Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli

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Diocese of Savona-Noli

Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis
Savona Cathedral 2010.jpg
Savona Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical provinceGenoa
Statistics
Area400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2014)
155,000 (est.)
152,000 (est.) (98.1%)
Parishes71
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established10th Century
CathedralCattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta (Savona)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di S. Pietro (Noli)
Secular priests55 (diocesan)
40 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop
Map
Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli in Italy.svg
Website
chiesasavona.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli (Latin: Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis) in northern Italy, was historically the Diocese of Savona, from the tenth century. In 1820 the Diocese of Noli was united to the Diocese of Savona. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.[1] [2]

History[]

Bishops[]

  • Bernardus (992)[3]
  • Joannes (999)
  • Ardeman (1014)
  • Antellinus (Ancellinus (1028)[4]
  • Brixianus (1046)
  • Amicus[5] (1049)
  • Giordano of Savona (1080)
  • Grossolanus (1098–1109) (promoted to Milan)
  • Guglielmo (1110)
  • Ottaviano of Pavia[6] (1119–1128)
  • Guido[7]
  • Ambrosius[8]

1200 to 1400[]

  • Albertus de Novara (1221–1230) [9]
  • Henricus (1230–ca. 1239)
  • Bonifatius
  • Conradus de Ancisa
  • Rufinus Colombo (died September 1287)
  • Henricus de Ponzono (1289– ? )
  • Gregorius
  • Gualterius (1303)
  • Jacobus de Caradengo de Niella (attested 1305, 1311)
  • Federicus Cibo (1317–1342)
  • Gerardus de Vasconibus de Pergamo, O.E.S.A. (1342–1355)
  • Antonius Manfredi de Saluciis (1355–1376) (promoted to Milan)[10]
  • Dominicus de Lagneto (1376–1384)
  • Antonius de Viale (1386–1394) (appointed by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience)[11]
  • Joannes Grimaldi (1394–1405)[12]

1400 to 1600[]

  • Philippus Ogerii, O. Carm. (1405–1411)[13]
  • Petrus Spinola, O.S.B. (1411–1413)[14]
...
  • Giovanni Battista Cibò (1466–1472 Appointed, Bishop of Molfetta)
  • Giuliano della Rovere (1499–1502 Appointed, Administrator of Vercelli)
  • Galeotto della Rovere (1502–1504 Resigned)
  • (1504 Appointed – )
  • Raffaele Sansone Riario (1508–1516 Resigned)
  • (1516–1528 Died)
  • (1537–1545 Died)
  • (1546–1562 Resigned)
  • (1564–1576 Resigned)
  • (1576–1581 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
  • (1581–1584 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon)
  • Giovanni Battista Centurione (1584–1587 Resigned)
  • (1587–1624 Resigned)

1600 to 1800[]

...
  • , C.R.S. (1664–1682 Died)
  • , C.R. (1683–1722 Died)
  • Agostino Spínola, C.R.S. (1722–1755 Died)
  • (15 December 1755 – 27 March 1776)[16]
  • (29 January 1776 – 20 September 1804)[17]

since 1800[]

  • Vincenzo Maria Maggiolo (1804–1820)[18]
  • Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.S.D. (1820–5 July 1830) (transferred to Genoa)[19]
  • Agostino Maria Demari (1833–1840)[20]
  • Alessandro Ottaviano Ricardi di Netro (1842–22 February 1867) (transferred to Turin)[21]
  • Giovanni Battista Cerruti[22] (22 February 1867–21 Mar 1879)
  • Giuseppe Boraggini[23] (12 May 1879 – 30 April 1897)[24]
  • Giuseppe Salvatore Scatti (15 February 1898 – 30 June 1926)
  • Pasquale Righetti (20 December 1926 – 7 July 1948)
  • Giovanni Battista Parodi (14 September 1948 – 15 Jul 1974)
  • Franco Sibilla (15 July 1974 – 8 September 1980) (transferred to Asti)
  • Giulio Sanguineti (15 December 1980 – 7 December 1989) (transferred to La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato)
  • Roberto Amadei (21 April 1990 – 21 November 1991) (transferred to Bergamo)
  • Dante Lafranconi (7 December 1991 – 8 September 2001) (transferred to Cremona)
  • Domenico Calcagno (25 January 2002 – 7 July 2007 transferred to Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See)
  • Vittorio Lupi (30 November 2007 – )

Parishes[]

Of the 71 parishes 68 lie within the Province of Savona, Liguria. The remaining three are in the neighbouring commune of Cogoleto, Province of Genoa, also in Liguria.[25] In 2014 there was one Catholic priest for every 1,600 Catholics.

References[]

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Savona-Noli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Savona-Noli (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.self-published
  3. ^ Gams, p. 821. That Bernardus was Bishop of Savona is rejected by Paul Fridolin Kehr, p. 353.
  4. ^ Bini (1842), p. 297.
  5. ^ A grant of privileges by Bishop Amicus to the Canons of Savona is confirmed by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085): Kehr, p. 355, no. 1.
  6. ^ Bishop Ottaviano had previously been a Canon of Pavia: Ughelli, IV, p. 735.
  7. ^ Pope Alexander III addresses a mandate to Bishop Guido, ca. 1171–1181: Kehr, p. 354, no. 1.
  8. ^ Pope Urban III addresses a mandate to Ambrosius between 1185 and 1187: Kehr, p. 354, no. 2.
  9. ^ Eubel, I, p. 433.
  10. ^ Eubel, I, p. 333.
  11. ^ De Viale was transferred from the diocese of Sisteron (Roman Obedience); Sisteron adhered to the Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
  12. ^ Joannes Grimaldi was transferred to Savona from Senigallia by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434 and p. 447.
  13. ^ Philippus was appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience, and transferred to Damascus by John XXIII of the Avignon-Pisan Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
  14. ^ A native of Parma, Spinola was transferred to the diocese of Ales (Sardinia) by John XXIII. Eubel, I, p. 510.
  15. ^ Gams, p. 822.
  16. ^ Born in Genoa in 1700, Mari was Rector of the Collegio Clementina in Rome at the time of his appointment. He was consecrated on 21 December 1755 by Cardinal Giorgio Doria. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 2.
  17. ^ Gentile was a Doctor of theology (Sapienza 1776 [1766?]). He was a Consultor at the Office of the Holy Inquisition (1767). He was consecrated in Rome on 4 February 1776 by Cardinal Pallavicini. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 3.
  18. ^ Maggioli was transferred from Luni: Gams, p. 818 and p. 822. Bima (1842), p. 300
  19. ^ Bima, p. 301. Airenti died on 3 September 1831: Gams, p. 816.
  20. ^ Bima, p. 301.
  21. ^ Gams, p. 823 and p. 825. Bima (1842), p. 301.
  22. ^ Gams, p. 823.
  23. ^ Boraggini was a priest of the Diocese of Genoa. He had been Canon and Archpriest of the Cathedral of Genoa, and pro-Vicar-General of the diocese.
  24. ^ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy Diocese of Savona-Noli Retrieved: 2016-10-13.
  25. ^ Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, archived from the original on 2008-03-14, retrieved 2008-03-14.

Books[]

Cathedral in Noli.

Reference works[]

Studies[]

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