Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli

Diocese of Savona-Noli
Diocese of Savona-Noli; Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis
	Savona Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Genoa
Statistics
Area	400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 155,000 (est.); 152,000 (est.) (98.1%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta (Savona)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Pietro (Noli)
Secular priests	55 (diocesan); 40 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vittorio Lupi
Map

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli (Latin: Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis) in northern Italy, was historically the Diocese of Savona, from the tenth century. In 1820 the Diocese of Noli was united to the Diocese of Savona. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.[1] [2]

History

Bishops

Bernardus (992)[3]
Joannes (999)
Ardeman (1014)
Antellinus (Ancellinus (1028)[4]
Brixianus (1046)
Amicus[5] (1049)
Giordano of Savona (1080)
Grossolanus (1098–1109) (promoted to Milan)
Guglielmo (1110)
Ottaviano of Pavia[6] (1119–1128)
Guido[7]
Ambrosius[8]

1200 to 1400

Albertus de Novara (1221–1230) [9]
Henricus (1230–ca. 1239)
Bonifatius
Conradus de Ancisa
Rufinus Colombo (died September 1287)
Henricus de Ponzono (1289– ? )
Gregorius
Gualterius (1303)
Jacobus de Caradengo de Niella (attested 1305, 1311)
Federicus Cibo (1317–1342)
Gerardus de Vasconibus de Pergamo, O.E.S.A. (1342–1355)
Antonius Manfredi de Saluciis (1355–1376) (promoted to Milan)[10]
Dominicus de Lagneto (1376–1384)
Antonius de Viale (1386–1394) (appointed by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience)[11]
Joannes Grimaldi (1394–1405)[12]

1400 to 1600

Philippus Ogerii, O. Carm. (1405–1411)[13]
Petrus Spinola, O.S.B. (1411–1413)[14]

...

Giovanni Battista Cibò (1466–1472 Appointed, Bishop of Molfetta)
Giuliano della Rovere (1499–1502 Appointed, Administrator of Vercelli)
Galeotto della Rovere (1502–1504 Resigned)
Giacomo della Rovere (1504 Appointed – )
Raffaele Sansone Riario (1508–1516 Resigned)
Tommaso Giovanni Riario (1516–1528 Died)

Agostino Spínola, Administrator (1528–1537 Died)

Giacomo Fieschi (1537–1545 Died)
Niccolò Fieschi (bishop) (1546–1562 Resigned)
Giovanni Ambrosio Fieschi (1564–1576 Resigned)
Cesare Ferrero (1576–1581 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
Domenico Grimaldi (1581–1584 Appointed, Bishop of Cavaillon)
Giovanni Battista Centurione (1584–1587 Resigned)
Pietro Francesco Costa (1587–1624 Resigned)

1600 to 1800

Francesco Maria Spinola, O.Theat. (1624–1664)[15]

...

Stefano Spínola, C.R.S. (1664–1682 Died)
Vincenzo Maria Durazzo, C.R. (1683–1722 Died)
Agostino Spínola, C.R.S. (1722–1755 Died)
Ottavio Maria de Mari (15 December 1755 – 27 March 1776)[16]
Dominico Maria Gentile (29 January 1776 – 20 September 1804)[17]

since 1800

Vincenzo Maria Maggioli (1804–1820)[18]
Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.S.D. (1820–5 July 1830) (transferred to Genoa)[19]
Agostino Maria Demari (1833–1840)[20]
Alessandro Ottaviano Ricardi di Netro (1842–22 February 1867) (transferred to Turin)[21]
Giovanni Battista Cerruti[22] (22 February 1867–21 Mar 1879)
Giuseppe Boraggini[23] (12 May 1879 – 30 April 1897)[24]
Giuseppe Salvatore Scatti (15 February 1898 – 30 June 1926)
Pasquale Righetti (20 December 1926 – 7 July 1948)
Giovanni Battista Parodi (14 September 1948 – 15 Jul 1974)
Franco Sibilla (15 July 1974 – 8 September 1980) (transferred to Asti)
Giulio Sanguineti (15 December 1980 – 7 December 1989) (transferred to La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato)
Roberto Amadei (21 April 1990 – 21 November 1991) (transferred to Bergamo)
Dante Lafranconi (7 December 1991 – 8 September 2001) (transferred to Cremona)
Domenico Calcagno (25 January 2002 – 7 July 2007 transferred to Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See)
Vittorio Lupi (30 November 2007 – )

Parishes

Of the 71 parishes 68 lie within the Province of Savona, Liguria. The remaining three are in the neighbouring commune of Cogoleto, Province of Genoa, also in Liguria.[25] In 2014 there was one Catholic priest for every 1,600 Catholics.

References

Cheney, David M. "iocese of Savona-Noli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}
Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Savona-Noli (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}
Gams, p. 821. That Bernardus was Bishop of Savona is rejected by Paul Fridolin Kehr, p. 353.
Bini (1842), p. 297.
A grant of privileges by Bishop Amicus to the Canons of Savona is confirmed by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085): Kehr, p. 355, no. 1.
Bishop Ottaviano had previously been a Canon of Pavia: Ughelli, IV, p. 735.
Pope Alexander III addresses a mandate to Bishop Guido, ca. 1171–1181: Kehr, p. 354, no. 1.
Pope Urban III addresses a mandate to Ambrosius between 1185 and 1187: Kehr, p. 354, no. 2.
Eubel, I, p. 433.
Eubel, I, p. 333.
De Viale was transferred from the diocese of Sisteron (Roman Obedience); Sisteron adhered to the Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
Joannes Grimaldi was transferred to Savona from Senigallia by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434 and p. 447.
Philippus was appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience, and transferred to Damascus by John XXIII of the Avignon-Pisan Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
A native of Parma, Spinola was transferred to the diocese of Ales (Sardinia) by John XXIII. Eubel, I, p. 510.
Gams, p. 822.
Born in Genoa in 1700, Mari was Rector of the Collegio Clementina in Rome at the time of his appointment. He was consecrated on 21 December 1755 by Cardinal Giorgio Doria. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 2.
Gentile was a Doctor of theology (Sapienza 1776 [1766?]). He was a Consultor at the Office of the Holy Inquisition (1767). He was consecrated in Rome on 4 February 1776 by Cardinal Pallavicini. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 3.
Maggioli was transferred from Luni: Gams, p. 818 and p. 822. Bima (1842), p. 300
Bima, p. 301. Airenti died on 3 September 1831: Gams, p. 816.
Bima, p. 301.
Gams, p. 823 and p. 825. Bima (1842), p. 301.
Gams, p. 823.
Boraggini was a priest of the Diocese of Genoa. He had been Canon and Archpriest of the Cathedral of Genoa, and pro-Vicar-General of the diocese.
David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy Diocese of Savona-Noli Retrieved: 2016-10-13.
Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, archived from the original on 2008-03-14, retrieved 2008-03-14.

Books

Cathedral in Noli.

Reference works

Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 821-823. (Use with caution; obsolete)
Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) p. 433-434. (in Latin)
Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) p. 229.
Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) pp. 291–292.
Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 305.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 344.
Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 367.

Studies

Bima, Palemone Luigi (1842). Serie cronologica dei romani pontefici e degli arcivescovi e vescovi di tutti gli stati di Terraferma & S. S. B. M. e di alcune del regno di Sardegna (in Italian) (seconda ed.). Torino: Favale. pp. 295–301.
Bima, Palemone (1845). Serie cronologica degli arcivescovi e vescovi del regno di Sardegna (in Italian). Asti: Raspi. pp. 106–108.
Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Volume decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli. pp. 487–528.
Kehr, Paul Fridolin, Italia Pontificia, Vol. VI: Liguria sive Provincia Mediolanensis (Berlin: Weidemann), pp. 353–357. (in Latin).
Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1719). Italia sacra, sive De episcopis Italiæ, et insularum adjacentium\ (in Latin). Tomus quartus (4). Venezia: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 730–744.

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[CathHierSavonaNoli-1] Cheney, David M. "iocese of Savona-Noli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}

[GCathxxxxxxxx-2] Chow, Gabriel. "Diocese of Savona-Noli (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved June 16, 2018.^{self-published}

[3] Gams, p. 821. That Bernardus was Bishop of Savona is rejected by Paul Fridolin Kehr, p. 353.

[4] Bini (1842), p. 297.

[5] A grant of privileges by Bishop Amicus to the Canons of Savona is confirmed by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085): Kehr, p. 355, no. 1.

[6] Bishop Ottaviano had previously been a Canon of Pavia: Ughelli, IV, p. 735.

[7] Pope Alexander III addresses a mandate to Bishop Guido, ca. 1171–1181: Kehr, p. 354, no. 1.

[8] Pope Urban III addresses a mandate to Ambrosius between 1185 and 1187: Kehr, p. 354, no. 2.

[9] Eubel, I, p. 433.

[10] Eubel, I, p. 333.

[11] De Viale was transferred from the diocese of Sisteron (Roman Obedience); Sisteron adhered to the Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.

[12] Joannes Grimaldi was transferred to Savona from Senigallia by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434 and p. 447.

[13] Philippus was appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience, and transferred to Damascus by John XXIII of the Avignon-Pisan Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.

[14] A native of Parma, Spinola was transferred to the diocese of Ales (Sardinia) by John XXIII. Eubel, I, p. 510.

[15] Gams, p. 822.

[16] Born in Genoa in 1700, Mari was Rector of the Collegio Clementina in Rome at the time of his appointment. He was consecrated on 21 December 1755 by Cardinal Giorgio Doria. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 2.

[17] Gentile was a Doctor of theology (Sapienza 1776 [1766?]). He was a Consultor at the Office of the Holy Inquisition (1767). He was consecrated in Rome on 4 February 1776 by Cardinal Pallavicini. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 3.

[18] Maggioli was transferred from Luni: Gams, p. 818 and p. 822. Bima (1842), p. 300

[19] Bima, p. 301. Airenti died on 3 September 1831: Gams, p. 816.

[20] Bima, p. 301.

[21] Gams, p. 823 and p. 825. Bima (1842), p. 301.

[22] Gams, p. 823.

[23] Boraggini was a priest of the Diocese of Genoa. He had been Canon and Archpriest of the Cathedral of Genoa, and pro-Vicar-General of the diocese.

[24] David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy Diocese of Savona-Noli Retrieved: 2016-10-13.

[25] Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, archived from the original on 2008-03-14, retrieved 2008-03-14.