Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea

Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
Dioecesis Sancti Marci Argentanensis-Scaleensis

Cathedral in San Marco Argentano
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Cosenza-Bisignano
Statistics
Area 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
110,777
108,512 (98.0%%)
Parishes 64[1]
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Latin Rite
Established 1179
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Nicholas
Patron saint Mark the Evangelist[2]
Secular priests 86[1]
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Leonardo Antonio Paolo Bonanno
Metropolitan Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari[3]
Emeritus Bishops Augusto Lauro[1]
Map
Website
smarcoargentano-scalea.chiesacattolica.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea, in Cosenza, Calabria, has existed since 1179 as the diocese of San Marco. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano.[4][5]

History

The historical Diocese of San Marco was created in 1179 within the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Rossano. In 1818 it was combined with the diocese of Bisignano, becoming the diocese of San Marco e Bisignano becoming immediately subject to the Holy See.[1] On February 13, 1919, the Diocese had territory transferred to create the Eparchy of Lungro for the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.[2] On April 4, 1979, Bisignano passed to Cosenza and the Diocese was renamed to San Marco Argentano–Scalea.[1] On January 30, 2001, the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano was elevated to a Metropolitan See with San Marco Argentano-Scalea as a suffragan diocese.[3]

Demographics

In 1912, the diocese contain 64 parishes, 256 priests, 110,000 inhabitants, some convents of religious, and a house of nuns.[6] The Diocese has a Minor Basilica, the Basilica of the Blessed Mary of Pettoruto in San Sosti, Cosenza, Calabria.[2]

Ordinaries

Diocese of San Marco (Argentano)

Erected: 1179
Latin Name: Sancti Marci
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Rossano

Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano

United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Bisignano
Latin Name: Sancti Marci et Bisinianensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea

4 April 1979 United with the Archdiocese of Cosenza which was then split to form the Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano and the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea
Latin Name: Sancti Marci Argentanensis-Scaleensis

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cheney, David M. "Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Diocese of San Marco Argentano–Scalea". Catholic Dioceses in the World. GCatholic.org. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Cheney, David M. "Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano". All Dioceses. catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  5. ↑ ""Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  6. ↑  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "San Marco and Bisignano". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  7. ↑ "Bishop Organtino Scaroli (Scazola)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  8. ↑ "Archbishop Aurelio Novarini, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

External links

 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: 39°33′00″N 16°07′00″E / 39.5500°N 16.1167°E / 39.5500; 16.1167

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