Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne

Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis
Pescara Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Pescara-Penne
Statistics
Area	1,600 km^2 (620 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 298,000 292,000 (98%)
Parishes	126
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Cetteo Vescovo e Martire (Pescara)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Massimo (Penne)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Tommaso Valentinetti
Emeritus Bishops	Francesco Cuccarese
Map
Website
www.diocesipescara.it

The Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne (Latin: Archidioecesis Piscariensis-Pinnensis) was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. It was created in 1982, by a name change and elevation in rank from the Diocese of Penne e Pescara.^[1] That was in turn created in 1949, when the historic diocese of Penne-Atri was split up, with Atri going to form the Diocese of Teramo-Atri. The Diocese of Atri had been united with the Diocese of Penne in 1252.^[2][3]

The seat of the archbishops is in the Pescara Cathedral.^[1]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Penne

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Pinnensis

Diocese of Penne e Atri

United: 15 March 1252 with the Diocese of Atri
Latin Name: Pinnensis et Hatriensis seu Atriensis

• Marco Ardinghelli, O.P. (5 Nov 1352 - 31 Jan 1360 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)

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• Agostino da Lanzano (14 Feb 1380 - 29 Oct 1390 Appointed, Bishop of Perugia)^[4]

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• Giovanni Castiglione (bishop) (de Polena) (23 Mar 1433 - 21 Oct 1454 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)^[5]

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• Troilo Agnesi (30 Oct 1482 - 17 Dec 1483 Appointed, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita)
• Matteo Giudici (17 Dec 1483 - 1495 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Cantalicio (19 Nov 1503 - 1515 Resigned)
• Valentino Cantalicio (28 Jun 1515 - 1550 Died)
• Leonello Cibo (Cybo) (19 Jan 1551 - 1554 Resigned)
• Tommaso Contuberio (27 Aug 1554 - 1561 Resigned)
• Giacomo Guidi (2 Jun 1561 - 1568 Resigned)
• Paolo Odescalchi (27 Feb 1568 - 1572 Resigned)
• Giambattista de Benedictis (5 Sep 1572 - 1591 Died)
• Orazio Montani (Montano) (20 Mar 1591 - 25 Nov 1598 Appointed, Archbishop of Arles)
• Tommasi Balbani (10 Dec 1599 - 1621 Died)
• Silvestro Andreozzi (17 Mar 1621 - Jan 1648 Died)
• Francesco Massucci (18 May 1648 - Sep 1656 Died)
• Gaspare Borghi (Burgi) (15 Jan 1657 - Aug 1661 Died)
• Esuperanzio Raffaelli (21 Nov 1661 - 24 Mar 1668 Died)
• Giuseppe Spinucci (14 May 1668 - 7 Dec 1695 Died)
• Vincenzo Maria de Rossi, O.F.M. Conv. (23 Jul 1696 - 10 Jun 1698 Died)
• Fabrizio Maffei (22 Dec 1698 - Jun 1723 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Bussolini, O.S.B. (27 Sep 1723 - 20 Mar 1746 Died)
• Innocenzo Gorgoni, O.S.B. (2 May 1746 - 13 Feb 1755 Resigned)
• Gennaro Perrelli (21 Jul 1755 - 27 May 1761 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria de Leone (25 Jan 1762 - 7 Apr 1779 Died)
• Bonaventura Calcagnini (12 Jul 1779 - 1797 Died)
• Nicola Francesco Franchi (26 Jun 1805 - Nov 1815 Died)
• Domenico Ricciardone (25 May 1818 - 24 Jul 1845 Died)
• Vincenzo d’Alfonso (12 Apr 1847 - 23 Dec 1880 Died)
• Luigi Martucci (23 Dec 1880 - 16 Dec 1889 Died)
• Giuseppe Morticelli (23 Jun 1890 - Feb 1905 Resigned)
• Raffaele Piras (6 Dec 1906 - 23 Aug 1911 Died)
• Carlo Pensa, O.Ss.C.A. (27 Aug 1912 - 16 Dec 1948 Died)

Diocese of Penne e Pescara

United 1 July 1949 with the Diocese of Teramo to form the Diocese of Teramo e Atri and then separated from the new entity to form the Diocese of Penne e Pescara
Latin Name: Pinnensis et Piscariensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Benedetto Falcucci (2 Jul 1949 - 1 Jan 1959 Resigned)
• Antonio Iannucci (15 Feb 1959 - 21 Apr 1990 Retired)

Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne

Name Changed: 2 March 1982
Latin Name: Piscariensis-Pinnensis
Metropolitan See

• Francesco Cuccarese (21 Apr 1990 - 4 Nov 2005 Retired)
• Tommaso Valentinetti (4 Nov 2005 - )

Notes

1. Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne official website: Creation of the Archdiocese (Italian)
2. "Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pescara-Penne" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Bishop Agostino da Lanzano" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
5. "Bishop Giovanni Castiglione (de Polena)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 30, 2016

References

•  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Penne and Atri". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Diocese of Penne and Atri". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

Coordinates: 42°55′00″N 12°54′00″E / 42.9167°N 12.9000°E