Diocese of Huesca
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Diocese of Huesca Dioecesis Oscensis Diócesis de Huesca |
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Zaragoza |
| Metropolitan | Zaragoza |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,728 km2 (1,825 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 79,600 78,600 (98.7%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 533 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Montserrat in Huesca |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julián Ruiz Martorell |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Sede vacante |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Huesca (Latin, Oscensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragón. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
Huesca embraces parts of the province of Huesca in north-eastern Spain, seven parishes in the Broto valley and three within the limits of the Archdiocese of Saragossa, one parish being situated in the city of Saragossa itself.
Diocese created in or before the 6th century; after the Moorish conquest of 713 its bishops moved to Aragon (the itinerant "Bishops of Aragon"). The episcopal seat was established in Jaca during 1063-1096, then finally moved back to Huesca after king Pedro I of Aragon took the city from the Moors in November 1096.
The date of origin of the diocese cannot be definitely ascertained; the earliest evidence of its existence is the signature of Gabinius, Bishop of Huesca, to the decrees of the Third Council of Toledo, held in 589. Isidore of Seville, writing in the 7th century, (De viris illustr., c. xxxiv) mentions the presence of Elpidius, Bishop of Huesca, at an earlier council, but this is not considered authoritative. The year of the diocese being erected is given as 533 at http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhues.html.
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