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The Diocese of Tortosa is a Latin Rite
Catholic
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diocese covering the south of
Catalonia
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Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
and the north of the
Valencian Country
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. It is a suffragan diocese of the
Archdiocese of Tarragona
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.
["Diocese of Tortosa"]
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016["Diocese of Tortosa"]
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History
The Diocese of Tortosa gives a certain foundation to an ancient
historical region
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that, despite having no political representation, shares common historical, cultural and linguistic ties. This territory is known as
Ilercavonia
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in academic and scientific circles.
The territory of the historical Diocese of Tortosa was greatly reduced during
General Franco
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's
dictatorship
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, following the
Concordat of 1953
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between the
Francoist regime
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and the
Vatican
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. Under the pretext of adapting the dioceses to the
civil provincial limits the
Consistorial Congregation
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, bending to the wishes of the dictator,
Stanley G. Payne
Stanley George Payne (born September 9, 1934) is an American historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He retired from full-time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department ...
, ''Franco's Spain'', London 1968 broke up the traditional region of the Diocese of Tortosa:
*On the 2d September 1955, the ''Cesaraugustanae et aliarum'' decree of the Consistorial Congregation was published and the following year the parishes of
Arenys de Lledó Arenys, Catalan for "sands (of a seasonal creek)", may refer to:
* Arenys de Mar, municipality in the comarca of Maresme
* Arenys de Munt
Arenys de Munt (, ''arenys'' being Catalan for "sands (of a seasonal creek)", and ''de munt'' for "up hill" a ...
,
Calaceit
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There are many ancient building ...
,
Cretes
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and
Lledó d'Algars
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INE, Ine or ine may refer to:
Institutions
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in
Matarranya, doing away with the traditional
Aragon
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ese parishes of the Diocese of Tortosa. Meanwhile,
Betxí
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, an enclave of the
Diocese of Teruel, was briefly added (1956–1960) to the Diocese of Tortosa and
Maials
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Demography
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was transferred to the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida
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.
*Following the ''De mutatione finium Dioecesium Valentinae-Segorbicensis-Dertotensis'' decree, of 31 May 1960, the parishes of
Nules
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,
Vila-real
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The town is located at 42 m above sea level, 7 km to the south of the province's ...
,
Castelló de la Plana,
Lucena
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and
Albocàsser
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It is located in the ''Comarques of the Valencian Community, comarca ...
that had historically belonged to the Diocese of Tortosa were aggregated to the
Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
along with the parish of Betxí.
Francoist
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propaganda presented the changes as an occasion for rejoicing.
List of bishops
See also
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida
The Diocese of Lleida, known as the Diocese of Lerida in English, (Latin, ''Ilerdensis'') is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical p ...
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón
The Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón (Latin, ''Segobiensis''; ''Castellionensis'', ca-valencia, Diòcesi de Sogorb-Castelló) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Castellón, part of the ...
*
Ilercavonia
Ilercavonia ( ca, Ilercavònia, es, Ilercavonia) is an ancient comarca of Spain formerly populated by the ancient Iberian tribe known as Ilercavones. It is a greater comarca made up of smaller ones. The ties between the people of the region tran ...
References
External links
Diocese of Tortosa website
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Roman Catholic dioceses in Catalonia
Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain