Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca
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Diocese of Jaca Dioecesis Iacensis Diócesis de Jaca |
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Interior of Jaca Cathedral
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| Location | |
| Country | Spain |
| Ecclesiastical province | Pamplona y Tudela |
| Metropolitan | Pamplona y Tudela |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 5,896 km2 (2,276 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 46,800 46,400 (99.1%) |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1063 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Peter in Jaca |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Julián Ruiz Martorell |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Francisco Pérez González |
| Website | |
| Website of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Jaca (Latin, Jaccensis) is located in northeastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragón. The diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela.
Jaca originally belonged to the diocese of Huesca, but after the Moorish conquest of Huesca in 713 its bishops, (known as the itinerant "Bishops of Aragon"), moved to Aragon. The episcopal seat was established in Jaca during 1063–96, then moved back to Huesca after king Pedro I of Aragon retook the city from the Moors in November 1096. The diocese of Jaca was created in 1572, carved out of the diocese of Huesca.
Jaca, capital of the mountain county of Jacetania, is situated on the left bank of the Aragon River, a tributary of the river Ebro, about 800 meters above sea-level.
The cathedral of Jaca, dedicated to [Saint Peter], is of Romanesque design, built in the 11th century; it was consecrated in the late 11th century and altered in the 15th–18th centuries. There is also a former cathedral, the Iglesia San Adrián de Sasabe, in Sasabe (also in Huesca province).
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