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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca

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Metropolitan
  
Zaragoza

Sui iuris church
  
Latin Church

Established
  
533

Country
  
Spain

Cathedral
  
Huesca Cathedral

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
4,728 km²

Bishop
  
Julián Ruiz Martorell

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 79,600 78,600 (98.7%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza

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 forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.

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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.

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 is 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
    31. 1415-1421 : See vacant
    32. 1421-1443 : Hugo de Urríes
    33. 1443-1457 : Guillermo de Siscar
    34. 1458-1465 : Guillermo Pons de Fenollet
    35. 1470-1484 : Antonio de Espés
    36. 1484-1526 : Juan de Aragón y de Navarra
    37. --------- 1527 : Alonso de So de Castro y de Pinós
    38. 1528-1529 : Diego de Cabrera
    39. 1530-1532 : Lorenzo Campeggio
    40. 1532-1534 : Jerónimo Doria
    41. 1534-1544 : Martín de Gurrea
    42. 1545-1572 : Pedro Agustín
    43. 1572-1574 : Diego de Arnedo
    44. 1577-1584 : Pedro del Frago
    45. 1584-1593 : Martín de Cleriguech
    46. 1594-1607 : Diego de Monreal
    47. 1608-1615 : Berenguer de Bardaxí
    48. 1616-1628 : Juan Moriz de Salazar
    49. 1628-1641 : Francisco Navarro de Eugui
    50. 1641-1654 : Esteban de Esmir
    51. 1644-1670 : Fernando de Sada Azcona
    52. 1671-1674 : Bartolomé de Fontcalda
    53. 1677-1685 : Ramón de Azlor y Berbegal
    54. 1686-1707 : Pedro de Gregorio Antillón
    55. 1708-1714 : Francisco Garcés de Marcilla
    56. 1714-1734 : Pedro Gregorio de Padilla
    57. 1735-1736 : Lucas de Cuartas y Oviedo
    58. 1738-1742 : Plácido Bailés Padilla
    59. 1743-1775 : Antonio Sánchez Sardinero
    60. 1776-1789 : Pascual López Estaún
    61. 1790-1792 : Cayetano de la Peña Granada
    62. 1793-1797 : Juan Armada Araujo
    63. 1797-1809 : Joaquín Sánchez de Cutanda
    64. 1815-1832 : Eduardo Sáenz de la Guardia
    65. 1833-1845 : Lorenzo Ramón Lahoz
    66. 1848-1851 : See vacant
    67. 1851-1861 : Pedro José de Zarandia
    68. 1861-1870 : Basilio Gil Bueno
    69. 1875-1886 : Honorio María de Onaindía
    70. 1888-1895 : Vicente Alda Sancho
    71. 1895-1918 : Mariano Supervía Lostalé, (or Mariano Supervía y Lostalé)
    72. 1918-1922 : Zacarías Martínez Núñez
    73. 1922-1934 : Mateo Colom Canals
    74. 1935-1973 : Lino Rodrigo Ruesca
    75. 1965-1969 : Jaime Flores Martín - (Apostolic Administrator)
    76. -------- 1969 : Damián Iguacén Borau - (Apostolic Administrator)
    77. 1969-1977 : Javier Osés Flamarique - (Apostolic Administrator)
    78. 1977-2001 : Javier Osés Flamarique
    79. 2001-2003 : Juan José Omella Omella - (Apostolic Administrator)
    80. 2003-2009 : Jesús Sanz Montes

    References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca Wikipedia