Bishop of Gerona
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Diocese of Girona Dioecesis Gerundensis Diòcesi de Girona (ca) Diócesis de Gerona (es) | |
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| Location | |
| Country |
 Spain
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| Ecclesiastical province | Tarragona |
| Metropolitan | Tarragona |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,705 km2 (1,817 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 740,214 630,000 (85.1%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 4th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Mary Mother of God in Girona |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Francisco Pardo Artigas |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jaume Pujol Balcells |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Jaume Camprodon Rovira Bishop Emeritus (1973-2001) Carles Soler Perdigó Bishop Emeritus (2001-2008) |
| Map | |
 Colored map of the diocese of Gerona. The different colors show the limits of arxiprestats that the diocese was divided in 2011. Some neighboring towns may be assigned to different parishes, arxiprestats or even to another diocese. | |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona (Latin: Gerunden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Girona in the Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain.
The first historical mention of a Christian diocese in Girona is in a paper for Pope Innocent I in 397-400. On 18 June, 517, a synod convened here was attended by the Archbishop of Tarragona and six bishops; canons were promulgated dealing with the recitation of the Divine Office, infant baptism and the celibacy of the clergy.
About 885 Bishop Ingobert of Urgell was expelled from his see by the intruder Selva, who, under the protection of the Count of Urgell, was consecrated in Gascony. This usurper also unlawfully placed Hermemiro over the see of Girona. In 892 a synod was held in the Church of Santa Maria in Urgell; the two usurpers were deposed, their vestments rent, their crosiers broken over their heads, and they were deprived of their sacerdotal faculties.
A council held in Lleida in 1246 absolved James I of Aragon from the sacrilege of cutting out the tongue of the Bishop of Girona. Another synod at Girona in 1078 affirmed the nullity of simoniacal ordinations.
Honoured with papal prerogatives relating to the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela, the Church of Le Puy assumed a sort of informal primacy in respect to most of the Churches of France, and even of Christendom, manifesting itself practically in a 'right to beg', established with the authorization of the Holy See, in virtue of which the chapter of Le Puy levied a veritable tax upon almost all the Christian countries to support its hospital of Notre-Dame. In Catalonia this droit de quête, recognized by Spanish Crown, was so thoroughly established that the chapter had its collectors permanently installed in that country.
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