Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
Dioecesis Mazariensis

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).

Other bishops were

Bishops of Mazara del Vallo

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Notes

  1. "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  3. Catholic Encyclopedia article
  4. "Bishop Giovanni Villamarino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  5. "Archbishop Juan Beltrán de Guevara" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  6. "Bishop Charles Impellizzeri" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 17, 2016
  7. "Archbishop Juan Lozano, O.S.A." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

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

Coordinates: 37°39′00″N 12°35′00″E / 37.6500°N 12.5833°E / 37.6500; 12.5833

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