The Archdiocese of Tarragona () is a

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ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern

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, in the

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Tarragona Tarragona (, ; ) is a coastal city and municipality in Catalonia (Spain). It is the capital and largest town of Tarragonès county, the Camp de Tarragona region and the province of Tarragona. Geographically, it is located on the Costa Daurada ar ...

, part of the

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. The archdiocese heads the

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, having Metropolitan authority over the

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s of

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Lleida Lleida (, ; ; '' see below'') is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital and largest town in Segrià county, the Ponent region and the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It ...

, Solsona,

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and

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."Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tarragona"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 The archdiocese, created in Roman times, was reestablished in 1118 after the Muslim occupation.

History

Roman period (until the 5th century)

is one of the most ancient cities of

, probably of

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origin, as its coins and

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walls indicate. The

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selected Tarragona as the centre of their government in Spain. In the division of the peninsula it was the capital first of

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(Hither Spain) and then of the Province of

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. The Church of Tarragona is traditionally held to have received visits from

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and

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. The earliest surviving written testimony concerning the bishops of Tarragona is the third-century ''Acts of the Martyrdom of the bishop St. Fructuosus and his deacons Augurius and Eulogius''. The see of Tarragona, which was vacant at that time, was represented at the

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by two procurators, the priest Probatius and the deacon Castorius.

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, who sent the priest Basianus to

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, and who obtained a letter from

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, was Archbishop of Tarragona in 384. It is also conjectured that the Hilarius who was the subject of the Decretal issued by

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was also a Bishop of Tarragona.

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was bishop in 465. In the fifth century Tarragona was overrun by the

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, and Alani.

Visigoth period (5th to 7th centuries)

The

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king,

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, took possession of Tarragona in 475 and totally demolished it. During the occupation of the Visigoths it flourished once more. On 6 November 516, Archbishop John assembled all the bishops of his province and held the first provincial council of Tarragona, at which ten bishops were present. In 517 he assembled another provincial council in Girona. Sergius, who was bishop from 535 to 546, held councils in Barcelona and

(546).

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''. Tranquillinus was bishop for many years previous to 560. He had been a monk in the Monastery of Asana, under the direction of Victornus.

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, bishop prior to 589, was not able to attend the

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(589), but sent a substitute, Stephen. He called provincial councils at Zaragoza (599) and Barcelona. Eusebius (610–632) held the council of Egara (Terrassa) to enforce the canons of the Council of Huesca. Audax (633–638) was present at the

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(633), and Protasius (637–646) at the Sixth (638) and Seventh (646)

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. Cyprianus (680–688) sent representatives to the

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(683), Fourteenth (684), and

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(688) councils of Toledo.

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assisted personally at the Sixteenth (693) and Seventeenth (694).

Muslim period (c. 719 – 1116)

In time of Vera or in that of his successor, George, the

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took place. The Arabs destroyed Tarragona in 719.

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appears to have temporarily taken possession of the city. A portion of its territory was bestowed on the

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, and the metropolitan rank was given to the

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, but was recovered in 759. Caesarius endeavoured to obtain recognition as titular Archbishop of Tarragona, but was not successful, although he was consecrated by the bishops of Leon and Galicia, and obtained from the pope the abbey of Santa Cecilia, which belonged to the Archbishop of Tarragona.

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, induced

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to confer the title of Archbishop of Tarragona on

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bishop of Vich The Diocese of Vic () is a Latin Church, Latin diocese of the Catholic Church with its seat in the city of Vic, Spain, Vic in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona, ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain. Vic Cathedral, ...

in 957–971, although he never was called Archbishop of Tarragona but of

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. Berengarius of Rosanes,

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in c. 1078–c. 1099, petitioned

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for permission to promote a crusade for the reconquest of Tarragona.

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''the Fratricide'' succeeded in taking the city and made it a

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of the

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. The pope, in recognition of the efforts of the Bishop of Vich, conferred on him the

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as Archbishop of Tarragona, transferring to him all rights to the city and its churches which had previously belonged to the Holy See. The new bishop, however, was to remain in possession of the Church of Vich. A similar concession was granted to

Olegarius Olegarius Bonestruga (from Germanic ''Oldegar'', , , ; 1060 – 6 March 1137) was the Bishop of Barcelona from 1116 and Archbishop of Tarragona from 1118 until his death. He was an intimate of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and often a ...

, Bishop of

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in 1116–1137, who was permitted to retain possession of his former church until he had obtained complete and peaceful possession of that of Tarragona, of which he had been named Archbishop.

Archdiocese of Tarragona (since 1116)

It was not until 1116 that Tarragona was definitively reconquered by Ramón Berenguer III ''the Great''. Bishop Berenguer had died in 1110, after having assisted, in 1096, at the Council of Nîmes convoked by

. His successor in the See of Tarragona, Olegarius, had been a canon regular at St. Rufus in Provence, later an abbot, and then Bishop of

in 1116–1137. To him is due the restoration of the metropolitan authority of Tarragona. In 1117 Count Ramón Berenguer III conferred on him the government of the city that he might endeavour to recolonize it, which work he carried on with great zeal. He assisted at the

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of Toulouse and Reims (1109), of the Lateran (1123), and of Clermont (1130), and accompanied the Count of Barcelona as pontifical legate in the war which terminated in the imposition of a tribute upon

and

. The Norman Robert Burdet also joined the forces of the Count of Barcelona, established himself in Tarragona and obtained dominion over a great part of the city. On the death of Olegarius (6 March 1137), Gregory,

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, succeeded him in the vacant See of Tarragona, and was the first incumbent of that see to receive the title of archbishop. The dissensions among the sons of Robert Burdet led to the murder by them of Archbishop Hug de Cervelló 22 April 1171. By special privilege of the pope, all the

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were crowned at

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by the archbishop of Tarragona, until the metropolitan See of Zaragoza was re-established in 1318. The dissensions between the archbishops and the kings, on account of the jurisdiction over Tarragona granted to the bishops who had begun its resettlement, continued during the time of king Alfonso II of Aragon and I of Barcelona, who bestowed the city as a dowry on his wife, Sancha of Castile. When king

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, a child of six years, took the oath, the Archbishop of Tarragona, Asparec de la Barca (1215–1233), carried him in his arms as one of James' four regents. Although he was far advanced in his years, he wished to accompany the king in his expedition to conquer

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, and when James refused his consent, he contributed a thousand marks in gold and twelve hundred armed men. Archbishop Asparec also continued the repopulation of the province of Tarragona, initiated the use of the cathedral of Tarragona which was still under construction and sponsored the building of the

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Scala Dei monastery in the Montsant region. Under his leadership the reform Council of Lleida was called to promote post-Lateran reforms though the reforms were met with some resistance. In 1242 a provincial council was convoked at Tarragona to regulate the procedure of the

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and canonical penances. In 1312 a provincial council was assembled in the Corpus Christi Chapel of the cathedral cloister, to pass sentence on the

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, whom it declared innocent. King Peter IV ''the Ceremonious'', who, after forcibly seizing the dominions of the archbishop, repented in his last illness and restored to St.Tecla, patroness of the city, all that he had unjustly acquired. Don

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, Archbishop of Tarragona in 1407–1418, was one of the arbitrators at the

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(1412). One of the most celebrated prelates of Tarragona,

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(died 1586), a native of

, was an eminent jurisconsult and numismatist. He put an end to the struggles referred to in ''

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'', between the

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and Cadells factions, which had disturbed the peace of Catalonia.

Modern times

In 1912 it was bounded on the north by Barcelona and Lleida, on the east by Barcelona, on the south by the

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and Tortosa, and on the west by Tortosa. It comprised the civil Provinces of

and

, and the city of

had 24,335 inhabitants. Its

s were

and Solsona.

Archbishops of Tarragona (6th century – c. 712)

All the names in ''italics'' are given in

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: * . c. 259 :

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* . c. 385 : Himerius of Tarragona — (before 385) * . c. 402 : Hilarius of Tarragona * . c. 420 : '' Ticiano of Tarragona'' * . c. 465 : Ascanio of Tarragona * 470–520 : John * 520–555 : Sergius — (or 535–546) * 560–580 : Tranquillinus of Tarragona — (c. 560 – after 580) * 589–599 : Artemius of Tarragona * . c. 599 : ''Asiático'' * 610–632 : Eusebius of Tarragona — (c. 610? – c. 632) * . c. 633 : Audax — (Mentioned in the

of 633, or 633–638) * . c. 635 : ''Selva'' — (Mentioned in 635) * 637–646 : Protasius — (assisted to the Sixth (638) and Seventh (646)

) * 646–668 : ''Faluax'' — (646–668?) * 668–688 : Cyprianus — (or 680–688) * . c. 693 : Vera – (Mentioned in the Sixteenth (693) and Seventeenth (694)

) * 711– . . . . : ''Próspero'', Saint — (711–unknown) ''In 711 the

took place, and the

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s destroyed Tarragona in 719.''

Bishops of Tarragona (8th to 11th centuries)

* 956–unknown : * 970–971 :

— (also bishop of Vich in 957–971) * 1091–1099 :

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— (also Berengarius of Rosanes, also bishop of Vich in c. 1078–c. 1099)

Archbishops of Tarragona (since 1118)

''Count Ramón Berenguer III ''the Great'' took Tarragona in 1116.'' # 1118–1137 :

, Saint — (also bishop of

in 1116–1137) # 1143–1146 : Gregory # 1146–1163 : Bernardo Tort # 1163–1171 : Hugo de Cervelló — (also Hugo de Cervellón) # 1171–1174 : Guillermo de Torroja # 1174–1194 : Berenguer de Vilademuls # 1194–1198 : Ramón Xedmar de Castelltersol # 1199–1215 : Ramón de Rocabertí # 1215–1233 : Asparec de la Barca — (also Aspargo Barca) # 1235–1237 :

Raymond of Penyafort Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷ� ...

, O.P. # 1237–1239 : Guillermo de Montgrí # 1238–1251 : Pedro de Albalat # 1251–1268 : Benito de Rocabertí # 1272–1287 : Bernardo de Olivella # 1288–1308 : Rodrigo Tello # 1309–1315 : Guillermo de Rocabertí # 1317–1327 : Jimeno Martínez de Luna y Aragón # 1327–1334 : Juan de Aragón # 1334–1346 : Arnaldo Sescomes # 1346–1357 : Sancho López de Ayerbe # 1357–1380 : Pedro Clasquerí # 1388–1407 : Eneco de Vallterra # 1407–1418 : Pedro de Sagarriga y Pau — (also

) # 1419–1431 :

Dalmacio de Mur y de Cervelló Dalmacio (or Dalmau) de Mur y de Cervelló (died 12 September 1456) was a Spanish prelate of the fifteenth century."The Retable of Don Dalmau de Mur y Cervelló from the Archbishop's Palace at Saragossa: A Documented Work" by Francí Gomar and To ...

# 1431–1433 :

Gonzalo Fernández de Hijar Gonzalo may refer to: * Gonzalo (name) * Gonzalo, Dominican Republic, a small town * Isla Gonzalo, a subantarctic island operated by the Chilean Navy * Hurricane Gonzalo, 2014 See also * Gonzalez (disambiguation) * Gonzales (disambiguation) * ...

# 1434–1445 : Domingo Ram y Lanaja # 1445–1489 :

Pedro de Urrea Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

# 1490–1511 : Gonzalo Fernández de Heredia y de Bardají # 1512–1514 :

Alfonso de Aragón y Sánchez Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. I ...

# 1515–1530 :

Pedro Folc de Cardona Pedro Folc de Cardona (Catalan: ''Pere Folc de Cardona'') (died 11 April 1530), an illegitimate son of Joan Ramon Folc de Cardona y de Prades, 3rd Count of Cardona, was bishop of Urgell (1472–1515), president of the Generalitat of Catalonia ( ...

# 1531–1532 :

Luis Folc de Cardona y Enríquez Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

# 1533–1558 :

Girolamo Doria Girolamo Doria (1495 – 25 March 1558) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography Girolamo Doria was born in Genoa in 1495, the son of Andrea Doria. Early in his life, he married Luisa Spinola and had several children. He entered the ...

# 1560–1567 : Fernando de Loaces y Pérez # 1567–1568 : Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia # 1568–1575 :

Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta ( Trujillo, 1511However, in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana, it is stated that he was born in 1512. – Tarragona, 17 October 1575) was a Spanish cardinal of the 16th century. He was a relative of the famous Spanish wr ...

# 1576–1586 :

# 1587–1603 :

Joan Terès i Borrull Joan Terès i BorrullHis full name is Joan Miquel Terès i Borrull, although his first name has been referenced as Joan, Juan, Jean, Johan, Joannes or Johannes and his Spanish naming customs, first family name as Terès, Terés, Térès or Tere ...

# 1604–1611 : Juan de Vic y Manrique # 1613–1622 : Juan de Moncada y Gralla # 1624–1626 :

Juan de Hoces ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

# 1627–1633 :

Juan Guzmán (archbishop) Juan Guzmán may refer to: Sportspeople * Juan Guzmán (baseball) (born 1966), former pitcher in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Toronto Blue Jays * Juan Pablo Guzmán (born 1981), Argentinian professional tennis player * Juan Reynoso Gu ...

"Archbishop Juan Guzmán, O.F.M."
''

''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016 # 1633–1637 : Antonio Pérez (archbishop)"Archbishop Antonio Pérez, O.S.B."
''

''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 27, 2016 # 1653–1663 : Francisco de Rojas y Artés # 1663–1679 : Juan Manuel de Espinosa y Manuel # 1680–1694 :

José Sanchís y Ferrandis José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

# 1695–1710 : José Llinás y Aznar # 1712–1719 : Isidoro de Beltrán # 1720–1721 : Miguel Juan de Taverner y Rubí # 1721–1728 : Manuel de Samaniego y Jaca # 1728–1753 : Pedro de Copons y Copons # 1753–1762 : Jaime de Cortada y Bru # 1763–1764 : Lorenzo Despuig y Cotoner # 1764–1777 : Juan Lario y Lanzis # 1779–1783 : Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso # 1785–1803 : Francesc Armanyà i Font # 1804–1816 : Romualdo Mon y Velarde # 1818–1819 :

Antonio Bergosa y Jordán Antonio Bergosa y Jordán (born 1748 in Jaca) was a Spaniards, Spanish clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca. He was ordained in 1773. He was appointed bishop in 1801. He died in 1819. He later became Archb ...

# 1820–1825 :

Jaime Creus Martí Jaime Creus Martí was a Spanish cleric, Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca, Bishop of Menorca (1815–1820) and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona, Archbishop of Tarragona (1820–1825).Gil Novales, Alberto (2010)''Diccionario biográfico ...

# 1826–1854 : Antonio Fernando de Echanove y de Zaldívar # 1857–1864 : José Domingo Costa y Borrás # 1864–1870 : Francisco Fleix y Solans # 1875–1878 : Constantino Boney y Zanuy # 1879–1888 : Benito Vilamitjana y Vila # 1889–1911 : Tomás Costa y Fornaguera # 1913–1918 : Antolín López Peláez # 1919–1943 : Francisco Vidal y Barraquer # 1944–1948 : Manuel Arce y Ochotorena # 1949–1970 :

Benjamín de Arriba y Castro Benjamín Akoto Asamoah (born 4 January 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Saudi club Al-Tuhami as a midfielder. Club career Born in Accra, Benjamín arrived at the youth academy of Atlético Madrid from the Rayo Majadahonda counte ...

# 1970–1983 : José Pont y Gol # 1983–1996 : Ramón Torrella Cascante # 1997–2004 :

Lluís Martínez Sistach Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

# 2004–2019 :

Jaume Pujol Balcells Jaume () is a Catalan male given name. It is the equivalent of James. Notable people Notable people with this given name include: * Jaume Aragall (born 1939), Spanish tenor * Jaume Balagueró (born 1968), Spanish filmmaker * Jaume Balmes (birth na ...

# 2019–present : Joan Planellas i Barnosell

References

Sources

* IBERCRONOX
Arzobispado de Tarragona (Tarraco)

Archdiocese of Tarragona Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tarragona Roman Catholic dioceses in Catalonia Roman Catholic dioceses in Spain *