The
Ermita de San Adrián de Sasabe (), a former hermitage or monastery in Sasabe, established in the 9th century, of which only the small
Romanesque church now survives, was one of three monasteries (along
San Juan de la Peña and
San Pedro de Siresa) near
Jaca where, as well as in that city, the itinerant 'Bishops of Aragon' (or of Huesca or of Jaca) used to reside, who held the
apostolic succession of the Ancient
Diocese of Huesca after its destruction in the Moorish conquest. In 922 a bishopric was established,
suffragan of the Metropolitan
Archdiocese of Tarragona, with the title
Diocese of Sasabe (Curiate Italian) / Sasaben(sis) (Latin adjective), assigning territory split off from the
Diocese of Pamplona. In the eleventh century, the monastery church of San Adrián de Sasabe was a
cathedral as the episcopal seat of this future
Diocese of Jaca before construction of the
cathedral of Jaca. In 1077 the bishopric was suppressed, its territory being reassigned to establish the
Diocese of Jaca.
Bishops of Sasabe • Ferriolus (c. 922) • Fortuño (933–947) • Aureolus (971–978) • Atón (c. 981) • Mancius = Mancio (1011? – 1036) • Garcia (1036–1057) • Sancho (1058–1075).
Titular see In 1969 the diocese was nominally restored as
Titular bishopric of Sasabe (Curiate Italian) / Sasaben(sis) (Latin adjective). It has had the following incumbents, of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank,
with an archiepiscopal exception: • Santo Bergamo (1969.12.15 – 1971.11.18) as
Apostolic Administrator of
Rossano (Italy) (1969.12.15 – 1971.11.18), later Apostolic Administrator of
Oppido Mamertina (Italy) (1971.11.18 – 1979.06.10), succeeding as Bishop of restyled bishopric
Oppido Mamertina–Palmi (1979.06.10 – death 1980.10.11) • Alphonse Gallegos,
Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.) (1981.08.24 – death 1991.10.06) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Sacramento (California, USA) (1981.08.24 – 1991.10.06) • Julián Barrio Barrio (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) (1992.12.31 – 1996.01.05), later succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of (Santiago de) Compostela (1996.01.05 – ...) • Juan José Omella Omella (1996.07.15 – 1999.10.29) as Auxiliary Bishop of
Zaragoza (Spain) (1996.07.15 – 1999.10.29); later Bishop of
Barbastro–Monzón (Spain) (1999.10.29 – 2004.04.08), Bishop of
Calahorra y La Calzada–Logroño (Spain) (2004.04.08 – 2015.11.06), Metropolitan Archbishop of
Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) (2015.11.06 – ...) • Titular Archbishop
Giacomo Guido Ottonello (1999.11.29 – ...) == Sources and external links ==