Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pesaro

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Archdiocese of Pesaro

Archidioecesis Pisaurensis
Il Duomo di Pesaro.jpg
Pesaro Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provincePesaro
Statistics
Area287 km2 (111 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2004)
120,697
117,017 (97%)
Parishes54
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established3rd century
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishop
Map
Arcidiocesi di Pesaro.svg
Website
www.arcidiocesipesaro.it

The Archdiocese of Pesaro (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola and the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.[1]

History[]

The first bishop, Florentius, is said to have governed this see in the middle of the second century, while the bishop, Decentius, according to tradition, suffered martyrdom under Diocletian. Bishop Heradianus was at the Council of Sardica in 343.[2]

Other bishops were:

  • Germanus, who went with to Constantinople in 497 as legate of Pope Anastasius II;
  • Felix, whom Gregory the Great brought to trial;
  • Maximus (649);
  • Benenatus, a legate to the Sixth General Council (680);
  • Stabilinus (769);
  • Adelberto (998), founder of the monastery of , where Pope Clement II died in 1047;
  • Pietro (1070), who was deposed, being a partisan of the schism of Frederick Barbarossa;
  • Bartolomeo (1218);
  • Omodio (1346);
  • Biagio Geminelli (1354);
  • Leale Malatesta (1370);
  • Cardinal (1406);
  • Paris de Grassis (1513–28)
  • Giacomo Simoneta (1528–1535)
  • Ludovico Simoneta (1537–1561)
  • Giulio Simonetti (1560), was at the Council of Trent, and founded the seminary;
  • Gian Lucido Palombara (1658), consecrated the new cathedral;
  • Umberto Radicati (1742);
  • Cardinal (1775);
  • Andrea Mastai-Ferretti (1806).
  • Ottavio Zollio (1822–1824)
  • Felice Bezzi (1824–1828)
  • Filippo Monacelli (1828–1839)
  • Francesco Canali (1839–1846)
  • Giovanni Carlo Gentili (1847–1854)
    • Vacant See (1854–1856)
  • Clemente Fares (1856–1896)
  • Carlo Bonaiuti (1896–1904)
  • Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M.Cap. (1904–1916)
  • Bonaventura Porta (1917–1952)
  • Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1952–1975)
  • Gaetano Michetti (1975–1998)
  • Angelo Bagnasco (1998–2003
  • , from 28 February 2004

Notes[]

  1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
  2. ^ Benigni, Umberto. "Diocese of Pesaro." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 31 May 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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

Coordinates: 43°54′39″N 12°54′52″E / 43.9108°N 12.9145°E / 43.9108; 12.9145

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