Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo

Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-S. Giovanni Rotondo
Archidioecesis Sipontinus-Vestanus-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi

Coat of arms of the current archbishop of the Archdiocese
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Foggia-Bovino
Statistics
Area 1,665 km2 (643 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2013)
154,283
151,850 (est.) (98.4%)
Parishes 51
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 3rd Century
Cathedral Cattedrale di S. Lorenzo Maiorano (Manfredonia)
Co-cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di Maria Santissima Assunta in cielo (Vieste)
Secular priests 75 (diocesan)
54 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Archbishop Domenico Cornacchia
Website
www.manfredonia.chiesacattolica.it
Co-cathedral in Vieste

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo (Latin: Archidioecesis Sipontinus-Vestanus-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi) is a Latin Catholic non-Metropolitan Archdiocese in Foggia province, in Apulia, south-eastern Italy, [1] which is part the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino[2]

The historic Archdiocese of Siponto (precursor in a present suburb of Manfredonia) was elevated from the status of diocese in 1074. At that time it was known after its see, Siponto, and Sipontinus persisted as its Latin name. The present complex title reflects several mergers, part of a complex history before and after the see transfer in 1230.

On July 15, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Michele Castoro of the Diocese of Oria as Archbishop.

Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Manfredonia Cathedral, dedicated to Santo Lorenzo Maiorano, in Foggia, Puglia (Apulia region). It also has

- two more notable Shrines: Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie Santuario di S. Maria delle Grazie, in San Giovanni Rotondo, and Santuario di S. Pio da Pietrelcina Santuario di S. Pio da Pietrelcina, in San Giovanni Rotondo.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 152,000 Catholics (98.8% of 153,811 total) on 1,665 km² in 51 parishes with 124 priests (76 diocesan, 48 religious), 3 deacons, 247 lay religious (56 brothers, 191 sisters) and 7 seminarians.

History

For its Ancient and medieval precursor (arch)bishopric at Siponto, see Archdiocese of Sipontum.

In 1230, Manfredonia, a new city founded by Manfred of Sicily, who decided to 'rebuild Siponto' in a new nearby location, the archiepiscopal see was transferred and renamed after it as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manfredonia, yet maintained its Latin adjectve Sipontin(us) (Latin).

Among the other bishops were Matteo Orsini (1327), later cardinal; Cardinal Bessarione (1447), administrator; Niccolò Perotti (1458), a Greek scholar and theologian; Giovanni del Monte (1512), subsequently pope under the name of Julius III; Domenico Ginnasio (1586), who suppressed the use of the Greek Rite at the high altar of the cathedral of Sipontum, a custom which had obtained until his day; Antonio Marcello (1643) who founded the seminary and restored the cathedral destroyed by the Ottoman Turks in 1620; Vincenzo Orsini (1675), afterwards Pope under the name of Benedict XIII.

On 1979.04.30 it was demoted as non-Metropolitan Archdiocese of Manfredonia / Sipontin(us) (Latin)

On 1986.09.30 it was renamed as Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste / Sipontin(us)–Vestan(us) (Latin adjective), having gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Vieste (but absorbing its title), and having lost territories, both to its Metropolitan, the Archdiocese of Foggia-Bovino, and to the Diocese of San Severo.

On 2002.12.06 it was again renamed as Archdiocese of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo / Sipontin(us)–Vestan(us)–Sancti Ioannis Rotundi (Latin).

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Latin Rite)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Manfredonia
BIOs to COMPLETE & ELABORATE
...
Archbishops of Manfredonia e Vieste

United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Vieste
Latin Name: Sipontinus e Vestanus

Archbishops of Manfredonia-Vieste

30 September 1986: Name Changed
Latin Name: Sipontinus-Vestanus

Archbishops of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotond

6 December 2002: Name Changed
Latin Name: Sipontinus-Vestanus-Sancti Ioannis Rotundi

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Archdiocese of Manfredonia-Vieste-San Giovanni Rotondo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Manfredonia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 41°38′00″N 15°55′00″E / 41.6333°N 15.9167°E / 41.6333; 15.9167

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