Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro
The Italian Catholic diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro was until 1977 the historic diocese of Montefeltro. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.[1] The current diocese includes all the parishes of San Marino.
History
The earliest mention of Montefeltro, as Mona Feretri, is in the diplomas by which Charlemagne confirmed the donation of Pepin.
The first known bishop of Montefeltro was Agatho (826), whose residence was at San Leo.
Other bishops were:
- Valentino (1173), who finished the cathedral;
- Benvenuto (1219), deposed as a partisan of Count Ederigo;
- Benedetto (1390), a Benedictine monk, rector of Romagna and Duke of Spoleto;
- the Franciscan Giovanni Seclani (1413), who built the episcopal palace of Calamello;
- Cardinal Ennio Filonardi (1549);
- Giovanni Francesco Sarmani (1567), founder of the seminary of Pennabilli, thenceforth residence of the bishops, the episcopal see having been transferred there.
Under Bishop Flaminios Dondi (1724) the see was again transferred to San Leo, but later it returned to Pennabilli. The historic diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Urbino.[2]
Bishops of Montefeltro
- Antonio Castriani, (21 May 1507 - 11 Aug 1510)
- Carlo Visconti (6 Jul 1565 - 12 Nov 1565 )
- Gianfrancesco Sormani (6 Mar 1567 - 1601 )
- Pietro Cartolari (29 Nov 1601 - 1607 )
- Consalvo Duranti (19 Mar 1607 - 10 Jan 1643 )
- Bernardino Scala (28 May 1643 - 19 Jan 1667)
- Antonio Possenti (3 Aug 1667 - 14 Dec 1671 )
- Giacomo Buoni (8 Feb 1672 - 28 Feb 1678)
- Bernardino Belluzzi (5 Sep 1678- 25 Sep 1702)
- Pietro Valerio Martorelli (5 Mar 1703 - 18 Nov 1724)
- Flaminio Dondi,(20 Nov 1724 - 12 Aug 1729)
- Giovanni Crisostomo Calvi, (7 Sep 1729 - 27 Apr 1747)
- Sebastiano Bonaiuti (29 May 1747 - 27 Feb 1765)
- Giovanni Pergolini (22 Apr 1765 - 17 Feb 1777)
- Giuseppe Maria Terzi (17 Feb 1777 - 27 Oct 1803)
- Antonio Begni (28 May 1804 - 11 Jun 1840)
- Antonio Benedetto Antonucci (17 Dec 1840 - 22 Jul 1842)
- Salvatore Leziroli (22 Jul 1842 - 20 Jan 1845)
- Martino Caliendi (21 Apr 1845 - 1849 )
- Crispino Agostinucci (5 Nov 1849 - 1856)
- Elia Antonio Alberini, (16 Jun 1856 - 23 Mar 1860 )
- Luigi Mariotti (23 Mar 1860 - 1890)
- Carlo Bonaiuti (23 Jun 1890 - 22 Jun 1896 )
- Alfonso Andreoli (6 Dec 1896 - 20 Dec 1911 )
- Raffaele Santi (22 Apr 1912 - 15 Jun 1940 )
- Vittorio De Zanche (9 Aug 1940 - 25 Sep 1949 )
- Antonio Bergamaschi (12 Dec 1949 - 17 Apr 1966)
- Giovanni Locatelli (22 Feb 1977 - 12 Nov 1988)
- Mariano De Nicolò (8 Jul 1989 - 25 May 1995)
- Paolo Rabitti (25 May 1995 - 2 Oct 2004)
- Luigi Negri (17 Mar 2005 - )
See also
Notes
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy page
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia article
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.