Diocese of Guastalla

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The Italian Catholic diocese of Guastalla existed in the province of Reggio Emilia, from 1828 to 1986. It was then combined into the diocese of Reggio Emilia-Guastalla.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 References 3 Notes 4 External link

[edit] History

Guastalla formed part of the diocese of Reggio until 1471, when it became an archipresbyterate nullius. Pope Sixtus V (1583) gave it abbatial rank; it was only in 1828 that Leo XII, at the wish of Marie Louise, made it a bishopric, suffragan to the archdiocese of Modena.

Its first bishop was John Neuschel, a Hungarian abbot, and chaplain to the duchess. Among his successors were Monsignor Pietro Rota (1855-71), afterwards translated to Mantua.

[edit] References

• Cappelletti, Le chiese d' Italia (1858), XIV, 425-40

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy page

[edit] External link

• Source

This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.