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, ''Ilerdensis'') is located in north-eastern

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, in the

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Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

, part of the

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. The diocese forms part of the

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, and is thus

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to the

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."Diocese of Lleida"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Lleida"
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conquest of

in 716 the

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was moved to Roda (until 1101) and then to

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(1101–1149). The city of Lleida was conquered from the

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by the Count

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in 1149, and the

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was again transferred to its original seat. The Bishop's Palace is located in Rambla d'Aragó. Lleida is one of the most populous cities in Catalonia, built on the right bank of the River

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, about 100 miles from

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. The town is oriental in appearance, and its streets are narrow and crooked. The population in 1900 was 23,683. The old Byzantine-Gothic Cathedral, of which the ruins are to be seen on the

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, dates from 1203. During the

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the

University of Lleida The University of Lleida (officially in Catalan: ''Universitat de Lleida'') is a university based in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. It was the first university founded in Catalonia and in the ancient Crown of Aragon. It was founded in 1300, using the ...

was famous; in 1717 it was suppressed, and united with

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. The current Bishop of Lleida is

Salvador Giménez Valls Salvador Giménez Valls born May 31, 1948 in Muro d'Alcoi (County), Spain is the current Bishop of Lleida and former Bishop of Menorca in the Roman Catholic Church. He is a Catholic priest, philosopher and historian who studied at the Pontific ...

History

Roman period

Lleida was the

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''Ilerda'', or ''Herda''. During the

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it sided with the

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; near it Hanno was defeated by Scipio in 216 BC, and

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defeated

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's forces in 49 BC. La Canal says that the diocese was erected in 600, but others maintain it goes back to the third century, and there is mention of a St. Lycerius, or Glycerius, as Bishop of Lleida in AD 269.

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and Muslim period (until 1149)

In 514 or 524 a council attended by eight bishops passed decrees forbidding the taking up of arms or the shedding of blood by clerics. A provincial council in 546 regulated ecclesiastical discipline. In 546AD a Council to regulate ecclesiastical discipline was called in Lerida. A Practice had developed in the Iberian Peninsula, whereby on the death of a bishop, lower ranking clerics (and on occasions the bishops relatives) would ransack and loot the deceased bishops home. The council confirmed that the deceased bishops

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s should occupy the bishops residence with guards and defend the premises. Three years later a synod at Valencia changed the protector to the nearest neighboring bishop. Clerics who were caught looting would also be excommunicated. The regulations of the Council were adopted by the General

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of the

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for implementation in all dioceses. The signatures of other bishops of Lleida are attached to various councils up to the year 716, when the

took possession of the town, and the see was removed to

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. An unbroken list of bishops of Lleida goes back to the year 887. In 1101 King Pedro I of

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took the city of

from the Moors and transferred the

from Roda to

. The first bishop, Poncio, went to

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to obtain the pope's permission for this transfer.

Diocese of Lleida (from 1149)

The city of

was conquered from the

by the Count

in 1149, and the

was again transferred to its original seat. A council in 1173 was presided over by Cardinal Giacinto Bobone, who afterwards became

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. A council in 1246 absolved king

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from the sacrilege of cutting out the tongue of the Bishop of

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. The

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was founded in 1722. During the

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the French held it (1810), and in 1823 Spain once more obtained possession of it. Owing to its natural position its strategic value has always been very great, and it was strongly fortified in 1910. The cathedral chapter prior to the

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consisted of 6 dignities, 24 canons, 22 benefices, but after the concordat the number was reduced to 16 canons and 12 beneficed clerics. In 1910 the Catholic population of the diocese was 185,000 souls scattered over 395 parishes and ministered to by 598 priests. Besides 395 churches for public worship, there were in the diocese five religious communities of men, six of women, and several hospitals in charge of nuns. The seminary accommodated 500 students.

1995–1998 Segregation of the Western Parishes

In 1995, following the ''Ilerdensis et Barbastrensis de finum mutatione'' decree, 84 culturally Catalan

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parishes that had traditionally belonged to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida for over eight centuries, were segregated and transferred to the

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. These were followed by a further 27 parishes in June 1998. The amputated parishes were in the Llitera and

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-speaking

ese areas. After the parish segregation a controversy began regarding the return of ancient works of art belonging to the segregated parishes and which were stored at the Lleida Diocesan Museum. The decree and the ensuing controversies were perceived as anti-Catalan measures by many in Lleida and in the concerned parishes, as they were not previously consulted, and part of a strategy to assimilate the

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Bishops of Lleida (6th to 9th centuries)

All the names (except the first one) are given in

: * Itxió 203 * Sant Filó 227 * Joan 230 * Pere 258 * Màrius Seli 259 * c. 269 : St. Lleïr — (Mentioned in 269) * c. 516 : Oronci — (Mentioned between 516 and 517) * c. 519 : Pere * c. 540 : Andreu — (Mentioned in 540) * c. 546 : Februari — (Mentioned in 546) * c. 589 : Polibi — (Mentioned in 589) * c. 592 : Julià — (Mentioned in 592) * c. 599 : Ameli — (Mentioned in 599) * c. 614 : Gomarel — (Mentioned in 614) * c. 635 : Fructuós — (Mentioned between 633 and 638) * c. 653 : Gandelè — (Mentioned in 653) * c. 690 : Eusend — (Mentioned between 683 and 693) * c. 715 : Esteve — (before 714 – after 719) * c. 780 : San Medard — (after 778) * c. 842 : Jacob ''After the

conquest the Diocese of Lleida is transferred to

.''

Bishops of Roda (until 1101)

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conquest the Diocese of Lleida is transferred to

.'' All the names are given in

: * 887–922 : Adulf — (since before 887 to 922) * 923–955 : Ató * 955–975 : Odisend * 988–991 : Aimeric — (since before 988 to 991) * 996---?--- : Jacob — (since before 996) * 1006–1015 : Aimeric II — (since before 1006 to 1015) * 1017–1019 : Borrell * 1023–1067 : Arnulf * 1068–1075 : Salomó * 1075–1076 : Arnulf II * 1076–1094 : Pere Ramon Dalmaci * 1094–1096 : Llop * 1097–1100 : Ponç ''In 1101 the

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is transferred to

.''

Bishops of Barbastro-Roda (1101–1149)

''In 1101 the

is transferred to

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: * 1101–1104 : Ponç * 1104–1126 : St. Ramon — (named Ramon II in the

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) * ---------1126 : Esteve * 1126–1134: Pere Guillem * 1134 : Ramir, a prince of the royal house of Aragon — (Elected) * 1135–1143 : Gaufrid * 1143–1149 : Guillermo Pérez de Ravitats ''In 1149 the

returned to Lleida.''

Bishops of Lleida (since 1149)

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returned to Lleida.'' * 1149–1176 :

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* 1177–1190 :

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* 1191–1205 :

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* 1205–1235 :

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* 1236–1238 :

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* 1238–1247 : Ramon de Siscar * 1248–1255 :

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* --------–1256 :

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* 1257–1278 : Guillem de Moncada * 1282–c. 1286

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— (1282 – before 1286) * 1290–1298 : Gerard d'Andria * 1299–1308 : Pere de Rei * 1308–1313 :

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* 1314–1321 :

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* 1334–1340 :

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* 1341–1348 : Jaume Sitjó * 1348–1360 :

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* 1415–1434 : Domènec Ram i Lanaja * 1435–1449 :

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* --------–1542 : Martí Valero * 1543–1553 :

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* 1577–1578 :

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* 1583–1585 :

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* 1585–1586 :

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* 1586–1591 : Joan Martínez de Villatoriel — (

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). * 1592–1597 :

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* 1599–1620 :

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* 1621–1632 : Pere Anton Serra * --------–1633 :

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* 1635–1642 : Bernat Caballero de Paredes * 1644–1650 : Pere de Santiago * 1656–1664 : Miquel de Escartín * 1664–1667 : Brauli Sunyer * 1668–1673 : Josep Minot * 1673–1680 : Jaume de Copons * 1680–1681 : Francesc Berardo * 1682–1698 :

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* 1699–1700 : Joan de Santamaríi Alonso i Valeria * 1701–1714 :

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Manuel Macías Pedrejón Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

* 1771–1783 : Joaquim Antoni Sánchez Ferragudo * 1783–1816 : Jeroni Maria de Torres * 1816–1817 :

Manuel del Villar Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel ...

* --------–1818 : Remigi Lasanta Ortega * 1819–1824 : Simó Antoni de Rentería i Reyes * 1824–1832 : Pau Colmenares * 1833–1844 : Julià Alonso * 1848–1850 : Josep Domènec Costa i Borràs * 1850–1861 : Pere Ciril Uriz i Labayru * 1862–1870 : Marià Puigllat i Amigó * 1875–1889 : Tomàs Costa i Fornaguera * 1889–1905 :

Josep Meseguer i Costa Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and w ...

* 1905–1914 : Juan Antonio Ruano y Martín * 1914–1925 :

Josep Miralles Sbert Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and w ...

* 1926–1930 :

Manuel Irurita Almandoz Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

* 1935–1936 :

Salvio Huix Miralpeix Salvio is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alessandro Salvio ( 1570– 1640), Italian chess player *Eduardo Salvio (born 1990), Argentine footballer See also * Nicole Di Salvio (born 1979), Italian softball player *Salvo (surn ...

* 1938–1943 :

Manuel Moll i Salord Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ...

* 1944–1947 :

Joan Villar Sanz Joan may refer to: People and fictional characters *Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters *:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine *Joan (surname) Weather events *Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...

* 1947–1967 : Aurelio del Pino Gómez * 1968–1999 : Ramon Malla Call * 1999–2007 : Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí * 2008–2015 : Juan Piris Frígola * 2015–present :

References

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lleida Lleida Religion in Lleida Roman Catholic dioceses in Catalonia Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain Dioceses established in the 3rd century