Roman Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello

Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello
Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino
Statistics
Area 2,177 km2 (841 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2004)
71,536
71,000 (99.3%)
Parishes 71
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 7th century
Cathedral Cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Pitigliano)
Co-cathedral Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Orbetello)
Former cathedral: Former cattedrale di SS. Pietro e Paolo (Sovana)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti
Map
Website
www.diocesipitigliano.it

former cathedral in Sovana (left) Co-cathedral in Orbetello (right)

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello (Latin: Dioecesis Pitilianensis-Soanensis-Urbetelliensis) is a Latin suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, in Tuscany.[1][2]

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Duomo/Cattedrale di Ss. Pietro e Paolo, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, in Pitigliano, a part of Grosseto, which municipality in Toscana also has

  • the Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (S. Biagio), dedicated to the Assumption and St. Biagio, in Orbetello
  • the former Cathedral: Antica Cattedrale di S. Pietro Apostolo Antica, dedicated to the Apostle Peter, in Sovana.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 70,000 Catholics (97.1% of 72,100 total) on 2,177 km² in 71 parishes with 65 priests (54 diocesan, 11 religious), 9 deacons, 68 lay religious (13 brothers, 55 sisters) and 5 seminarians.

History

The two towns, Sovana and Pitigliano, are situated in the Province of Grosseto, Central Italy. The bishopric was established in 670 as Diocese of Sovana, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Siena, without formal precursor. Sovana was an ancient Etruscan city, and preserved a certain importance till the end of the thirteenth century, having been from the days of Charlemagne the capital of the counts of Aldobrandeschi, lords of Southern Tuscany.

  • In 1230 the diocese lost territory to Territorial Abbacy of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle tre Fontane. In 1240 the city withstood a siege by Emperor Frederick II. Later it passed under the sway of the Orsini family, who transferred their residence to Pitigliano, mentioned for the first time in 1081. In 1401 it fell into the power of the Republic of Siena. In 1434 Count Gentile Orsini having been killed at Sovana, the people of Pitigliano put the town to fire and sword, and brought about its destruction.
  • The territory of this diocese includes the Vallombrosan Abbey of Monte Calvello, which was transferred in 1496 to within the city limits.
  • On 1844.01.11 it was renamed as Diocese of Sovana–Pitigliano / Soanen(sis)–Pitilianen(sis) (Latin) as the former collegiate church of Saints Peter and Paul in Pitigliano became the new cathedral, its name accordingly being added to the diocesan title, albeit (yet) in second place.
  • On 1981.03.25 it was again renamed as Diocese of Sovana–Pitigliano–Orbetello (Italian) / Soanen(sis)–Pitilianen(sis)–Urbetellien(sis) (Latin), having gained territory from the suppressed Territorial Abbacy of Santi Vincenzo ed Anastasio alle tre Fontane
  • On 1986.09.30 it was finally renamed as Diocese of Pitigliano–Sovana–Orbetello / Pitilianen(sis)–Soanen(sis)–Urbetellien(sis) (Latin), putting its actual see first.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Latin Rite) Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Siena

Suffragan Bishops of Sovana

Latin Name: Soanensis

incomplete, notably in the first centuries
  • Mauritius (680)
  • ...
  • Raineri (963), who re-introduced common life among the canons
  • ...
  • Viviano (1206? – ?)
  • Gualtiero (1221 – death 1260?)
  • Teodino (1260? – death 1270)
  • ...
  • Davide Bandini, Cistercian Order (O. Cist.) (1283.12.23 – 1293)
  • Landone (1294 – 1298.04.22), next Bishop of Nola (Italy) (1298.04.22 – 1304)
  • Monaldo Monaldeschi, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1298.05.07 – 1302.12), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Benevento (Italy) (1302.12 – death 1331)
  • Zampo (1302.12.10 – death 1312)
  • Trasmondo Monaldeschi, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1312.05.10 – ?)
  • Alamanno Donati, O.F.M. (1330.10.22 – 1342.07.18), next Bishop of Modena (Italy) (1342.07.18 – death 1352.06.04)
  • Niccolò Bernardi, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (1342.07.19 – ?)
  • Paolo Neri Bessi, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1360.05.20 – death 1367.12.08), previously Bishop of Retimo (1357.07.03 – 1360.05.20)
  • Niccolò da Nola, O.F.M. (1368.07.17 – death 1368)
  • Roberto de Rainaldo (1369.06.25 – ?)
  • Pier Nicolò Blandinelli (1380–138?), who had the doors of the cathedral made
  • Antonio, Camaldolese Benedictines (O.S.B. Cam.) (1386.03.19 – 1390)
  • Tommaso de Mari (1390.11.29 – 1397), next Bishop of San Marco (Italy) (1397 – death 1399)
  • Valentino Vanni (1397.03.22 – ?)
  • Pietro, Benedictine Order (O.S.B.) (1402.06.05 – death 1467.09)
  • Antonio del Fede, O. Carm. (1418.08.12 – death 1434.01.05)
  • Gioacchino (1434.01.20 – 1439.06.08), next Bishop of Canne (1439.06.08 – 1440.12.12), Bishop of Cassano all’Jonio (Italy) (1440.12.12 – death 1463)
  • Apollonio Massaini (1439.06.08 – death 1467.09), under whom the relics of St Mamiliano, Bishop of Palermo, were translated from the Island of Giglio
  • Tommaso della Testa Piccolomini (1467.11.20 – 1470.10.26), next Bishop of Montalcino (Italy) (1470.10.26 – 1482), Bishop of Pienza (Italy) (1470.10.26 – death 1482)
  • Andreuccio Ghinucci (1470.11.12 – 1489.03.09), next Bishop of neighbouring Grosseto (Italy) (1489.03.09 – death 1497)
  • Girolamo Scotti (1489.03.09 – ?)
  • Adello Piccolomini (8 Oct 1492 – death 1510)
  • Alfonso Petrucci (1 Oct 1510 – retired? 27 July 1513), son of the Tyrant of Siena, also Apostolic Administrator of Massa Marittima (Italy) (1511 – 1517.06.22), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Teodoro pro hac vice Title (1511.03.17 – execution 1517.06.22, condemned to death by Pope Leo X)
  • Lattanzio Petrucci (1513.07.27 – 1517 see below deposed, accused of high treason), forced to flee, but acquitted by Pope Adrian VI and later reinstated as Bishop of Sovana
  • Domenico Coletta (1517.12.02 – death 1520)
  • Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Raffaello Petrucci (6 Feb 1520 – death 11 Dec 1522), while Bishop of Grosseto (Italy) (1497.08.04 – 1522.12.11), created Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1517.12.26 – 1522.12.11), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Bertinoro (Italy) (1519.03.14 – 1520.03.14)
  • Lattanzio Petrucci, reinstated (see above 1522.12.11 – death 1527)
  • Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Ercole Gonzaga (5 July 1529 – 17 April 1532), while Bishop of Mantova (Mantua, Italy) (1521.05.10 – 1563.03.02), Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Aversa (Italy) (1524 – 1528), created Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria Nuova (1527.05.05 – 1556.07.06); later Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Tarazona (Spain) (1537.06.26 – 1546.12.03), promoted Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Nuova pro hac vice Title (1556.07.06 – death 1563.03.02), also Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Fano (Italy) (1558–1560)
  • Apostolic Administrator Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (1532.04.17 – 1532.04.26), while Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia–Velletri (1524.06.15 – 1534.10.13), Cardinal Dean of Sacred College of Cardinals (1524.06.15 – 1534.10.13) and Apostolic Administrator of Diocese of Bitonto (Italy) (1530.01.24 – 1532.05.17); many previous offices; later Pope Paul III (1534.10.13 [1534.11.03] – death 1549.11.10)
  • Ferrante Farnese (1532.04.26 – 1535)
  • Carvajal Simoncelli (1535.02.26 – death 1596.01)
  • Metello Bichi (15 Jan 1596 – resigned 12 June 1606); later created Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio (1611.09.12 – death 1619.06.14), Metropolitan Archbishop of Siena (Italy) (1612.12.17 – retired 1615.03.23)
  • Ottavio Saraceni (12 June 1606 – death 1623)
  • Scipione Tancredi (15 Jan 1624 – 2 March 1637), next Bishop of Montalcino (Italy) (1637.03.02 – death 1641.04.13)
  • Christophe Tolomei (16 March 1637 – death 1638)
  • Enea di Cesare Spennazzi (20 Dec 1638 – 23 May 1644), next Bishop of Ferentino (Italy) (1644.05.25 – death 1658)
  • Marcello Cervini (bishop) (15 May 1645 – 23 Sep 1652), next Bishop of Montepulciano (Italy) (1652.09.23 – death 1663.02.08)
  • Girolamo Borghese, O.S.B. (11 Dec 1652 – 17 Dec 1668), next Bishop of Pienza (Italy) (1668.09.17 – death 1698.01.15)
  • Girolamo Cori (de Coris) (17 June 1669 – death 1672), previously Bishop of Nardò (Italy) (1656.03.06 – 1669.06.17)
  • Pier Maria Bichi, O.S.B. (12 June 1673 – death 9 Sep 1673), previously Bishop of Todi (Italy) (1658.03.18 – 1673.06.12)
  • Pietro Valentini (9 April 1685 – death Sep 1687)
BIOS TO ELABORATE
  • Domenico Maria della Ciaja, O.P. (14 June 1688 – 23 Jan 1713 Died)
  • Fulvio Salvi (11 Dec 1713 – 23 May 1727 Died)
  • Cristoforo Palmieri (8 March 1728 – 26 March 1739 Died)
  • Antonio Vegni (16 Nov 1739 – 15 August 1744 Died)
  • Nicolaus (Arcangelo) Bianchini, O.C.D. (28 Nov 1746 – 22 May 1750 Died)
  • Segherio Felice Seghieri (19 Jul 1751 – 27 July 1758 Died)
  • Tiberio Borghesi (29 March 1762 – 1 June 1772 Appointed, Archbishop of Siena)
  • Gregorio Alessandri (14 June 1773 – 20 May 1776 Appointed, Bishop of Cortona)
  • Francesco Pio Santi (16 Sep 1776 – 16 August 1789 Died), resisted the innovations of Leopold and the Synod of Pistoia.
  • Filippo Ghighi (20 Sep 1802 – 10 Jan 1830 Died)
  • Giacomo Bellucci (30 Sep 1831 – 1 Nov 1831 Died)
  • Francesco Maria Barzellotti (2 July 1832 – 15 August 1861 Died)
Suffragan Bishops of Sovana e Pitigliano

Latin Name: Soanensis et Pitilianensis

BIOS TO ELABORATE
  • Antonio Sbrolli (27 Oct 1871 – July 1885 Resigned)
  • Giulio Matteoli (11 Feb 1889 – 22 June 1896 Appointed, Bishop of Pescia)
  • Michele Cardella, (C.P.) (30 Nov 1896 – 6 Feb 1916 Died)
  • Riccardo Carlesi (8 July 1916 – 23 May 1923 Appointed, Bishop of Cortona)
  • Gustavo Matteoni (29 April 1924 – 3 March 1932 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Siena)
  • Stanislao Amilcare Battistelli, C.P. (24 June 1932 – 14 Feb 1952 Appointed, Bishop of Teramo e Atri)
  • Pacifico Giulio Vanni, O.F.M. (10 May 1952 – 13 July 1963 Resigned)
  • Luigi Pirelli (14 August 1963 – 14 August 1964 Died)
  • Giovanni D’Ascenzi (7 Oct 1975 – 11 April 1983 Appointed, Bishop of Arezzo)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Renato Spallanzani (1967 – 1970.04.23)
    • Auxiliary Bishop: Adelmo Tacconi (1970.04.23 – 1975)
Suffragan Bishops of Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello

Name Changed: 25 March 1981
Latin Name: Soanensis-Pitilianensis-Urbetelliensis

BIOS TO ELABORATE
  • Eugenio Binini (3 Dec 1983 – 20 July 1991 Appointed, Bishop of Massa Carrara-Pontremoli)
  • Giacomo Babini (7 Dec 1991 – 13 July 1996 Appointed, Bishop of Grosseto)
  • Mario Meini (13 July 1996 – 13 Feb 2010 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
  • Guglielmo Borghetti (25 June 2010 – 10 Jan 2015 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Albenga-Imperia)
  • Giovanni Roncari, O.F.M. Cap. (1 Oct 2015 – ... )

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved December 4, 2015
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Pitigliano-Sovana-Orbetello" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016

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