Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo
| Diocese of Mazara del Vallo Dioecesis Mazariensis | |
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 Mazara del Vallo Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Palermo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,374 km2 (531 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 235,600 220,906 (93.8%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1093 (923 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Basilica Cattedrale di SS. Salvatore |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Domenico Mogavero |
| Emeritus Bishops | Emanuele Catarinicchia |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesimazara.it | |
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Latin: Dioecesis Mazariensis) is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.[1]
History
In the struggle of the Saracens against the Normans for the possession of Sicily, Mazara was hotly contested, especially in 1075 when Roger I of Sicily emerged victorious. The episcopal see of Lilybaeum was then transferred to Mazzara.
Of the bishops of Lilybaeum the best known is Paschasinus, legate of Pope Leo I at the Council of Chalcedon (451). The first bishop of Mazara was Stefano de Ferro, a relative of Count Roger (1093). The cathedral was then founded, and later embellished by Bishop Tristiano (1157).
Other bishops were
- Cardinal Bessarion (1449)
- Giovanni de Monteaperto (1470), who restored the cathedral and founded a library
- Bernardo Gasco (1579), of Toledo
- Cardinal Giandomenico Spinola (1637)
- the Franciscan Francesco M. Graffeo (1685).[2]
Bishops of Mazara del Vallo since 1900
- Gaetano Quattrocchi (15 Jun 1900 - 1903)
- Nicola Maria Audino (22 Jun 1903 - 21 Jun 1933)
- Salvatore Ballo Guercio (18 Sep 1933 - 8 Aug 1949 )
- Gioacchino Di Leo (5 Jul 1950 - 8 Oct 1963 )
- Giuseppe Mancuso (26 Dec 1963 - 21 Mar 1977)
- Costantino Trapani, O.F.M. (21 Mar 1977 - 1987 )
- Emanuele Catarinicchia (7 Dec 1987 - 15 Nov 2002)
- Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. (15 Nov 2002 - 18 Nov 2006)
- Domenico Mogavero (22 Feb 2007 - )
Notes
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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Coordinates: 37°39′00″N 12°35′00″E / 37.6500°N 12.5833°E