Roman Catholic Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro
| Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis | |
|---|---|
 Teggiano Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Ecclesiastical province | Salerno-Campagna-Acerno |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,986 km2 (767 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 117,200 116,400 (99.3%) |
| Parishes | 81 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 21 September 1850 |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo (Teggiano) |
| Co-cathedral | Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Policastro Bussentino) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R. |
| Website | |
| www.diocesiteggiano.org | |
The Italian Latin Catholic Diocese of (Diano-)Teggiano-Policastro (Latin: Dioecesis Dianensis-Policastrensis), in Campania, has existed since 1850, under its present name since 1986. In that year the Diocese of Diano-Teggiano was united with the diocese of Policastro.
The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno.[1] Its cathedral episcopal see is the Marian Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore e S. Michele Arcangelo, in Teggiano.
The current bishop is Antonio De Luca
History
On 29 September 1850, Pope Pius IX established the Diocese of Diano–Teggiano with the episcopal see at Diano, at the instance of king Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, on territories assembled for its Metropolitan the Archdiocese of Salerno, from the bishopric of Cava and from the see of Capaccio–Diano. He ordered the bishop of Capaccio to fix his residence in the town of Diano; thenceforth the see was to be known as Capaccio and Diano.
But under the second bishop, Domenico Fanello (1858-83), Capaccio was again separated from Diano and united with the Diocese of Vallo, in which town the bishop now resides. In 1882 Diano received the name of Teggiano.[2]
On 1976.09.08 it lost territory to establish the Diocese of Tursi–Lagonegro.
On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Diocese of Teggiano–Policastro, having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Policastro, whose name was incorporated while its former cathedral was made a Co-cathedral.
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Diano-Teggiano
- Valentino Vignone (1851.02.17 – death 1857.11.01)
- Domenico Fanelli (1858.09.27 – death 1883.08.14)
- Vincenzo Addessi (1884.03.24 – death 1905)
- Camillo Tiberio (1906.11.10 – death 1915)
- Oronzo Caldarola (1915.11.27 – 1954.11.27); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Utica (1954.11.27 – death 1963.02.06)
- Felicissimo Stefano Tinivella, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1955.03.09 – 1961.09.11); later Titular Bishop of Cana (1961.09.11 – 1965.09.18), Coadjutor Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1961.09.11 – 1965.09.18), Apostolic Administrator of Ventimiglia (Italy) (1965 – 1967.04.08), Titular Archbishop of Uthina (1965.09.18 – 1967.02.22), Archbishop of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1967.02.22 – 1968.07.06), Titular Archbishop of Belcastro (1968.07.06 – resigned 1970.12.12)
- Aldo Forzoni (1961.11.30 – 1970.04.23), previously Bishop of Gravina (Italy) (1953.05.14 – 1961.11.30), Bishop of Irsina (Italy) (1953.05.14 – 1961.11.30); later Bishop of Apuania (Italy) (1970.04.23 – 1986.09.30), Bishop of Massa (Italy) (1986.09.30 – retired 1988.02.23)
- Umberto Luciano Altomare (1970.08.23 – death 1986.02.03), also Bishop of Policastro (Italy) (1980.09.16 – 1986.02.03); previously Titular Bishop of Carpasia (1960.03.31 – 1962.07.10) & Auxiliary Bishop of Mazara del Vallo (Italy) (1960.03.31 – 1962.07.10), Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1962.07.10 – 1970.08.23) and Apostolic Administrator of Venosa (Italy) (1966 – 1970)
- Suffragan Bishops of Teggiano–Policastro
- Bruno Schettino (1987.02.11 – 1997.04.29), later Archbishop of Capua (Italy) (1997.04.29 – death 2012.09.21)
- Francesco Pio Tamburrino, Subiaco Cassinese Benedictines (O.S.B. Subl.) (1998.02.14 – 1999.04.27), previously Abbot Ordinary of Territorial Abbacy of Montevergine (Italy) (1989.11.29 – 1998.02.14); later Secretary of Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (1999.04.27 – 2003.08.02), Archbishop ad personam (1999.04.27 – 2003.08.02), Metropolitan Archbishop of Foggia–Bovino (Italy) (2003.08.02 – 2014.10.11)
- Angelo Spinillo (2000.03.18 – 2011.01.15), later remained Apostolic Administrator of Teggiano–Policastro (2011.01.15 – 2011.11.26), Bishop of Aversa (Italy) (2011.01.15 – ...), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Italy (2012.05.22 – ...), Apostolic Administrator of Caserta (Italy) (2013.09.29 – retired 2014.03.21)
- Antonio Maria De Luca, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (2011.11.26 – ...)
Notes
Sources and External links
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: 40°23′00″N 15°32′00″E / 40.3833°N 15.5333°E