The Diocese of Huesca (

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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located in north-eastern

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, in the

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Huesca Huesca (; an, Uesca) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the autonomous community of Aragon. It is also the capital of the Spanish province of the same name and of the comarca of Hoya de Huesca. In 2009 it had a population of 52,059, almo ...

, part of the

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Aragón Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sout ...

. The Diocese of Huesca is a

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in the

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of the

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

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itself. The Diocese of Huesca was created in or before the 6th century; after the

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conquest of 713 its bishops moved to Aragon (the itinerant "Bishops of Aragon"). The episcopal seat was established in

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during 1063-1096, then finally moved back to Huesca after king Pedro I of

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took the city from the

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in November 1096.

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

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, held in 589.

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, writing in the 7th century, 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. 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

invasion of 710 rapidly worked toward

; when the city was taken in 713 the bishop fled, and the diocese was directed from

by itinerant

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s, sometimes called bishops of

, sometimes bishops of Huesca or Jaca, who lived either at

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 :

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* 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,

, and

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, as well as a part of the Diocese of Lérida. Jaca was then made the permanent seat of the

. At the same time Sancho II was appointed Bishop of Huesca, and hastened to request the

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Alexander II to confirm the decisions of the council. In the same year of 1063, however, King

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of Aragon (1063-1094) had won back from the Moors the city of

, 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 . 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

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Bishops' seat returns to Huesca (1096–present)

In November 1096, King Pedro I of

took back

from the

and restored the original see. Pope

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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 . 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

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. After the failure of his plans at

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, king Pedro IV of

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

. In 1571, the Diocese of Barbastro was erected out of part of Huesca. From 1848 to 1851 the See of Huesca was vacant. The

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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. The year 1990 saw 82,500 Catholics and 210 parishes in the diocese. By 2004 there were 78,000 Catholics and 200 parishes.

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 : ''

under

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

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# 1545–1572 :

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# 1677–1685 :

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References

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External links

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