Editing Terrassa (section)

== Ecclesiastical history ==
[[File:Egara. Conjunt episcopal.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Ancient churches of Ègara.]]
The episcopal see of Ègara already existed by about 450 CE, when it was established on territory split off from the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona|Roman Catholic Diocese of Barcelona]], under the Metropolitan [[Archdiocese of Tarragona]]. [[Pope Hilarius]] confirmed its autonomy by denying a request around 469 to unite it with the Barcelona under its own first bishop, Ireneus.

It comprised parts of these [[Comarques of Catalonia]] (Catalan districts) : [[Alt Penedès]], [[Anoia]], [[Baix Llobregat]], [[Vallès Occidental]] and [[Vallès Oriental]]. A Provincial Council of Tarragona was held there in 615.

It effectively succumbed to the Arab (Muslim) conquest in the 8th century and was probably suppressed, its territory being (rather nominally) returned to the [[Diocese of Barcelona]]. The Marian cathedral continued to exist until 718, when it was taken over during the [[Umayyad conquest of Hispania]], but was rebuilt in the 12th century, and remains part of a monumental complex of ancient [[Visigoths|Visigothic]]-[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] churches of Sant Pere de Terrassa and Sant Miquel on the site.

After the Catholic [[Reconquista]] of the region in the tenth century, the see was not restored, its territory being incorporated in the (mother) diocese of Barcelona. Why a request to restore the bishopric by its Metropolitan of Tarragona, Cesareo, wasn't honored by [[Pope John XII]] (955–964) is unclear.

In 2004, [[Pope John Paul II]] created the new [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa|Diocese of Terrassa]] on territory taken from the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona|Archdiocese of Barcelona]]. Its seat is the [[Terrassa Cathedral|Cathedral of Holy Sprit]].

=== Diocese of Egara ===
;Suffragan Bishops of Egara
* Ireneo (450? – death 465)
* Saint [[Saint Nebridius|Nebridio]] (516? – 527?), who was possibly transferred to Barcelona, which had a homonym incumbent in 540.<ref>A. Lambert, lemma 'Barcelone', in ''Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques'', vol. VI, 1932, col. 676.</ref>
* Tauro (546? – ?)
* Sofronio (589? – 592?)
* Ilergio (594? – 610?)
* Eugenio (633? – ?)
* Vincenzo (653? – ?)
* Giovanni (683? – 693?)

; Titular see of Egara
In 1969 [[Pope Paul VI]] created the [[titular see]] of Egara.

The title has been held by:
* Justo Goizueta Gridilla, [[Augustinian Recollects|O.A.R.]] (14 January 1970 – retired 15 February 1978), as [[Bishop-Prelate]] of [[Territorial Prelature of Madera]] (Mexico) (1970.01.14 – 1988.02.02), previously Apostolic Administrator of same Madera (1967 – 14 January 1970); died 1991
* Juan Francisco Sarasti Jaramillo, [[Eudists|C.I.M.]] (8 March 1978 – 23 December 1983) as [[Auxiliary Bishop]] of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cali]] ([[Colombia]]) (8 March 1978 – 23 December 1983); later Bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Barrancabermeja|Barrancabermeja]] (Colombia) (23 December 1983 – 25 March 1993), Metropolitan Archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ibagué|Ibagué]] (Colombia) (25 March 1993 – 17 August 2002), Metropolitan Archbishop of above Cali (17 August 2002 – retired 18 May 2011) and Apostolic Administrator of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Buenaventura|Buenaventura]] (Colombia) (21 February 2004 – 29 April 2004)
* [[Paulius Antanas Baltakis]], [[Friars Minor|O.F.M.]] (1 June 1984 – 17 May 2019)
* [[Luis Miguel Romero Fernández]], [[Idente Missionaries|M. Id.]] (20 March 2020 – present), Auxiliary Bishop of [[Rockville Centre]], New York City