Roman Catholic Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola

Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola
Dioecesis Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulana

Fano Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Pesaro
Statistics
Area 1,100 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
128,916
126,064 (97.8%)
Parishes 74
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1st century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore (Fano)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di Ss. Aldebrando e Agostino (Fossombrone)
Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Cagli)
Concattedrale di S. Andrea (Pergola)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Armando Trasarti
Emeritus Bishops Mario Cecchini
Map
Website
www.fanodiocesi.it
Co-cathedral in Cagli.

The Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola (Latin: Dioecesis Fanensis-Forosemproniensis-Calliensis-Pergulana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Italy, created in 1986, when the historical Diocese of Fano was united to the Diocese of Cagli e Pergola and the Diocese of Fossombrone. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pesaro.[1]

History

Saint Paternian is venerated as the first Bishop of Fano and is supposed to have been appointed by Pope Sylvester I. St. Vitalis flourished in the time of Pope Symmachus (498-514). Eusebius accompanied Pope John I to Constantinople (526). Leo and St. Fortunatus belong to the period of Gregory the Great. The date of St. Orsus is uncertain.

Among the later bishops were Riccardo (1214), persecuted by the magistrate Alberghetti; and the Dominican Pietro Bertano (1537), an orator and advocate at the Council of Trent.[2]

Notes

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

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Coordinates: 43°50′37″N 13°01′11″E / 43.8435°N 13.0198°E