Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida

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Diocese of Lleida

Dioecesis Ilerdensis

Diócesis de Lérida (
Cathedral of the Assumption in Lleida
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopSalvador Giménez Valls
Metropolitan ArchbishopJaume Pujol Balcells
Bishops emeritusJuan Piris Frígola Bishop Emeritus (2008–2015)
Map
Website
bisbatlleida.org
A model of the old cathedral of Lleida

The Diocese of Lleida, or Diocese of Lerida (

Archdiocese of Tarragona.[1][2]

The diocese of Lleida was created in the 3rd century. After the

Barbastro (1101–1149). The city of Lleida was conquered from the Moors by the Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1149, and the see 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

Segre, about 100 miles from Barcelona. 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 citadel, dates from 1203. During the Middle Ages the University of Lleida was famous; in 1717 it was suppressed, and united with Cervera
.

The current Bishop of Lleida is Salvador Giménez Valls.

History

Roman period

Lleida was the

Julius Cæsar defeated Pompey
'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.

Visigoth
and Muslim period (until 1149)

In 546AD (dated to 524AD in some sources

Roman Catholic Church for implementation in all dioceses.[7]

The signatures of other bishops of Lleida are attached to various councils up to the year 716, when the

Roda
. An unbroken list of bishops of Lleida goes back to the year 887.

In 1101 King

Barbastro. The first bishop, Poncio, went to Rome
to obtain the pope's permission for this transfer.

Diocese of Lleida (from 1149)

The city of Lleida was conquered from the Moors by the Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1149, and the episcopal see was again transferred to its original seat.

A council in 1173 was presided over by Cardinal Giacinto Bobone, who afterwards became

Girona
.

The seminary was founded in 1722.

During the Peninsular War 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 Concordat of 1851 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, 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

Baix Cinca Catalan-speaking Aragonese areas.[8]

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 La Franja people into the Spanish-speaking mainstream congregation by cutting them off from their cultural roots.[9]

Bishops of Lleida (6th to 9th centuries)

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

  • 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

Roda
.

Bishops of Roda (until 1101)

After the

Roda
. All the names are given in Catalan:

  • 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

Barbastro
.

Bishops of Barbastro-Roda (1101–1149)

In 1101 the

Barbastro
. All the names are given in Catalan:

  • 1101–1104 : Ponç
  • 1104–1126 : St. Ramon — (named Ramon II in the Catholic Encyclopedia)
  • ---------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 episcopal see returned to Lleida.

Bishops of Lleida (since 1149)

In 1149 the episcopal see returned to Lleida.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Diocese of Lleida" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Lleida" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ Manuel Guallar Pérez, Los Concilios Tarraconenses celebrados en Lérida (Siglos VI–XV) (Lérida: Gráficas Larrosa, 1975), pp. 24–25.
  4. ^ Manuel Guallar Pérez, Los Concilios Tarraconenses celebrados en Lérida (Siglos VI–XV) (Lérida: Gráficas Larrosa, 1975), pp. 30–63.
  5. ^ Rachel L. Stocking, Bishops, Councils, and Consensus in the Visigothic Kingdom, 589-633 page 39.
  6. ^ Rachel L. Stocking, Bishops, Councils, and Consensus in the Visigothic Kingdom, 589-633 [page 40].
  7. ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticæ: Or, The Antiquities of the Christian Church, and Other Works, of the Rev. Joseph Bingham (W. Straker, 1844) p226.
  8. ^ Segregació del bisbat de Lleida
  9. ^ Manifest sobre la unitat del Museu de Lleida Diocesà i Comarcal
  10. ^ "Archbishop Antonio Pérez, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016

Sources

  • (in Spanish) IBERCRONOX: Obispado de Lérida (Ilerda) and Obispado de Barbastro-Monzón
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lérida". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

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