MINORCA, Diocese of. - On the island of the same name (Balearics, Spain) in the Mediterranean. Area 669 sq. km. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Valencia. It has a population of 45,800 inhabitants, of whom 45,300 are Catholics. It has 14 parishes, with 47 diocesan priests and 5 regulars, 4 male religious communities and 25 female ones (1949).
MINORCA - Prehistoric temple (naveta) - Els Tudons (Ciudadela).(from M. Almagro - A. García y Bellido, Ars Hispaniae, Madrid 1947, p. 129, fig. 112)
At the beginning of the 5th century M. had its own episcopate, as appears from the letter of Bishop Severus (year 417). During the Vandal and Muslim invasions the episcopal see of M. disappeared. With the reconquest by the Christians (1287) it was incorporated into the diocese of Majorca, until in 1795 Pius VI erected it as an independent episcopate. Since then 12 prelates have governed the diocese, which suffered nothing during the British dominations that followed one another in the 18th century. From 1936 to 1939 M. suffered the terrible effects of the domination of the godless, who killed half of the clergy and devastated all the churches.
Archive: the diocesan one, partly destroyed during the last revolution. Libraries: that of the Episcopal Palace and that of the Seminary. Cultural institutions: the conciliar Seminary, at Ciudadela, erected in 1938. Monuments: the most important is the cathedral church, at Ciudadela, built in the 14th century with a 19th-century facade, with a single, very wide nave. It was restored after 1939.
Bibliography2 worksS. Vives, Episcopologio de la diocesis de M., Ciudadela 1903; G. Rosselló, Historia de la catedral de M., ibid. 1938. For the study of the d
BIBL.: S. Vives, Episcopologio de la diocesis de M., Ciudadela 1903; G. Rosselló, Historia de la catedral de M., ibid. 1938. For the study of the diocesan restoration after the revolution: Boletín oficial del obispado, ibid. 1939-48.
Martì, Fernando. “Minorca, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, coll. 1052–1053. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/minorca-diocesi-di.
MLA
Martì, Fernando. “Minorca, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1052–1053. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/minorca-diocesi-di.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec8_minorca_diocesi_di,
author = {Martì, Fernando},
title = {Minorca, diocesi di},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VIII},
pages = {1052--1053},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/minorca-diocesi-di}
}
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