Diocese of Huesca
Oscen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huesca, Spain
The Diocese of Huesca is a Latin Church diocese in Aragón, Spain, with origins dated to the 6th century. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza and has been led by Bishop Pedro Aguado Cuesta since 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 533
- Latin
- Oscen(sis)
- Patron
- san Lorenzo
- Annuario code
- 001001627
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 78,600
- Population
- 79,600
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 64
- Catholics per priest
- 1,228
- Extent
- 4,728 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 17
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pedro Aguado Cuesta
- Born
- 26 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Bilbao
- Institute
- CHIERICI REGOLARI POVERI DELLA MADRE DI DIO DELLE SCUOLE PIE (SCOLOPI, PIARISTI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Montserrat, Huesca stands in Huesca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Zaragoza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barbastro–MonzónBarbastro–Monzón
- Diocese of TarazonaTarazona
- Diocese of Teruel y AlbarracínTeruel y Albarracín
- Archdiocese of ZaragozaZaragoza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragón in north-eastern Spain, the Catholic Church maintains the Diocese of Huesca (Latin, Oscensis), a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory. It is a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.