Oca (Latin Auca) is a former bishopric in the

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region (northern Spain), the predecessor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos, and presently a Latin

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of the

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. Its Latin adjective is ''Aucen(sis)''.

Visigothic see

The diocese was established at Oca, now Villafranca Montes de Oca, no later than 589, when its bishop Asterius attended the

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, but vaguer notices may trace it back as early as the 3rd century. Monastic life flourished there during the

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(6th–8th century). However, in the 8th century, Arab Muslim invaders destroyed Oca, rendering its bishops errant, quoted by sources at Amaya, Valpuesta, Muñó, Sasamón,

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, Gamonal, only to have their 'see' formally suppressed to restore definitively the Diocese of Burgos in 1075, confirmed by Pope Urban II in 1095.

Suffragan Bishops of Oca

# Asterius (''

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'' 589–597) # Amanungus (''fl''. 633–646) # Litorius (''fl''. 649–656) # Stercorius (''fl''. 675–688) # Constantine (''fl''. 693).

Titular see

The diocese was nominally restored in 1969 as the

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of ''Auca'' (Curiate Latin and Italian). It has had the following incumbents, so far of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank: # Daniel Llorente y Federico, 11 December 1969 – death 27 February 1971, bishop emeritus of

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(Spain) (1944.12.09 – 1969.12.11), previously Titular Bishop of Daphnusia (1942.03.12 – 1944.12.09) as

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(Spain) (1942.03.12 – 1944.12.09) # Hernando Rojas Ramirez,

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of Espinal (Colombia), 26 April 1972 – 12 December 1974; later succeeded as Bishop of Espinal (1974.12.12 – 1985.07.01), next Bishop of Neiva (Colombia) (1985.07.01 – 2001.01.19), died 2002 # Theodor Hubrich, as auxiliary bishop in the diocese of

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(eastern Germany), 5 December 1975 – resigned 26 March 1992; later

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(eastern Germany) (1987.11.23 – death 1992.03.26) # Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. as auxiliary bishop of

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of S. Roberto Bellarmino (2001.02.21 001.10.14– 2013.03.13), President of Episcopal Conference of Argentina (2005.11.08 – 2011.11.08), elected Supreme Pontiff

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(2013.03.13 013.03.19– 2025.04.21) # Mieczysław Cisło (13 December 1997 – ...), as auxiliary bishop of

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(Poland), no previous prelature.

References

Sources and external links

Website of the (successor) archdiocese of Burgos (in Spanish)

* Auca Oca {{Europe-RC-titularsee-stub

Visigothic see

Suffragan Bishops of Oca

Titular see

See also

References

Sources and external links