Roman Catholic Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro

Co-cathedral Basilica in San Marino (left) Co-cathedral in San Leo (right)

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]

On Tuesday, 18 September 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Bishop Luigi Negri, to serve as one of the Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.^[3]

Bishops of Montefeltro

• Antonio Castriani, (21 May 1507 - 11 August 1510)
• Carlo Visconti (6 July 1565 - 12 November 1565)
• Gianfrancesco Sormani (6 March 1567 - 1601)
• Pietro Cartolari (29 November 1601 - 1607)
• Consalvo Duranti (19 March 1607 - 10 January 1643)
• Bernardino Scala (28 May 1643 - 19 January 1667)
• Antonio Possenti (3 August 1667 - 14 December 1671)
• Giacomo Buoni (8 February 1672 - 28 February 1678)
• Bernardino Belluzzi (5 September 1678- 25 September 1702)
• Pietro Valerio Martorelli (5 March 1703 - 18 November 1724)
• Flaminio Dondi (20 November 1724 - 12 August 1729)
• Giovanni Crisostomo Calvi (7 September 1729 - 27 April 1747)
• Sebastiano Bonaiuti (29 May 1747 - 27 February 1765)
• Giovanni Pergolini (22 April 1765 - 17 February 1777)
• Giuseppe Maria Terzi (17 February 1777 - 27 October 1803)
• Antonio Begni (28 May 1804 - 11 June 1840)
• Antonio Benedetto Antonucci (17 December 1840 - 22 July 1842)
• Salvatore Leziroli (22 July 1842 - 20 January 1845)
• Martino Caliendi (21 April 1845 - 1849)
• Crispino Agostinucci (5 November 1849 - 1856)
• Elia Antonio Alberini, (16 June 1856 - 23 March 1860)
• Luigi Mariotti (23 March 1860 - 1890)
• Carlo Bonaiuti (23 Jun 1890 - 22 June 1896)
• Alfonso Andreoli (6 December 1896 - 20 December 1911)
• Raffaele Santi (22 April 1912 - 15 June 1940)
• Vittorio De Zanche (9 August 1940 - 25 September 1949)
• Antonio Bergamaschi (12 December 1949 - 17 April 1966)
• Giovanni Locatelli (22 February 1977 - 12 November 1988)
• Mariano De Nicolò (8 July 1989 - 25 May 1995)
• Paolo Rabitti (25 May 1995 - 2 October 2004)
• Luigi Negri (17 March 2005 - 1 December 2012) Appointed Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio
• Andrea Turazzi (30 November 2013 - present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in San Marino

Notes

1. ↑ Catholic Hierarchy page
2. ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
3. ↑ http://press.catholica.va/news_services/bulletin/news/29687.php?index=29687&po_date=18.09.2012&lang=en

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

Coordinates: 43°49′02″N 12°15′56″E / 43.8172°N 12.2655°E / 43.8172; 12.2655