Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
Diocese of Mazara del Vallo Dioecesis Mazariensis | |
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Mazara del Vallo Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,374 km2 (531 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 235,600 220,906 (93.8%) |
Parishes | 77 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1093 (923 years ago) |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di SS. Salvatore |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Domenico Mogavero |
Emeritus Bishops | Emanuele Catarinicchia |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesimazara.it |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Latin: Dioecesis Mazariensis) is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.[1][2]
History
In the struggle of the Saracens against the Normans for the possession of Sicily, Mazara was hotly contested, especially in 1075 when Roger I of Sicily emerged victorious. The episcopal see of Lilybaeum was then transferred to Mazzara.
Of the bishops of Lilybaeum the best known is Paschasinus, legate of Pope Leo I at the Council of Chalcedon (451). The first bishop of Mazara was Stefano de Ferro, a relative of Count Roger (1093). The cathedral was then founded, and later embellished by Bishop Tristiano (1157).
Bishops of Mazara del Vallo
- Giovanni Rosa, O.F.M. (1415 - 1448 Died)
- Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M. (28 Mar 1449 - 25 Oct 1458 Resigned)
- Giovanni de Monteaperto (1470), who restored the cathedral and founded a library
- ...
- Giovanni Villamarino (1503 - 1525 Died)[3]
- Agostino de Francisco (21 Jul 1525 - )
- Girolamo de Francisco (12 Dec 1526 - 1530 Died)
- Giovanni Omodei (14 Dec 1530 - 1 Feb 1542 Died)
- Girolamo de Terminis (6 Aug 1543 - 27 Oct 1561 Died)
- Giacomo Lomellino del Canto (17 Apr 1562 - 10 Jan 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
- Juan Beltrán de Guevara (24 Sep 1571 - 16 Jan 1573 Resigned)[4]
- Antonio Lombardo (bishop) (16 Jan 1573 - 30 Mar 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento)
- Bernardo Gascó (30 Mar 1579 - 14 Aug 1586 Died)
- Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) (23 Jan 1589 - 28 Oct 1602 Died)
- Giovanni de Gantes (28 Apr 1604 - 24 Sep 1605 Died)
- Marco La Cava (5 Dec 1605 - 5 Aug 1626 Died)
- Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega (23 Sep 1630 - 9 Jul 1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias)
- Giovanni Domenico Spinola (1 Dec 1636 - 11 Aug 1646 Died)
- Diego Requeséns (7 Oct 1647 - Mar 1650 Died)
- Charles Impellizzeri (19 Dec 1650 - 1656 Died)[5]
- Juan Lozano (bishop), O.S.A. (29 May 1656 - 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)[6]
- Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. (30 Jun 1670 - 9 May 1678 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
- Carlo Riggio (28 Apr 1681 - 14 Nov 1683 Died)
- Franciscus Maria Graffeo, O.F.M. Conv.)[7] (30 Apr 1685 - 16 Jan 1695 Died)
- Bartolomeo Castelli, C.R. (28 Nov 1695 - 5 Apr 1730 Died)
- Alessandro Caputo, O. Carm. (21 May 1731 - 24 Feb 1741 Died)
- Giuseppe Stella (9 Jul 1742 - 7 Sep 1758 Died)
- Girolamo Palermo, C.R. (4 Apr 1759 - 25 Jun 1765 Resigned)
- Michele Scavo (6 Aug 1766 - Nov 1771 Died)
- Ugone Papé di Valdina (14 Dec 1772 - 13 Jan 1791 Died)
- Orazio della Torre (3 Dec 1792 - 21 Dec 1811 Died)
- Emmanuele Custo (23 Sep 1816 - 8 Jul 1829 Died)
- Luigi Scalabrini, O. Carm. (17 Dec 1832 - 4 Jul 1842 Died)
- Antonio Salomone (20 Jan 1845 - 21 Dec 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
- Carmelo Valenti, C.SS.R. (27 Sep 1858 - 22 Sep 1882 Died)
- Antonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. (22 Sep 1882 - 5 Mar 1900 Died)
- Gaetano Quattrocchi (15 Jun 1900 - 1 Apr 1903 Resigned)
- Nicola Maria Audino (22 Jun 1903 - 21 Jun 1933 Died)
- Salvatore Ballo Guercio (18 Sep 1933 - 8 Aug 1949 Resigned)
- Gioacchino Di Leo (5 Jul 1950 - 8 Oct 1963 Died)
- Giuseppe Mancuso (26 Dec 1963 - 21 Mar 1977 Retired)
- Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. (21 Mar 1977 - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)
- Emanuele Catarinicchia (7 Dec 1987 - 15 Nov 2002 Retired)
- Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. (15 Nov 2002 - 18 Nov 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela)
- Domenico Mogavero (22 Feb 2007 - )
References
- ↑ "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
- ↑ "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 17, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Giovanni Villamarino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
- ↑ "Archbishop Juan Beltrán de Guevara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
- ↑ "Bishop Charles Impellizzeri" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
- ↑ "Archbishop Juan Lozano, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ↑ Umberto Benigni. "Mazzara del Vallo." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. Retrieved: 2016-10-11.
Books
- Gams, Pius Bonifacius (1873). Series episcoporum ecclesiæ catholicæ, quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: typis et sumtibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 948–949.
- Pirro, Rocco (1733). Mongitore, Antonino, ed. Sicilia sacra disquisitionibus et notitiis illustrata (in Latin). Tomus secundus (II) (third ed.). Panormo: haeredes P. Coppulae. pp. 841–899.
acknowledgment
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Mazzara del Vallo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
Coordinates: 37°39′00″N 12°35′00″E / 37.6500°N 12.5833°E