Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona

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Archdiocese of Barcelona

Archidioecesis Barcinonensis

Archidiócesis de Barcelona (es)
Arxidiòcesi de Barcelona (ca)
Barcelona Cathedral Saint Eulalia.jpg
Barcelona Cathedral
Escudo de la Archidiocesis de Barcelona.svg
Coat of arms
Location
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Ecclesiastical province Barcelona
Statistics
Area339 km2 (131 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2016)
2,643,620
2,105,820 (79.7%)
Information
Rite Roman Rite
CathedralCatedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia
(Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia)
Patron saint Virgin of Mercy
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Juan José Omella Omella
Auxiliary Bishops David Abadías Aurín
Javier Vilanova Pellisa
Bishops emeritus Lluís Martínez Sistach
Map
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Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Barcelona (Latin : Archidioecesis Barcinonensis) is a Latin metropolitan archbishopric of the Catholic Church in northeastern Spain's Catalonia region.

Contents

The cathedral archiepiscopal see is a Minor basilica: Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona. The archbishopric has nine more Minor basilicas.

The current Archbishop of Barcelona is Juan José Omella Omella, appointed by Pope Francis on 6 November 2015.

Province

The ecclesiastical province of Barcelona includes the Metropolitan's own archbishopric and the following suffragan sees :

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 2,116,479 Catholics (79.7% of 2,657,000 total) on 340 km² in 214 parishes and 153 missions with 826 priests (396 diocesan, 430 religious), 46 deacons, 3,092 lay religious (639 brothers, 2,453 sisters) and 19 seminarians.

History

While local tradition and catalogues date back the first bishop, San Eteri, considered a disciple of Saint James the Great, to the very first Apostles, historical evidence seems to be undisputed from the third century onwards, when bishop Pretextat attended the Council of Sardica in 343. During the Visigothic Kingdom, Barcelona became one of the fourteen dioceses of the ecclesiastic province of Tarragona.

Circa 450 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Egara, which it regained circa 700 at the suppression of that Diocese of Egara

After the Christian fall in 712, a long sede vacante was ended not before 850, when bishop Joan took office, and the diocese became subjugated to the Carolingian See of Narbonne.

During the Reconquista, bishop Oleguer was called to the archepiscopal see of Tarragona, which he took in 1017, though being granted to keep his Barcelonan see as well, reigning 1114–1137. Barcelona became suffragan to Tarragona once again, and stayed so for the following centuries.

Its bishops got used to live in the pontifical or royal courts instead of the city, until bishop Jaume Caçador inducted reforms according to the Council of Trent amidst the 16th century. Disregarding another year-lasting de facto sede vacante from 1808 to 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars, Barcelona and its diocese kept on growing richer and more powerful.

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List of bishops

Suffragan Bishopric

Earliest bishops according to local tradition

The Catholic Encyclopedia states that “The See of Barcelona, unlike most very ancient sees, whose origins are obscure, has preserved catalogues of its bishops from Apostolic times, and although all the names given cannot be admitted as authentic, the greater number are handed down in all the catalogues.” [2] The list includes: [3]

Severus is considered to have occupied the see around 304 AD. Ajuntament de Barcelona - 002.jpg
Severus is considered to have occupied the see around 304 AD.
Early Suffragan bishops (for whom documentation exists)
St. Pacian Esgrafiat de Sant Pacia al palau episcopal de Barcelona.jpg
St. Pacian
Medieval Period
Bishop of Barcelona Berenguer de Palou II (seated) with James I of Aragon Jaime I de Aragon en las pinturas murales de la conquista de Mallorca.jpg
Bishop of Barcelona Berenguer de Palou II (seated) with James I of Aragon

In the twelfth century the diocese was restored by Ramon Berenguer, Count of Barcelona.

Arnau de Gurb was bishop during the mid- to late thirteenth century. Arnau de Gurb.jpg
Arnau de Gurb was bishop during the mid- to late thirteenth century.
Suffragan Bishops of Barcelona since 1505

Archbishopric

Non-Metropolitan Archbishops of Barcelona
Metropolitan Archbishops of Barcelona

Coadjutor and Auxiliary bishops

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Dr. Josep Maria Martí Bonet: Historia de la Diócesis de Barcelona del s. IV al s. XXI, Arquebisbat de Barcelona. Retrieved on 2010-11-15.
  2. ↑ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Barcelona
  3. ↑ Episcopologi
  4. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Pedro Garcia" retrieved January 30, 2016
  5. ↑ "Bishop García Gil Manrique" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 26, 2016

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