Diocese of Lleida

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The Diocese of Lleida (Latin, Ilerdensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tarragona.

The diocese of Lleida was created in the 3rd century. After the Moorish conquest of Lleida in 716 the episcopal see was moved to Roda (until 1101) and then to 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.

At present, Lleida is sede vacante, since its last bishop, Mgr. Francesc-Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí resigned on March 8 2007. The diocese is under the temporary administration of Mgr. Xavier Salinas Viñals, Bishop of Tortosa.

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[edit] History

[edit] Roman period:

Lleida was the Roman Ilerda, or Herda. During the Punic Wars it sided with the Carthaginians; near it Hanno the Elder was defeated by Scipio in 216 B.C., and Julius Cæsar defeated Pompey's forces in 49 B.C.

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 A.D. 269.

[edit] Visigoth 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.

The signatures of other bishops of Lleida are attached to various councils up to the year 716, when the Moors took possession of the town, and the see was removed to Roda. An unbroken list of bishops of Lleida goes back to the year 887.

In 1101 King Pedro I of Aragon took the city of Barbastro from the Moors and transferred the see from Roda to Barbastro. The first bishop, Poncio, went to Rome to obtain the pope's permission for this transfer.

[edit] 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 Pope Celestine III. A council in 1246 absolved king James I of Aragon from the sacrilege of cutting out the tongue of the Bishop of Gerona.

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 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.

[edit] Bishops of Lleida (6th to 9th centiries)

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

  • ca. 269 : St. Lleïr — (Mentioned in 269)
  • ca. 516 : Oronci — (Mentioned between 516 and 517)
  • ca. 519 : Pere
  • ca. 540 : Andreu — (Mentioned in 540)
  • ca. 546 : Februari — (Mentioned in 546)
  • ca. 589 : Polibi — (Mentioned in 589)
  • ca. 592 : Julià — (Mentioned in 592)
  • ca. 599 : Ameli — (Mentioned in 599)
  • ca. 614 : Gomarel — (Mentioned in 614)
  • ca. 635 : Fructuós — (Mentioned between 633 and 638)
  • ca. 653 : Gandelè — (Mentioned in 653)
  • ca. 690 : Eusend — (Mentioned between 683 and 693)
  • ca. 715 : Esteve — (before 714 - after 719)
  • ca. 780 : San Medard — (after 778)
  • ca. 842 : Jacob

After the Moorish conquest the Diocese of Lleida is transferred to Roda.

[edit] Bishops of Roda (until 1101)

After the Moorish conquest the Diocese of Lleida is transferred to Roda. All the names are given in Catalan:

  1. 887-922 : Adulf — (since before 887 to 922)
  2. 923-955 : Ató
  3. 955-975 : Odisend
  4. 988-991 : Aimeric — (since before 988 to 991)
  5. 996---?--- : Jacob — (since before 996)
  6. 1006-1015 : Aimeric II — (since before 1006 to 1015)
  7. 1017-1019 : Borrell
  8. 1023-1067 : Arnulf
  9. 1068-1075 : Salomó
  10. 1075-1076 : Arnulf II
  11. 1076-1094 : Pere Ramon Dalmaci
  12. 1094-1096 : Llop
  13. 1097-1100 : Ponç

In 1101 the Diocese of Roda is transferred to Barbastro.


[edit] Bishops of Barbastro-Roda (1101 - 1149)

In 1101 the Diocese of Roda is transferred to Barbastro. All the names are given in Catalan:

  1. 1101-1104 : Ponç
  2. 1104-1126 : St. Ramon — (named Ramon II in the Catholic Encyclopedia)
  3. ---------1126 : Esteve
  4. 1126-1134: Pere Guillem
    • 1134 : Ramir, a prince of the royal house of Aragon — (Elected)
  5. 1135-1143 : Gaufrid
  6. 1143-1149 : Guillermo Pérez de Ravitats

In 1149 the episcopal see returned to Lleida.

[edit] Bishops of Lleida (since 1149)

In 1149 the episcopal see returned to Lleida.

  1. 1149-1176 : Guillem Pérez de Ravitats
  2. 1177-1190 : Guillem Berenguer
  3. 1191-1205 : Gombald de Camporells
  4. 1205-1235 : Berenguer d'Erill
  5. 1236-1238 : Pere d'Albalat
  6. 1238-1247 : Ramon de Siscar
  7. 1248-1255 : Guillem de Barberà
  8. ---------1256 : Berenguer de Peralta
  9. 1257-1278 : Guillem de Moncada
  10. 1282-c.1286 Guillem Bernáldez de Fluvià — (1282 - before 1286)
  11. 1290-1298 : Gerard d'Andria
  12. 1299-1308 : Pere de Rei
  13. 1308-1313 : Ponç d'Aguilaniu
  14. 1314-1321 : Guillem d'Aranyó — (before 1314 - 1321)
  15. 1322-1324 : Ponç de Villamur
  16. 1324-1327 : Ramon d'Avignó
  17. 1327-1334 : Arnald de Cescomes
  18. 1334-1340 : Ferrer de Colom
  19. 1341-1348 : Jaume Sitjó
  20. 1348-1360 : Esteve Mulceo
  21. 1361-1380 : Romeu de Cescomes
  22. 1380-1386 : Ramón
  23. 1387-1399 : Gerau de Requesens
  24. ---------1399 : Pere de Santcliment
  25. ---------1403 : Joan de Baufés
  26. 1403-1407 : Pere de Sagarriga i de Pau
  27. 1407-1411 : Pere de Cardona
  28. 1415-1434 : Domènec Ram i Lanaja
  29. 1435-1449 : García Aznárez de Añon
  30. 1449-1459 : Antoni Cerdà
  31. 1459-1510 : Lluís Joan de Milà
  32. 1510-1512 : Joan d'Enguera
  33. 1512-1542 : Jaume Conchillos
  34. ---------1542 : Martí Valero
  35. 1543-1553 : Ferran de Loaces i Pérez
  36. 1553-1554 : Joan Arias
  37. 1556-1559 : Miquel Despuig
  38. 1561-1576 : Antonio Agustín y Albanell
  39. 1577-1578 : Miquel Tomàs de Taxaquet
  40. 1580-1581 : Carles Domènech
  41. 1583-1585 : Benet de Tocco
  42. 1585-1586 : Gaspar Joan de la Figuera
  43. 1586-1591 : Joan Martínez de Villatoriel — (Inquisitor General).
  44. 1592-1597 : Pere d'Aragó
  45. 1599-1620 : Francesco Virgili
  46. 1621-1632 : Pere Anton Serra
  47. ---------1633 : Antoni Pérez i Maxo
  48. ---------1634 : Pere de Magarola i Fontanet
  49. 1635-1642 : Bernat Caballero de Paredes
  50. 1644-1650 : Pere de Santiago
  51. 1656-1664 : Miquel de Escartín
  52. 1664-1667 : Brauli Sunyer
  53. 1668-1673 : Josep Minot
  54. 1673-1680 : Jaume de Copons
  55. 1680-1681 : Francesc Berardo
  56. 1682-1698 : Miquel Jeroni de Molina
  57. 1699-1700 : Joan de Santamaríi Alonso i Valeria
  58. 1701-1714 : Francesc de Solís
  59. 1714-1735 : Francesc de Olasso Hipenza
  60. 1736-1756 : Gregori Galindo
  61. 1757-1770 : Manuel Macías Pedrejón
  62. 1771-1783 : Joaquim Antoni Sánchez Ferragudo
  63. 1783-1816 : Jeroni Maria de Torres
  64. 1816-1817 : Manuel del Villar
  65. ---------1818 : Remigi Lasanta Ortega
  66. 1819-1824 : Simó Antoni de Rentería i Reyes
  67. 1824-1832 : Pau Colmenares
  68. 1833-1844 : Julià Alonso
  69. 1848-1850 : Josep Domènec Costa i Borràs
  70. 1850-1861 : Pere Ciril Uriz i Labayru
  71. 1862-1870 : Marià Puigllat i Amigó
  72. 1875-1889 : Tomàs Costa i Fornaguera
  73. 1889-1905 : Josep Meseguer i Costa
  74. 1905-1914 : Juan Antonio Ruano y Martín, born at Gijude del Barro, in the Diocese of Salamanca, 3 Nov., 1848, appointed titular bishop of Claudiopolis, and Administrator of Barbastro, 3 Nov., 1898 and transferred to Lleida, 14 Dec., 1905.
  75. 1914-1925 : Josep Miralles Sbert
  76. 1926-1930 : Manuel Irurita Almandoz
  77. 1935-1936 : Salvi Huix Miralpeix
  78. 1938-1943 : Manuel Moll i Salord
  79. 1944-1947 : Joan Villar Sanz
  80. 1947-1967 : Aurelio del Pino Gómez
  81. 1968-1999 : Ramon Malla Call
  82. 1999-2007 : Francesc Xavier Ciuraneta Aymí

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This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.