Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic

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Diocese of Vic

Dioecesis Vicensis

Diócesis de Vich (
Roman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established5th Century
CathedralCathedral Basilica of St Peter in Vic
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopRomà Casanova Casanova
Metropolitan ArchbishopJaume Pujol Balcells
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

The Diocese of Vic (

Latin: Dioecesis Vicensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church with its seat in the city of Vic in the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. Its cathedral is a basilica dedicated to Saint Peter
.

History

A diocese was first established at Vic in the fifth century. After the

Islamic conquest of Spain
in 711, the diocese was abandoned.

The diocese was re-established in 886, shortly after the official re-settlement of the

diocese of Urgell.[1] As a result, the bishops of Vic came to control the city itself, blending public, private and ecclesiastical power there.[1]

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.[2] The king did grant the fortress at Artés to the bishop, as well as one third of public revenue in the county.[2] 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.[2] During the reign of Louis IV (936–54), the bishop of Vic received royal confirmation of his monetary right.[2] In 957, without any authority to do so, the bishop began keeping back all the profits of the mints for the church.[2] 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.[3]

Minor basilicas

Bishops

Medieval period

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Modern period

Map of the Diocese c. 1900

Churches

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Freedman 1983, p. 15.
  2. ^ a b c d e Freedman 1983, p. 16.
  3. ^ Freedman 1983, p. 17.

Sources

  • Freedman, Paul (1983). Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia. Rutgers.

External links

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