Roman Catholic Diocese of Fidenza
| Diocese of Fidenza Dioecesis Fidentina | |
|---|---|
 Fidenza Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Modena-Nonantola |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 451 km2 (174 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 73,287 72,431 (98.8%) |
| Parishes | 70 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 February 1601 (414 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Donnino Mattire |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Carlo Mazza |
| Website | |
| www.diocesifidenza.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Fidenza (Latin: Dioecesis Fidentina) in the Province of Parma, was until 1927 the historical Diocese of Borgo San Donnino. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola.[1]
History
Borgo San Donnino became an episcopal see in 1601, under Pope Clement VIII, having until then been governed ecclesiastically by a provost with full faculties, subject directly to the Holy See. The last provost, Papiro Picedi da Castel Vezzano, was the first Bishop of Borgo San Donnino.
Other bishops were:
- Alfonso Pozzi (1620);
- Ranuccio Scoti (1626), papal nuncio under Pope Urban VIII, particularly to Switzerland;
- Filippo Casoni (1650), who urged Ferdinando Ughelli to write his Italia Sacra;
- Alessandro Parravicini, a Benedictine (1660);
- Gaetano Garimberti (1675);
- Alessandro Roncovieri (1700);
- Gerardo Giandemaria (1719);
- Girolamo Baiardi (1753);
- Alessandro Garimberti (1776)
- Gaetano Guindani 1872 later named bishop of Bergamo.
- Maurizio Galli (1998−2007)
References
- Battandier, Ann. pont. cath. (Paris, 1907)
Notes
External links
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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