Roman Catholic Diocese of Lamezia Terme

Diocese of Lamezia Terme Dioecesis Neocastrensis
Cathedral of Lamezia Terme
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Catanzaro-Squillace
Statistics
Area	915 km^2 (353 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 140,000 139,400 (99.6%)
Parishes	60
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	6th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Luigi Antonio Cantafora
Emeritus Bishops	Vincenzo Rimedio
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The Italian Catholic Diocese of Lamezia Terme (Latin: Dioecesis Neocastrensis) is in Calabria. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace. Before 1986, it was the historic Diocese of Nicastro, the name change reflecting the incorporation of the comune of Nicastro into Lamezia Terme, an administrative change from 1968.^{[1] [2]}

History

For a long time, the Greek Rite was in use at Nicastro. The first bishop of this city of whom there is any record was Henry (1090); Bishop Tancredo da Monte Foscolo (1279) was deposed by Pope Honorius IV for having consecrated James II of Sicily, but he was reinstated by Pope Boniface VIII.

Bishop Paolo Capisucco (1533) was one of the judges in the case of the marriage of Henry VIII of England; Marcello Cervino (1539) became Pope Marcellus II; Giovanni Tommaso Perrone (1639) built the new cathedral.

In 1818 the ancient see of Martirano, the former Mamertum (the first bishop of which was Domnus, in 761), was united to the diocese of Nicastro. The diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Reggio in Calabria.^[3]

Ordinaries

Diocese of Nicastro

Erected: 6th Century
Latin Name: Neocastrensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria

• Franciotto Orsini (18 Sep 1517 - 5 May 1518 Resigned)
• Andrea Della Valle (bishop) (5 May 1518 - 17 May 1518 Resigned)
• Giovanni Pietro Ricci (24 May 1530 - )
• Nicola Regitano (3 Mar 1533 - Sep 1533 Died)
• Paolo Capizucchi (7 Nov 1533 - 6 Aug 1539 Died)
• Marcello Cervini (27 Aug 1539 - 24 Sep 1540 Appointed, Bishop of Reggio Emilia)
• Giacomo Savelli (5 Nov 1540 - 19 Nov 1554 Resigned)
• Mariano Savelli (19 Nov 1554 - 6 Feb 1556 Resigned)
• Giacomo Savelli (6 Feb 1556 - 26 Jan 1560 Resigned)
• Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce (26 Jan 1560 - 23 Sep 1575 Resigned)
• Ferdinando Spinelli (23 Sep 1575 - 4 Dec 1581 Appointed, Bishop of Policastro)
• Alessandro Ravadio (26 Jan 1582 - 1585 Died)
• Clemente Bontodasio, O.F.M. Conv. (23 Jun 1586 - 1594 Died)
• Pietro Francesco Montorio (7 Feb 1594 - 1620 Resigned)
• Ferdinando Confalone (19 Apr 1621 - 1624 Died)
• Baldassarre Bolognetti, O.S.M. (11 Mar 1624 - Sep 1629 Died)
• Alessandro Castracani (Castracane) (8 Oct 1629 - 22 Jun 1632 Resigned)
• Giovan Battista Curiale (Correale) (5 Jul 1632 - 1634 Died)
• Domenico Ravenna (12 Feb 1635 - Jul 1637 Died)
• Marco Antonio Mandosio (7 Sep 1637 - Aug 1638 Died)
• Giovanni Tommaso Perrone (11 Apr 1639 - 16 Nov 1677 Died)
• Francesco Tansi (22 Jan 1680 - 3 May 1692 Died)
• Nicola Cirillo (7 Jul 1692 - 23 Jan 1709 Died)
• Giovanni Carafa, C.R. (8 Jun 1718 - 17 Aug 1719 Died)
• Domenico Angeletti (2 Oct 1719 - 21 Apr 1731 Died)
• Francesco Maria Loyero (6 Aug 1731 - 24 Dec 1736 Died)
• Achille Puglia (11 Feb 1737 - 5 Feb 1773 Died)
• Paolino Pace (27 Apr 1768 - 10 May 1773 Appointed, Bishop of Vico Equense)
• Francesco Paolo Mandarani (10 May 1773 - 19 May 1796 Died)
• Carlo Pellegrini (29 Jan 1798 Confirmed - 12 May 1818 Resigned)
• Gabriele Papa (17 Dec 1819 Confirmed - 20 Dec 1824 Confirmed, Archbishop of Sorrento)
• Niccola Berlingeri (19 Dec 1825 Confirmed - 23 Feb 1854 Died)
• Giacinto Maria Barberi, O.P. (23 Jun 1854 Confirmed - 7 Mar 1891 Died)
• Domenico Maria Valensise (7 Mar 1891 Succeeded - 2 Jun 1902 Resigned)
• Giovanni Régine (4 Oct 1902 - 6 Dec 1915 Appointed, Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie))
• Eugenio Giambro (22 May 1916 - 2 Feb 1955 Retired)
• Vincenzo Maria Jacono (2 Feb 1955 Succeeded - 18 Jan 1961 Resigned)
• Vittorio Moietta (18 Jan 1961 - 1 Apr 1963 Died)
• Renato Luisi (30 Jun 1963 - 1 Jun 1968 Resigned)
• Ferdinando Palatucci (12 Oct 1968 - 30 Jan 1982 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Vincenzo Rimedio (4 Sep 1982 - 24 Jan 2004 Retired)

Diocese of Lamezia Terme

Name Changed: 30 September 1986
Latin Name: Neocastrensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

• Luigi Antonio Cantafora (24 Jan 2004 - )

Notes

1. "Diocese of Lamezia Terme" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Lamezia Terme" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Catholic Encyclopedia article

 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: 38°58′00″N 16°18′00″E / 38.9667°N 16.3000°E