Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona
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Archdiocese of Tarragona Archidioecesis Tarraconensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Spain |
Ecclesiastical province | Tarragona |
Statistics | |
Area | 3,146 km2 (1,215 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 549,500 517,800 (94.2%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1st Century (As Diocese of Tarragona) 5th Century (As Archdiocese of Tarragona) |
Cathedral | Primatial Cathedral Basilica of St Mary in Tarragona |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Joan Planellas i Barnosell |
Suffragans | Diocese of Girona Diocese of Lleida Diocese of Solsona Diocese of Tortosa Diocese of Urgell Diocese of Vic |
Map | |
The Archdiocese of Tarragona in red. | |
Website | |
arquebisbattarragona.cat |
The Archdiocese of Tarragona (
The archdiocese, created in Roman times, was reestablished in 1118 after the Muslim occupation.
History
Roman period (until the 5th century)
The Romans selected Tarragona as the centre of their government in Spain. In the division of the peninsula it was the capital first of Hispania Citerior (Hither Spain) and then of the Province of Hispania Tarraconensis.
The Church of Tarragona is undoubtedly one of the most ancient in Spain, holding as it does the tradition of the coming of the apostles
The earliest surviving written testimony concerning the bishops of Tarragona is the third-century Acts of the Martyrdom of the bishop
The
It is also conjectured that the Hilarius who was the subject of the Decretal issued by Pope Innocent I was also a Bishop of Tarragona. Ascanio was bishop in 465.
In the fifth century Tarragona was overrun by the
Visigoth period (5th to 7th centuries)
The
On 6 November 516, Archbishop John assembled all the bishops of his province and held the first provincial council of Tarragona, at which ten bishops were present. In 517 he assembled another provincial council in Girona.
Sergius, who was bishop from 535 to 546, held councils in Barcelona and
Artemius, bishop prior to 589, was not able to attend the Third Council of Toledo (589), but sent a substitute, Stephen. He called provincial councils at Zaragoza (599) and Barcelona.
Eusebius (610–632) held the council of Egara (Terrassa) to enforce the canons of the Council of Huesca. Audax (633–638) was present at the Fourth Council of Toledo (633), and Protasius (637–646) at the Sixth (638) and Seventh (646) Councils of Toledo. Cyprianus (680–688) sent representatives to the Thirteenth (683), Fourteenth (684), and Fifteenth (688) councils of Toledo. Vera assisted personally at the Sixteenth (693) and Seventeenth (694).
Muslim period (c. 719 – 1116)
In time of Vera or in that of his successor, George, the
Caesarius endeavoured to obtain recognition as titular Archbishop of Tarragona, but was not successful, although he was consecrated by the bishops of Leon and Galicia, and obtained from the pope the abbey of Santa Cecilia, which belonged to the Archbishop of Tarragona.
A similar concession was granted to
Archdiocese of Tarragona (since 1116)
It was not until 1116 that Tarragona was definitively reconquered by Ramón Berenguer III the Great. Bishop Berenguer had died in 1110, after having assisted, in 1096, at the Council of Nîmes convoked by Pope Urban II.
His successor in the See of Tarragona, Olegarius, had been a canon regular at St. Rufus in Provence, later an abbot, and then Bishop of
He assisted at the
On the death of Olegarius (6 March 1137), Gregory,
The dissensions among the sons of
By special privilege of the pope, all the
When king
In 1242 a provincial council was convoked at Tarragona to regulate the procedure of the
King
Don Pedro Zagarriga, Archbishop of Tarragona in 1407–1418, was one of the arbitrators at the Compromise of Caspe (1412).
One of the most celebrated prelates of Tarragona, Antonio Agustín y Albanell (died 1586), a native of Zaragoza, was an eminent jurisconsult and numismatist. He put an end to the struggles referred to in Don Quixote, between the Narros and Cadells factions, which had disturbed the peace of Catalonia.
Modern times
In 1912 it was bounded on the north by Barcelona and Lleida, on the east by Barcelona, on the south by the
Archbishops of Tarragona (6th century – c. 712)
All the names in italics are given in Spanish:
- . c. 259 : Fructuosus
- . c. 385 : Himerius of Tarragona — (before 385)
- . c. 402 : Hilarius of Tarragona
- . c. 420 : Ticiano of Tarragona
- . c. 465 : Ascanio of Tarragona
- 470–520 : John
- 520–555 : Sergius — (or 535–546)
- 560–580 : Tranquillinus of Tarragona — (c. 560 – after 580)
- 589–599 : Artemius of Tarragona
- . c. 599 : Asiático
- 610–632 : Eusebius of Tarragona — (c. 610? – c. 632)
- . c. 633 : Audax — (Mentioned in the Fourth Council of Toledo of 633, or 633–638)
- . c. 635 : Selva — (Mentioned in 635)
- 637–646 : Protasius — (assisted to the Sixth (638) and Seventh (646) Councils of Toledo)
- 646–668 : Faluax — (646–668?)
- 668–688 : Cyprianus — (or 680–688)
- . c. 693 : Vera – (Mentioned in the Sixteenth (693) and Seventeenth (694) Councils of Toledo)
- 711– . . . . : Próspero, Saint — (711–unknown)
In 711 the
Bishops of Tarragona (8th to 11th centuries)
- 956–unknown : Caesarius
- 970–971 : Vichin 957–971)
- 1091–1099 : Berenguer Seniofredo de Llusá — (also Berengarius of Rosanes, also bishop of Vich in c. 1078–c. 1099)
Archbishops of Tarragona (since 1118)
Count Ramón Berenguer III the Great took Tarragona in 1116.
- 1118–1137 : Barcelonain 1116–1137)
- 1143–1146 : Gregory
- 1146–1163 : Bernardo Tort
- 1163–1171 : Hugo de Cervelló — (also Hugo de Cervellón)
- 1171–1174 : Guillermo de Torroja
- 1174–1194 : Berenguer de Vilademuls
- 1194–1198 : Ramón Xedmar de Castelltersol
- 1199–1215 : Ramón de Rocabertí
- 1215–1233 : Asparec de la Barca — (also Aspargo Barca)
- 1235–1237 : Raymond of Penyafort, O.P.
- 1237–1239 : Guillermo de Montgrí
- 1238–1251 : Pedro de Albalat
- 1251–1268 : Benito de Rocabertí
- 1272–1287 : Bernardo de Olivella
- 1288–1308 : Rodrigo Tello
- 1309–1315 : Guillermo de Rocabertí
- 1317–1327 : Jimeno Martínez de Luna y Aragón
- 1327–1334 : Juan de Aragón
- 1334–1346 : Arnaldo Sescomes
- 1346–1357 : Sancho López de Ayerbe
- 1357–1380 : Pedro Clasquerí
- 1388–1407 : Eneco de Vallterra
- 1407–1418 : Pedro de Sagarriga y Pau — (also Pedro Zagarriga)
- 1419–1431 : Dalmacio de Mur y de Cervelló
- 1431–1433 : Gonzalo Fernández de Hijar
- 1434–1445 : Domingo Ram y Lanaja
- 1445–1489 : Pedro de Urrea
- 1490–1511 : Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia y de Bardají
- 1512–1514 : Alfonso de Aragón y Sánchez
- 1515–1530 : Pedro Folc de Cardona
- 1531–1532 : Luis Folc de Cardona y Enríquez
- 1533–1558 : Girolamo Doria
- 1560–1567 : Fernando de Loaces y Pérez
- 1567–1568 : Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia
- 1568–1575 : Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta
- 1576–1586 : Antonio Agustín y Albanell
- 1587–1603 : Joan Terès i Borrull
- 1604–1611 : Juan de Vic y Manrique
- 1613–1622 : Juan de Moncada y Gralla
- 1624–1626 : Juan de Hoces
- 1627–1633 : Juan Guzmán (archbishop)[4]
- 1633–1637 : Antonio Pérez (archbishop)[5]
- 1653–1663 : Francisco de Rojas y Artés
- 1663–1679 : Juan Manuel de Espinosa y Manuel
- 1680–1694 : José Sanchís y Ferrandis
- 1695–1710 : José Llinás y Aznar
- 1712–1719 : Isidoro de Beltrán
- 1720–1721 : Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí
- 1721–1728 : Manuel de Samaniego y Jaca
- 1728–1753 : Pedro de Copons y Copons
- 1753–1762 : Jaime de Cortada y Bru
- 1763–1764 : Lorenzo Despuig y Cotoner
- 1764–1777 : Juan Lario y Lanzis
- 1779–1783 : Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso
- 1785–1803 : Francesc Armanyà i Font
- 1804–1816 : Romualdo Mon y Velarde
- 1818–1819 : Antonio Bergosa y Jordán
- 1820–1825 : Jaime Creus Martí
- 1826–1854 : Antonio Fernando de Echanove y de Zaldívar
- 1857–1864 : José Domingo Costa y Borrás
- 1864–1870 : Francisco Fleix y Solans
- 1875–1878 : Constantino Boney y Zanuy
- 1879–1888 : Benito Vilamitjana y Vila
- 1889–1911 : Tomás Costa y Fornaguera
- 1913–1918 : Antolín López Peláez
- 1919–1943 : Francisco Vidal y Barraquer
- 1944–1948 : Manuel Arce y Ochotorena
- 1949–1970 : Benjamín de Arriba y Castro
- 1970–1983 : José Pont y Gol
- 1983–1996 : Ramón Torrella Cascante
- 1997–2004 : Lluís Martínez Sistach
- 2004–2019 : Jaume Pujol Balcells
- 2019–present : Joan Planellas i Barnosell
See also
- List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Spain.
References
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ "Archdiocese of Tarragona" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ISBN 9781351665780. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Archbishop Juan Guzmán, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
- ^ "Archbishop Antonio Pérez, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016
Sources
- (in Spanish) IBERCRONOX: Arzobispado de Tarragona (Tarraco)
- Archdiocese of Tarragona Official Website
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Tarragona". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.