The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic ( la, diocoesis Vicen(sis)) is a
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
with its seat in the city of
Vic
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in the
ecclesiastical province of Tarragona
The Archdiocese of Tarragona (Latin, ''Tarraconensis'') is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Tarragona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesia ...
in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...
basilica
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dedicated to
Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = John (or Jonah; Jona)
, occupa ...
.
History
A diocese was first established at Vic in the fifth century. After the
Islamic conquest of Spain
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in 711, the diocese was abandoned.
The diocese was re-established in 886, shortly after the official re-settlement of the
Plain of Vic
The Plain of Vic (Catalan ''Plana de Vic'') is a 30 km long depression located at the eastern end of the Catalan Central Depression in the Osona comarca. It is named after the town of Vic, an important and ancient urban center in this natu ...
had begun in 878. According to one theory, the new diocese was a product of the initiative of the Sunyer II, count of Empúries, and Teuter,
bishop of Girona
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archdiocese of Narbonne
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to accept it as a suffragan. Although Vic was the traditional capital of the
County of Osona
The County of Osona, also Ausona ( ca, Comtat d'Osona, ; la, Comitatus Ausonae), was one of the Catalan counties of the ''Marca Hispanica'' in the Early and High Middle Ages. It was based around the capital city of Vic (''Vicus'') and the correspo ...
, the county and the bishopric were not coterminous. The monastery of
Santa Maria de Ripoll
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, one of the most important in the diocese, lay within the
County of Besalú The County of Besalú ( ca, Comtat de Besalú, ; la, Comitatus Bisuldunensis) was one of the landlocked medieval Catalan counties near the Mediterranean coastline. It was roughly coterminous with the modern ''comarca'' of Garrotxa and at various t ...
. So long as the counts of Osona were also
counts of Barcelona
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, they appointed viscounts to rule in Osona, and these usually resided at the
castle of Cardona
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in the
diocese of Urgell
The Diocese of Urgell is a diocese in Catalonia (Spain) and Andorra in the historical County of Urgell,
. As a result, the bishops of Vic came to control the city itself, blending public, private and ecclesiastical power there.
There is a surviving charter of King Odo dated 889, in which the king appears to grant the count of Osona to the bishop, but most of the text is of a later date and is unreliable. The king did grant the fortress at Artés to the bishop, as well as one third of public revenue in the county. By 911, when the will of Count Wifred II granted a third of the profits of the mints in Osona to the bishop, the latter had already replaced the viscount as the most powerful person in the county. During the reign of Louis IV (936–54), the bishop of Vic received royal confirmation of his monetary right. In 957, without any authority to do so, the bishop began keeping back all the profits of the mints for the church. Throughout the 10th century the counts of Osona sought to re-settle the west of the county and fortify the frontier. To this end they granted many frontier castles to the bishop to hold.
Igualada
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*
Basilica of Santa Maria de la Seu
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Manresa
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Bishops
Medieval period
*886–899 Gotmar, first bishop of the restored diocese
*899–914 Idalguer
*914–947
Jordi
Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
*Sant Jordi – patron sa ...
Frujà
Froia (or Fruia, ca, Frujà or ; died 992×93) was a canon of the cathedral of Vic from 957 and bishop from 972. His predecessor, Atto, tried to have Vic raised to archiepiscopal status, but was assassinated by his opponents. Elected to replace h ...
*993–1010
Arnulf
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Arnau de Malla Arnau may refer to:
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*University Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, a public me ...
Pere de Redorta Pere may refer to:
*Pere, Hungary, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
* Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere (1937–2020), Māori New Zealand educationalist and spiritual leader
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Guillem de Taverte Guillem () is a Catalan first name, equivalent to William in the English language, which occasionally can appear as a surname. Its origin and pronunciation are the same as its Occitan variant ''Guilhèm'', with a different spelling.
People with ...
Josep Maria Guix Ferreres Josep Maria Guix Ferreres (19 December 1927 – 28 June 2009) was a Catalan bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic.
Guix Ferreres was ordained on 31 May 1952 to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona
The Roman ...
(1983.06.20 – 2003.06.13)
* Bishop Ramon Masnou i Boixeda (1955.12.02 – 1983.06.20)
* Bishop
Joan Perelló i Pou 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)
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Patriarch
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Francesc Muñoz i Izquierdo Francesc () is a masculine given name of Catalan origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francesco, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
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Josep Morgades i Gili 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 ...
(1882.03.27 – 1899.06.19)
* Bishop
Pere Colomer i Mestres Pere may refer to:
* Pere, Hungary, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county
* Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere (1937–2020), Māori New Zealand educationalist and spiritual leader
* Wi Pere (1837–1915), a Māori Member of Parliament ...
(1875.09.17 – 1881.08.30)
* Bishop
Antoni Lluís Jordà i Soler Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of t ...
Antoni Palau i Térmens Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the ...
Manuel Muñoz Guil
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* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel
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Antoni Pascual Antoni is a Catalan language, Catalan, Polish language, Polish, and Slovene language, Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton (given nam ...
(1684–1704)
* Bishop
Jaume Mas Jaume Mas was the Bishop of Vic in Tarragona, Spain (1674–1684).
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17th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Spain
Bishops of Vic
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Gaspar Gil i Miravete de Blancas
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Andrés de San Jerónimo
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Antoni Gallart i de Treginer Antoni is a Catalan, Polish, and Slovene given name and a surname used in the eastern part of Spain, Poland and Slovenia. As a Catalan given name it is a variant of the male names Anton and Antonio. As a Polish given name it is a variant of the ...
(1612.03.19 – 1613.12.16)
* Bishop
Onofre de Reard
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(1608.03.03 – 1611.12.19)
* Bishop
Francesc Robuster i Sala Francesc () is a masculine given name of Catalan origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francesco, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include:
* Cesc Fàbregas (Francesc Fàbregas i Soler) (born 1987), Spanish professional football ...
(1598.05.05 – 1607.04.27)
* Bishop
Joan Vila
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Biography
Joan Vila Dilme was born in 1966 in Spain. He worked as a security guard at the La Caritat convalescent home in Olot.
Vila was arr ...
(1597.02.27 – 1597.09.24)
* Bishop Pere Jaime (1587.08.07 – 1597.03.10)
* Bishop Joan Baptista de Cardona (1584.07.04 – 1587.03.18)
* Bishop Pere d'Aragó (1577.01.14 – 1584.05.04)
* Bishop
Bernat de Jossa i de Cardona
Bernat may refer to:
People Given name
*Bernat Calbó (c. 1180–1243), Catalan jurist, bureaucrat, monk, bishop, and soldier
*Bernat Fenollar (1438–1516), Valencia poet, cleric and chess player
*Bernat Francés y Caballero, Spanish Roman Cath ...
Braulio Sunyer Braulio is a given name.
*Braulio Estima, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
* Braulio García, a Spanish singer-songwriter who is often credited as "Braulio".
*Braulio Guerra, Mexican politician
*Braulio Mari, a Spanish si ...
Joan d'Enguera
Juan Enguera (died 1513) was the Grand Inquisitor of the Crown of Aragon from 1507 to 1513.
Biography
Juan Enguera was born in Valencia in the fifteenth century. A member of the Dominican Order, Enguera rose to become a confessor of Ferdinan ...