Roman Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli

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Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli

Dioecesis Massensis-Apuana
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Massa Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Pisa
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
199,000
197,000 (99%)
Parishes 244
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 18 February 1822 (202 years ago)
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo e S. Francesco d’Assisi (Massa)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Pontremoli)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Giovanni Santucci
Emeritus Bishops Eugenio Binini
Map
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Co-cathedral in Pontremoli

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli (Latin: Dioecesis Massensis-Apuana) is in Tuscany. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.

The historical Diocese of Massa Carrara had its name changed in 1939 to Diocese of Apuania; and again in 1986 to Diocese of Massa. In 1988 it was united with the Diocese of Pontremoli.[1][2]

History

The see of Massa Carrara was created in 1822 at the instance of Duchess Maria Beatrice, and its first bishop was Francesco Maria Zappi. It was then suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa; but for a period from 1855 was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena.[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Massa Carrara

Erected: 18 February 1822
Latin Name: Massensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Francesco Maria Zoppi (17 Nov 1823 - 1 Oct 1832 Resigned)
  • Francesco Strani (23 Jun 1834 - 16 Dec 1855 Died)
  • Giacomo Bernardi (16 Jun 1856 - 23 Dec 1871 Died)
  • Giovanni Battista Alessio Tommasi (6 May 1872 - 7 Aug 1887 Died)
  • Amilcare Tonietti (25 Nov 1887 - 12 Jun 1893 Appointed, Bishop of Montalcino)
  • Emilio Maria Miniati (18 May 1894 - 29 Apr 1909 Resigned)
  • Giovanni Battista Marenco, S.D.B. (29 Apr 1909 - 7 Jan 1917 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Edessa in Macedonia)
  • Giuseppe Bertazzoni (30 Jun 1917 - 2 Jul 1933 Died)
  • Cristoforo Arduino Terzi, O.F.M. (11 May 1934 - 10 Jul 1945 Resigned)

Diocese of Apuania

Name Changed: 20 July 1939
Latin Name: Apuaniensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Carlo Boiardi (30 Oct 1945 - 24 Feb 1970 Died)
  • Aldo Forzoni (23 Apr 1970 - 23 Feb 1988 Retired)

Diocese of Massa

Name Changed: 30 September 1986
Latin Name: Massensis

  • Bruno Tommasi (23 Feb 1988 - 20 Mar 1991 Appointed, Archbishop of Lucca)

Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli

United: 23 February 1988 with the Diocese of Pontremoli
Latin Name: Massensis-Apuanus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa

  • Eugenio Binini (20 Jul 1991 - 19 May 2010 Retired)
  • Giovanni Santucci (19 May 2010 - )

Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
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