Gadisclo - (Mentioned in 683)

  • --------------- : Audebertus - (Mentioned in 693)

713–1096 : Huesca under Moorish rule.


  • --------------- : Nitidius - (Late 8th century)

  • --------------- : Frontinianus - (Early 9th century)

Among the bishops of Aragon were:


  • . c. 920 : Iñigo

  • . c. 922 : Ferriolus

  • 933–947 : Fortuño

  • 971–978 : Aureolus

  • . c. 981 : Atón

  • 1011–1036 : Mancius

  • 1036–1057 : García

  • 1058–1075 : Sancho

  • 1076–1086 : García Ramírez

  • 1087–1097 : Peter

1096 : Huesca conquered by king Peter I of Aragon.


  1. 1097–1099 : Pedro

  2. 1099–1130 : Esteban

  3. 1130–1134 : Arnaldo Dodón

  4. 1134–1160 : Dodón

  5. --------- 1162 : Martín

  6. 1166–1185 : Esteban de San Martín

  7. 1187–1201 : Ricardo

  8. 1201–1236 : García de Gudal

  9. 1238–1252 : Vidal de Canellas

  10. 1253–1269 : Domingo de Solá

  11. 1269–1273 : García Pérez de Zuazo

  12. 1273–1290 : Jaime Sarroca

  13. 1290–1300 : Ademar

  14. 1300–1313 : Martín López de Azlor

  15. 1313–1324 : Martín Oscabio

  16. 1324–1328 : Gastón de Moncada

  17. 1328–1336 : Pedro de Urrea

  18. 1337–1345 : Bernardo Oliver

  19. 1345–1348 : Gonzalo Zapata

  20. 1348–1357 : Pedro Glascario

  21. 1357–1361 : Guillermo de Torrellás

  22. 1362–1364 : Bernardo Folcaut

  23. 1364–1368 : Jimeno Sánchez de Ribabellosa

  24. 1369–1372 : Juan Martínez

  25. 1372–1383 : Fernando Pérez Muñoz

  26. 1383–1384 : Berenguer de Anglesola

  27. 1384–1393 : Francisco Riquer y Bastero

  28. 1393–1403 : Juan de Baufés

  29. 1403–1410 : Juan de Tauste

  30. 1410–1415 : Domingo Ram y Lanaja
    • 1415–1421 : See vacant

  31. 1421–1443 : Hugo de Urríes

  32. 1443–1457 : Guillermo de Siscar

  33. 1458–1465 : Guillermo Pons de Fenollet

  34. 1470–1484 : Antonio de Espés

  35. 1484–1526 : Juan de Aragón y de Navarra

  36. --------- 1527 : Alonso de So de Castro y de Pinós

  37. 1528–1529 : Diego de Cabrera

  38. 1530–1532 : Lorenzo Campeggio

  39. 1532–1534 : Jerónimo Doria

  40. 1534–1544 : Martín de Gurrea

  41. 1545–1572 : Pedro Agustín

  42. 1572–1574 : Diego de Arnedo

  43. 1577–1584 : Pedro del Frago

  44. 1584–1593 : Martín de Cleriguech

  45. 1594–1607 : Diego de Monreal

  46. 1608–1615 : Berenguer de Bardaxí

  47. 1616–1628 : Juan Moriz de Salazar

  48. 1628–1641 : Francisco Navarro de Eugui

  49. 1641–1654 : Esteban de Esmir

  50. 1644–1670 : Fernando de Sada Azcona

  51. 1671–1674 : Bartolomé de Fontcalda

  52. 1677–1685 : Ramón de Azlor y Berbegal

  53. 1686–1707 : Pedro de Gregorio Antillón

  54. 1708–1714 : Francisco Garcés de Marcilla

  55. 1714–1734 : Pedro Gregorio de Padilla

  56. 1735–1736 : Lucas de Cuartas y Oviedo

  57. 1738–1742 : Plácido Bailés Padilla

  58. 1743–1775 : Antonio Sánchez Sardinero

  59. 1776–1789 : Pascual López Estaún

  60. 1790–1792 : Cayetano de la Peña Granada

  61. 1793–1797 : Juan Armada Araujo

  62. 1797–1809 : Joaquín Sánchez de Cutanda

  63. 1815–1832 : Eduardo Sáenz de la Guardia

  64. 1833–1845 : Lorenzo Ramón Lahoz
    • 1848–1851 : See vacant

  65. 1851–1861 : Pedro José de Zarandia

  66. 1861–1870 : Basilio Gil Bueno

  67. 1875–1886 : Honorio María de Onaindía

  68. 1888–1895 : Vicente Alda Sancho

  69. 1895–1918 : Mariano Supervía Lostalé, (or Mariano Supervía y Lostalé)

  70. 1918–1922 : Zacarías Martínez Núñez

  71. 1922–1934 : Mateo Colom Canals

  72. 1935–1973 : Lino Rodrigo Ruesca
    • 1965–1969 : Jaime Flores Martín - (Apostolic Administrator)

    • -------- 1969 : Damián Iguacén Borau - (Apostolic Administrator)

    • 1969–1977 : Javier Osés Flamarique - (Apostolic Administrator)


  73. 1977–2001 : Javier Osés Flamarique
    • 2001–2003 : Juan José Omella Omella - (Apostolic Administrator)

  74. 2003–2009 : Jesús Sanz Montes


See also


  • Huesca Cathedral

  • List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Spain


References


This article draws only from other Wikipedia articles and these four sources:



  • (in English) Catholic Encyclopedia, 1910: Diocese of Huesca and Diocese of Jaca


  • (in Spanish) IBERCRONOX: Obispado de Huesca (Osca) and Obispado de Aragón


External links



  • (in Spanish) Official Diocese of Huesca website

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