Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Diocese of Mazara del Vallo Dioecesis Mazariensis
Mazara del Vallo Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Palermo
Statistics
Area	1,374 km^2 (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

• Cardinal Bessarion (1449)
• Giovanni de Monteaperto (1470), who restored the cathedral and founded a library
• Bernardo Gasco (1579), of Toledo
• Cardinal Giandomenico Spinola (1637)
• the Franciscan Francesco M. Graffeo (1685).^[3]

Bishops of Mazara del Vallo

• Giovanni Rosa, O.F.M. (1415 - 1448 Died)
• Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M. (28 Mar 1449 - 25 Oct 1458 Resigned)

...

• Giovanni Villamarino (1503 - 1525 Died)^[4]
• Agostino de Francisco (21 Jul 1525 - )
• Girolamo de Francisco (12 Dec 1526 - 1530 Died)
• Giovanni Omodei (14 Dec 1530 - 1 Feb 1542 Died)
• Girolamo de Terminis (6 Aug 1543 - 27 Oct 1561 Died)
• Giacomo Lomellino del Canto (17 Apr 1562 - 10 Jan 1571 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
• Juan Beltrán de Guevara (24 Sep 1571 - 16 Jan 1573 Resigned)^[5]
• Antonio Lombardo (bishop) (16 Jan 1573 - 30 Mar 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento)
• Bernardo Gascó (30 Mar 1579 - 14 Aug 1586 Died)
• Luciano Rosso (de Rubeis) (23 Jan 1589 - 28 Oct 1602 Died)
• Giovanni de Gantes (28 Apr 1604 - 24 Sep 1605 Died)
• Marco La Cava (5 Dec 1605 - 5 Aug 1626 Died)
• Francisco Sánchez Villanueva y Vega (23 Sep 1630 - 9 Jul 1635 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias)
• Giovanni Domenico Spinola (1 Dec 1636 - 11 Aug 1646 Died)
• Diego Requeséns (7 Oct 1647 - Mar 1650 Died)
• Charles Impellizzeri (19 Dec 1650 - 1656 Died)^[6]
• Juan Lozano (bishop), O.S.A. (29 May 1656 - 4 Feb 1669 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)^[7]
• Giuseppe Cigala (Cicala), C.R. (30 Jun 1670 - 9 May 1678 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
• Carlo Riggio (28 Apr 1681 - 14 Nov 1683 Died)
• Franciscus Maria Graffeo, O.F.M. Conv. (30 Apr 1685 - 16 Jan 1695 Died)
• Bartolomeo Castelli, C.R. (28 Nov 1695 - 5 Apr 1730 Died)
• Alessandro Caputo, O. Carm. (21 May 1731 - 24 Feb 1741 Died)
• Giuseppe Stella (9 Jul 1742 - 7 Sep 1758 Died)
• Girolamo Palermo, C.R. (4 Apr 1759 - 25 Jun 1765 Resigned)
• Michele Scavo (6 Aug 1766 - Nov 1771 Died)
• Ugone Papé di Valdina (14 Dec 1772 - 13 Jan 1791 Died)
• Orazio della Torre (3 Dec 1792 - 21 Dec 1811 Died)
• Emmanuele Custo (23 Sep 1816 - 8 Jul 1829 Died)
• Luigi Scalabrini, O. Carm. (17 Dec 1832 - 4 Jul 1842 Died)
• Antonio Salomone (20 Jan 1845 - 21 Dec 1857 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
• Carmelo Valenti, C.SS.R. (27 Sep 1858 - 22 Sep 1882 Died)
• Antonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. (22 Sep 1882 - 5 Mar 1900 Died)
• Gaetano Quattrocchi (15 Jun 1900 - 1 Apr 1903 Resigned)
• Nicola Maria Audino (22 Jun 1903 - 21 Jun 1933 Died)
• Salvatore Ballo Guercio (18 Sep 1933 - 8 Aug 1949 Resigned)
• Gioacchino Di Leo (5 Jul 1950 - 8 Oct 1963 Died)
• Giuseppe Mancuso (26 Dec 1963 - 21 Mar 1977 Retired)
• Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. (21 Mar 1977 - 7 Dec 1987 Retired)
• Emanuele Catarinicchia (7 Dec 1987 - 15 Nov 2002 Retired)
• Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. (15 Nov 2002 - 18 Nov 2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela)
• Domenico Mogavero (22 Feb 2007 - )

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