Roman Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio

Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio
Dioecesis Placentina-Bobiensis
The Romanesque façade of the Duomo of Piacenza
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Modena-Nonantola
Statistics
Area 3,716 km2 (1,435 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
275,000
265,000 (96.4%)
Parishes 428
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 4th Century
Cathedral Basilica Cattedrale di S. Giustina e S. Maria Assunta (Piacenza)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale dell’Assunzione di Nostra Signora Maria (Bobbio)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Gianni Ambrosio
Website
www.diocesipiacenzabobbio.it
Co-cathedral in Bobbio

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio (Latin: Dioecesis Placentina-Bobiensis) in northern Italy, has existed since 1989. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Modena-Nonantola. The historic Diocese of Piacenza was combined with the territory of the diocese of Bobbio-San Colombano, which was briefly united with the archdiocese of Genoa. In 1582 Piacenza was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bologna; it was later dependent upon the Holy See. The current bishop is Gianni Ambrosio.[1][2]

History

The Lombards took possession of Piacenza at the beginning of their invasion and thereafter it remained in their power. From the ninth century the temporal power was in the hands of the bishops until the twelfth century, when the town became a commune governed by consuls and later (1188) by a podestà.

St. Antonius, who is said to have belonged to the Theban Legion, suffered martyrdom at Piacenza in the second or third century. The first known bishop is St. Victor, present at the Council of Sardica (343); St. Savinus, present at the Council of Aquileia (381), was probably the Savinus to whom St. Ambrose wrote several letters. Other bishops include St. Maurus, St. Flavianus, and St. Majorianus.

Bishops

Diocese of Piacenza

Erected: 4th Century
Latin Name: Placentinus
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Modena e Nonantola

to 1300

  • Joannes was a contemporary of Gregory the Great;
  • Thomas (737) was influential with King Luitprand;
  • Podo (d. 839) was honoured with a metrical epitaph;
  • Guido (904), a man of arms rather than of the Church;
  • Boso (940) freed himself from the jurisdiction of the metropolitan See of Ravenna (re-established by Pope Gregory V), and became the antipope John XVI;
  • Pietro (1031) was exiled to Germany by Emperor Conrad II;
  • Dionisio was deposed in 1076 by Pope Gregory VII;
  • St. Bonizo (1088), who had been Bishop of Sutri and a supporter of Gregory VII, was killed in 1089;
  • Aldo (1096) participated in the First Crusade. Emilia was temporarily taken from the jurisdiction of Ravenna during his tenure
  • Arduino (1118) founded the new cathedral;
  • Ugo (1155), a nephew of Pope Anacletus II, was driven from his diocese by the schismatics;
  • under Ardizzone (1192) and Grumerio (1199) grave contentions began between the clergy and the consuls, and Grumerio was driven from the diocese;
  • Fulk of Pavia (Folco di Pavia)
  • Orlando da Cremona, O.P., was mortally wounded by a Catharist while preaching (1233);
  • Alberto Pandoni (1243), an Augustinian;

from 1300 to 1600

1600 to 1800

  • Claudio Rangoni (bishop of Piacenza) (2 Dec 1596 – 13 Sep 1619 Died)[5]
  • Giovanni Linati (9 Oct 1619 – 3 Apr 1627 Died)
  • Alexandre Scappi (17 May 1627 – 20 Jun 1653 Died)
  • Giuseppe Zandemaria (9 Nov 1654 – 6 Apr 1681 Died)
  • Giorgio Barni (17 May 1688 – 31 Aug 1731 Died)
  • Gherardo Zandemaria (17 Dec 1731 – 5 Nov 1746 Died)
  • Pietro Cristiani (10 Apr 1747 – 21 Oct 1765 Died)
  • Alessandro Pisani (2 Jun 1766 – 14 Mar 1783 Died)
  • Gregorio (Gaetano Gerardo) Cerati, O.S.B. (18 Jul 1783 – 17 Feb 1807 Died)

from 1800

  • Etienne-André-François de Paule de Fallot de Béaupré de Beaumont[6] (3 Aug 1807 – 8 Apr 1817 Resigned)
  • Carlo Scribani Rossi (28 Jul 1817 – 21 Oct 1823 Died)
  • Lodovico Loschi (3 May 1824 – 14 Jun 1836 Died)
  • Aloisio San Vitale (21 Nov 1836 – 25 Oct 1848 Died)
  • Antonio Ranza (2 Apr 1849 – 20 Nov 1875 Died)
  • Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (28 Jan 1876 – 1 Jun 1905 Died)
  • Giovanni Maria Pellizzari (15 Sep 1905 – 18 Sep 1920 Died)
  • Ersilio Menzani (16 Dec 1920 – 30 Jun 1961 Died)
  • Umberto Malchiodi (30 Jun 1961 Succeeded – 3 Oct 1969 Retired)
  • Enrico Manfredini (4 Oct 1969 – 18 Mar 1983 Appointed, Archbishop of Bologna)
  • Antonio Mazza (20 Aug 1983 – 1 Dec 1994 Retired)

Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio

16 September 1989: United with part of the Archdiocese of Genova-Bobbio to form the Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio

  • Luciano Monari (23 Jun 1995 – 19 Jul 2007 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
  • Gianni Ambrosio (22 Dec 2007 – )

Territorial extent and parishes

The diocese (population c.287,500) has 422 parishes which extend over an area of 3,715 square kilometres (1,434 sq mi).[7] Most, like the city of Piacenza, are located within the (civil) region of Emilia-Romagna (Provinces of Parma and Piacenza). A further 24 parishes fall within five communes of the Ligurian Metropolitan City of Genoa, while 10 parishes are in the Lombard Province of Pavia.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016
  3. ↑ "Bishop Alessio da Seregno, O.F.M." GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  4. ↑ "Bishop Alessio di Siregno, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
  5. ↑ "Bishop Claudio Rangoni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. ↑ Beaumont was present at the national council of Paris (1810). Benigni, U., & Brown, C.F.W. (1911). Piacenza. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved December 11, 2012 from New Advent:
  7. ↑ Sources: Annuario Pontificio (2007) and Archivio dell'Istituto Centrale per il sostentamento del clero (2008, updated monthly), as cited by CCI (2008), Diocesi di Piacenza - Bobbio, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, archived from the original on 2003-09-05, retrieved 2008-03-16 .
  8. ↑ Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, archived from the original on 2008-03-14, retrieved 2008-03-16 .

Books

  • Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1717). Italia sacra sive de Episcopis Italiae (in Latin). Tomus secundus (II) (secunda ed.). Venice: Apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 194–238.

acknowledgment

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

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