Roman Catholic Diocese of Volterra
Diocese of Volterra Dioecesis Volaterrana | |
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Volterra Cathedral | |
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Ecclesiastical province | Pisa |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,743 km2 (673 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 81,854 80,114 (97.9%) |
Parishes | 88 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5th century |
Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Alberto Silvani |
Emeritus Bishops | Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli |
Map | |
Website | |
www.diocesivolterra.it |
The Diocese of Volterra (Latin: Dioecesis Volaterrana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Tuscany, central Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa.[1][2]
History
Volterra is an ancient Etruscan town, later conquered by the Romans. In the Carolingian period it belonged to the Marquisate of Tuscany; with the approval of Henry, son of Frederick Barbarossa, the government of it afterwards passed into the hands of the bishop, until his temporal authority was suspended by the commune. In the wars or factions of the 13th century, Volterra, being Ghibelline, was continually embroiled with the Florentines, who captured it in 1254, but obtained definitive possession of it only in 1361.
According to the Liber Pontificalis, Volterra was the birthplace of St. Linus, the immediate successor of St. Peter. Nothing is known as to its Christian origins; Eucharistus, the first bishop of Volterra of whom there is any record (495), was deposed by the pope, and Helpidius (496) was put in his place. Justus (560) was at first involved in the Schism of the Three Chapters.
Volterra was immediately subject to the Holy See until 1856, when it became a suffragan of Pisa.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Volterra
Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name Volaterranus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Pisa
- Pietro Corsini (18 Mar 1362 - 1 Sep 1363 Appointed, Bishop of Florence)
- Luigi Aliotti (1 Jun 1398 - 6 Apr 1411 Died)
- Roberto Adimari (24 Oct 1435 - 1439 Resigned)
- Roberto Cavalcanti (27 Apr 1440 - 25 Feb 1450 Died)
- Giovanni Neroni Diotisalvi (21 Feb 1450 - 22 Mar 1462 Appointed, Archbishop of Florence)
- Ugolino Giugni (22 Mar 1462 - 25 Apr 1470 Died)
- Antonio degli Agli (30 Apr 1470 - 1477 Died)
- Francesco Soderini (11 Mar 1478 - 23 May 1509 Resigned)
- Giuliano Soderini (23 May 1509 - 12 Jun 1514 Appointed, Bishop of Saintes)
- Francesco della Rovere (12 Jun 1514 - 12 Jan 1530 Appointed, Archbishop of Benevento)
- Giovanni Matteo Sirtori (15 Nov 1531 - 1545 Died)
- Benedetto Nerli (22 Jun 1545 - 1565 Died)
- Alessandro Strozzi (3 Apr 1566 - 4 Apr 1568 Died)
- Ludovico Antinori (2 Aug 1568 - 15 Jan 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia)
- Marco Saracini (15 Jan 1574 - 21 Sep 1574 Died)
- Guido Serguidi (8 Oct 1574 - 1 May 1598 Died)
- Luca Alemanni (7 Aug 1598 - Jun 1617 Resigned)
- Bernardo Inghirami (12 Jun 1617 - 5 Jun 1633 Died)
- Niccolò Sacchetti (25 Sep 1634 - 8 Jun 1650 Died)
- Giovanni Gerini (19 Sep 1650 - 22 Sep 1653 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia e Prato)
- Orazio degli Albizzi (5 Jul 1655 - 30 Jan 1676 Died)
- Carlo Filippo Sfondrati, B. (12 Jul 1677 - 11 May 1680 Died)
- Ottavio del Rosso (14 Apr 1681 - 31 Dec 1714 Died)
- Lodovico Maria Pandolfini (13 Jan 1716 - 18 May 1746 Died)
- Giuseppe Du Mesnil (6 May 1748 - 13 Mar 1781 Died)
- Alessandro Galletti (13 Mar 1781 Succeeded - 2 Jun 1782 Died)
- Aloisio Buonamici (23 Sep 1782 - 2 May 1791 Died)
- Rainieri Alliata (19 Dec 1791 - 6 Oct 1806 Appointed, Archbishop of Pisa)
- Giuseppe Gaetano Incontri (6 Oct 1806 - 15 Apr 1848 Died)
- Ferdinando Baldanzi (10 Apr 1851 - 28 Sep 1855 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
- Giuseppe Targioni (3 Aug 1857 - 17 Apr 1873 Died)
- Ferdinando Capponi (25 Jul 1873 - 18 Nov 1881 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Pisa)
- Giuseppe Gelli (27 Mar 1882 - 2 Mar 1909 Died)
- Emanuele Mignone (29 Apr 1909 - 18 Dec 1919 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
- Raffaele Carlo Rossi, O.C.D. (22 Apr 1920 - 20 Dec 1923 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Thessalonica)
- Dante Carlo Munerati, S.D.B. (20 Dec 1923 - 20 Dec 1942 Died)
- Antonio Bagnoli (17 Aug 1943 - 8 Apr 1954 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
- Ismaele Mario Castellano, O.P. (24 Aug 1954 - 3 Aug 1956 Resigned)
- Marino Bergonzini (12 Jan 1957 - 5 Jun 1970 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Faenza)
- Roberto Carniello (7 Oct 1975 - 5 Mar 1985 Resigned)
- Vasco Giuseppe Bertelli (25 May 1985 - 18 Mar 2000 Retired)
- Mansueto Bianchi (18 Mar 2000 - 4 Nov 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Pistoia)
- Alberto Silvani (8 May 2007 - )
References
- Amidei (1864–65). Storia Volterrana. Volterra.
Notes
- ↑ "Diocese of Volterra" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Diocese of Volterra" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 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.
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