Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro

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Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro

Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis
Cattedrale Teggiano.jpg
Teggiano Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Salerno-Campagna-Acerno
Statistics
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Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
117,200
116,400 (99.3%)
Parishes 81
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 21 September 1850
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo (Teggiano)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Policastro Bussentino)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
Website
www.diocesiteggiano.org
Co-cathedral in Policastro Bussentino

The Italian Latin Catholic Diocese of (Diano-)Teggiano-Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis), in Campania, has existed since 1850, under its present name since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Diano-Teggiano was united with the diocese of Policastro.[1][2]

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.[1] Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano.[2] The current bishop is Antonio De Luca.[1]

History

On 29 September 1850, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Diano–Teggiano with the episcopal see at Diano, at the instance of king Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, on territories assembled for its Metropolitan the Archdiocese of Salerno, from the bishopric of Cava and from the see of Capaccio–Diano. He ordered the bishop of Capaccio to fix his residence in the town of Diano; thenceforth the see was to be known as Capaccio and Diano.

But under the second bishop, Domenico Fanello (1858–83), Capaccio was again separated from Diano and united with the Diocese of Vallo, in which town the bishop now resides. In 1882 Diano received the name of Teggiano.[3]

On 1976.09.08 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Tursi-Lagonegro.

On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Diocese of Teggiano–Policastro, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Policastro, whose name was incorporated while its former cathedral was made a Co-cathedral.

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Diano-Teggiano
  • Valentino Vignone (1851.02.17 – death 1857.11.01)
  • Domenico Fanelli (1858.09.27 – death 1883.08.14)
  • Vincenzo Addessi (1884.03.24 – death 1905)
  • Camillo Tiberio (1906.11.10 – death 1915)
  • Oronzo Caldarola (1915.11.27 – 1954.11.27); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Utica (1954.11.27 – death 1963.02.06)
  • Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1955.03.09 – 1961.09.11); later Titular Bishop of Cana (1961.09.11 – 1965.09.18), Coadjutor Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1961.09.11 – 1965.09.18), Apostolic Administrator of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1965 – 1967.04.08), Titular Archbishop of Uthina (1965.09.18 – 1967.02.22), Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1967.02.22 – 1968.07.06), Titular Archbishop of Belcastro (1968.07.06 – resigned 1970.12.12)
  • Aldo Forzoni (1961.11.30 – 1970.04.23), previously Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1953.05.14 – 1961.11.30), Bishop of Irsina (Italy) (1953.05.14 – 1961.11.30); later Bishop of Apuania (Italy) (1970.04.23 – 1986.09.30), Bishop of Massa (Italy) (1986.09.30 – retired 1988.02.23)
  • Umberto Luciano Altomare (1970.08.23 – death 1986.02.03), also Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1980.09.16 – 1986.02.03); previously Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1960.03.31 – 1962.07.10) & Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1960.03.31 – 1962.07.10), Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1962.07.10 – 1970.08.23) and Apostolic Administrator of Venosa (Italy) (1966 – 1970)
Suffragan Bishops of Teggiano–Policastro

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Catholic Encyclopedia article

Sources and External links

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