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On 15 November 1728, [[Pope Benedict XIV]] established the town of Fabriano as the seat of a diocese, and the collegiate church of S. Venantius<ref>Venatius is recorded as a martyr, and connected with Camerino; he was not a bishop. His connection, however, is with Dalmatia, according to his hagiography. Lanzoni, pp. 488-489.</ref> in Fabriano was constituted the cathedral of Fabriano. The new diocese of Fabriano was united ''[[aeque principaliter]]''<ref>One and the same bishop governed two dioceses at the same time, though each diocese retained a separate character and administrative system.</ref> with the diocese of Camerino, from which its territory had been taken. Bishop Cosimo Torelli of Camerino became bishop of Camerino e Fabriano. Both dioceses continued to be directly subject to the Holy See (papacy), both politically and ecclesiastically.<ref>Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' V, p. 198, note 1.</ref>
On 15 November 1728, [[Pope Benedict XIV]] established the town of Fabriano as the seat of a diocese, and the collegiate church of S. Venantius<ref>Venatius is recorded as a martyr, and connected with Camerino; he was not a bishop. His connection, however, is with Dalmatia, according to his hagiography. Lanzoni, pp. 488-489.</ref> in Fabriano was constituted the cathedral of Fabriano. The new diocese of Fabriano was united ''[[aeque principaliter]]''<ref>One and the same bishop governed two dioceses at the same time, though each diocese retained a separate character and administrative system.</ref> with the diocese of Camerino, from which its territory had been taken. Bishop Cosimo Torelli of Camerino became bishop of Camerino e Fabriano. Both dioceses continued to be directly subject to the Holy See (papacy), both politically and ecclesiastically.<ref>Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' V, p. 198, note 1.</ref>


The city of Fabriano in 1728 had a population of around 7,000 Catholics. It had three parishes, twelve houses of male religious and nine houses of women religious. The diocese had fifteen towns (''oppida'') in its jurisdiction, and several country districts.<ref>Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' V, p. 198, note 1.</ref>
The city of Fabriano in 1728 had a population of around 7,000 Catholics. Camerino's 18th century population was around 4,000. It had three parishes, twelve houses of male religious and nine houses of women religious. The diocese had fifteen towns (''oppida'') in its jurisdiction, and several country districts.<ref>Ritzler & Sefrin, ''Hierarchia catholica'' V, p. 198, note 1; VI, p. 143, note 1.</ref>


===Matelica===
===Matelica===

Revision as of 20:33, 27 May 2023

Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica

Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis
Fabriano Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceAncona-Osimo
Statistics
Area681 km2 (263 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2021)
52,900 (est.)
50,500 (guess)
Parishes58
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established15 November 1728 (295 years ago)
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Venanzio Martire
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Secular priests37 (diocesan)
15 (Religious Orders)
6 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopFrancesco Massara
Map
Cathedral of the Assumption, Matelica

The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.[1][2]

History

Fabriano belongs to the medieval and modern province of Ancona. It is located approximately 56 km (35 mi) southwest and inland of the Adriatic port of Ancona, the capital of the March of Ancona. Fabriano is about 35 km (22 mi) north-northwest of Camerino by road.

Silvestro Guzzoli, the founder of the Congregation of the Sylvestrines, of the Order of Saint Benedict, is buried in the church of S. Benedict in the monastery of S. Silvestro at Monte Fano, three km. southwest of Fabriano, which he established in 1231, where Giuseppe dei Conti Atti and Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.[3]

On 15 November 1728, Pope Benedict XIV established the town of Fabriano as the seat of a diocese, and the collegiate church of S. Venantius[4] in Fabriano was constituted the cathedral of Fabriano. The new diocese of Fabriano was united aeque principaliter[5] with the diocese of Camerino, from which its territory had been taken. Bishop Cosimo Torelli of Camerino became bishop of Camerino e Fabriano. Both dioceses continued to be directly subject to the Holy See (papacy), both politically and ecclesiastically.[6]

The city of Fabriano in 1728 had a population of around 7,000 Catholics. Camerino's 18th century population was around 4,000. It had three parishes, twelve houses of male religious and nine houses of women religious. The diocese had fifteen towns (oppida) in its jurisdiction, and several country districts.[7]

Matelica

In 487, Bishop Equitius of Matelica was at Rome; Basilius is recorded in 499; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known.[8] Until 1785, the territory of Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.[9] The town of Matelica was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the diocese of Camerino until 8 July 1785, when Pope Pius VI re-established the old Diocese of Matelica and united it aeque principaliter with Fabriano.[10]

Bishops

Diocese of Camerino and Fabriano

Erected: 15 November 1728
Latin Name: Camerinus et Fabrianensis

  • Cosma Torelli (1728–1736 Died)[11]
  • Ippolito de Rossi (1736–1746)[12]
  • Francesco Viviani (1746–1767 Died)
  • Luigi Amici (1768–1785 Resigned)

Diocese of Fabriano e Matelica

United: 8 July 1785 with the Diocese of Matelica
Latin Name: Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

  • Nicola Pietro Andrea Zoppetti, O.E.S.A. (1785–1796)[13]
Sede Vacante (1796–1800)[14]
  • Giovanni Francesco Capelletti (1800–1806)[15]
  • Domenico Buttaoni (1806–1822)[16]
  • Pietro Balducci, C.M. (1822–1837)[17]
  • Francesco Faldi (1837–1858)[18]
  • Antonio Maria Valenziani (1858–1876)[19]
  • Leopoldo Angelo Santanché, O.F.M. (1876–1883)
  • Macario Sorini (1883–1893 Resigned)
  • Aristide Golfieri (1895–1895 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
  • Luciano Gentilucci (1895–1909)
  • Pietro Zanolini (1910–1913 Appointed, Bishop of Lodi)
  • Andrea Cassulo (1914–1921 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica)
  • Luigi Ermini (1921–1945 Died)
  • Lucio Crescenzi (1945–1960)
  • Macario Tinti (1960–1978 Retired)
  • Luigi Scuppa (1978–2001 Died)
  • Giancarlo Vecerrica (2002–2016 Retired)
  • Stefano Russo (2016–2019)[20]
Stefano Russo (2019–2020) Administrator
Francesco Massara (2019–2020) Administrator
  • Francesco Massara (2020– )

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  3. ^ Claudio Leonardi, Andrea Riccardi, Gabriella Zarri (edd.), Diccionario de los santos, Volume 2 (Madrid: San Pablo 2000), p. 2059. Cappelletti VII, pp. 635-636.
  4. ^ Venatius is recorded as a martyr, and connected with Camerino; he was not a bishop. His connection, however, is with Dalmatia, according to his hagiography. Lanzoni, pp. 488-489.
  5. ^ One and the same bishop governed two dioceses at the same time, though each diocese retained a separate character and administrative system.
  6. ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 198, note 1.
  7. ^ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 198, note 1; VI, p. 143, note 1.
  8. ^ Lanzoni, p. 489.
  9. ^ Umberto Benigni, "Fabriano and Matelica." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. Retrieved: 25 May 2023.
  10. ^ Bullarii Romani continuatio. Tomus septimus (in Latin). Vol. 7 (Tomus septimus). Roma: Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae. 1843. pp. 406–413.
  11. ^ Torelli was a native of Forlì, and held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Bologna, 1694). He was appointed bishop of Camerino on 15 May 1719 by Pope Clement XI, and consecrated in Rome by Cardinal Lorenzo Casoni. He also became bishop of Fabriano on 15 November 1728. He died on 27 August 1736. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 139.
  12. ^ De Rossi was born in Parma in 1691, of the family of the Marchesi di San Secondo. He held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure (Sapienza, Rome, 1722), and was named an honory papal chamberlain. He was named bishop of Camerino e Fabriano on 26 September 1736, and consecrated a bishop in Rome on 7 October by Cardinal Antonio Gentili. He held a diocesan synod in Camerino. On 17 January 1746, De Rossi was appointed Bishop of Senigallia. Cappelletti VII, pp. 640-641. Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 143 with note 3.
  13. ^ Zoppetti was born in Fabriano in 1735. He became a Master of theology in 1771 at the age of thirty-six. He lectured on philosophy and theology in the houses of his Order in their province of Umbria, and became director of studies of the province. He was appointed Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica on 26 September 1785 by Pope Pius VI, and was consecrated in Rome on 29 September by Cardinal Giovanni Archinto. He died on 12 July 1796. Cappelletti, p. 654. Calendario ecclesiastico per l'anno 1882 (in Italian). Vol. II. Roma: Tip. sociale. 1881. pp. 156–157. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VI, p. 212 with note 2.
  14. ^ Pope Pius VI was under control of French invasion forces, then a prisoner, deported to France, where he died in August 1799. A successor was not elected until 14 March 1800. J.N.D. Kelly & M.J. Walsh, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 2nd ed. (OUP 2010), pp. 306-307.
  15. ^ A native of Rieti, Capelletti was appointed Bishop of Fabriano e Matelica on 11 August 1800 by Pope Pius VII. He was transferred to the diocese of Ascoli Piceno on 26 August 1806. Gams, p. 704 column 2. Ritzler-Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, pp. 91, 191.
  16. ^ Buttaoni: Gams, p. 704 column 2.
  17. ^ Balducci: Gams, p. 704 column 2.
  18. ^ Faldi: Gams, p. 704 column 2.
  19. ^ Valenziani: Gams, p. 704 column 2.
  20. ^ Russo, who had been elected Secretary General of the Italian Bishops' Conference in September 2018, found the duties of the office such that he could not serve as Bishop of Foligno at the same time. Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 27 April 2019, and appointed him Apostolic Administrator. Notizie. Città e territorio, "Fabriano / Monsignor Russo rinuncia all' episcopato, attesa per il nuovo vescovo"; retrieved: 27 April 2019. (in Italian)

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