Roman Catholic Diocese of Rieti

Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore) Dioecesis Reatina (-S. Salvatoris Maioris)
Rieti Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	1,818 km^2 (702 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 99,046 93,003 (93.9%)
Parishes	94
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5th century
Cathedral	Cattedrale-Basilica di S. Maria
Secular priests	74 (diocesan) 19 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Domenico Pompili
Website
www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it

Map of Diocese of Rieti

The Diocese of Rieti (Latin: Dioecesis Reatina (-S. Salvatoris Maioris)) is a See of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is immediately subject to the Holy See.^[1]

History

The diocese was established in the fifth century. It lost territory in 1309 to the now-suppressed Diocese of Città Ducale. On 3 June 1925 Pope Pius XI added S. Salvatore Maggiore to the name of the diocese.^[2][3] In 2014 there was one priest for every 1,000 Catholics in the diocese.

Bishops

• Pietro Guerra (2 Aug 1278 - 20 Aug 1286 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)

...

• Angelo Capranica (25 Sep 1450 - Dec 1468 Resigned)
• Giovanni Colonna (cardinal, 1456-1508) (10 Nov 1480 - 26 Sep 1508 Died)
• Pompeo Colonna (6 Oct 1508 - 20 Mar 1514 Resigned)
• Scipione Colonna (14 Mar 1520 - 1528 Died)
• Pompeo Colonna (1528 - 27 Aug 1529 Resigned)
• Mario Aligeri (27 Aug 1529 - 6 Oct 1555 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Osio (23 Oct 1555 - 12 Nov 1562 Died)
• Marco Antonio Amulio (23 Nov 1562 - 17 Mar 1572 Died)
• Mariano Vittori (2 Jun 1572 - 29 Jun 1572 Died)
• Alfonso Binarini (18 Jul 1572 - 30 Aug 1574 Appointed, Bishop of Camerino)
• Constantinus Barzellini, O.F.M.Conv. (30 Aug 1574 - 9 Apr 1584 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Giulio Cesare Segni (27 Aug 1584 - 16 Jun 1603 Resigned)
• Giovanni Desideri (16 Jun 1603 - 1604 Died)^[4]
• Gaspare Pasquali, O.F.M.Conv. (31 May 1604 - 13 Jun 1612 Died)
• Pier Paolo Crescenzi (4 Jul 1612 - 17 Mar 1621 Appointed, Bishop of Orvieto)
• Giovanni Battista Toschi (29 Mar 1621 - 13 Dec 1633 Died)
• Gregorio Naro (6 Feb 1634 - 7 Aug 1634 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Guidi di Bagno (16 Apr 1635 - 28 Feb 1639 Resigned)
• Giorgio Bolognetti (28 Feb 1639 - 1660 Resigned)
• Odoardo Vecchiarelli (5 May 1660 - 31 Jul 1667 Died)
• Giulio Gabrielli (12 Mar 1668 - 2 Aug 1670 Resigned)
• Ippolito Vicentini (22 Dec 1670 - 20 Jun 1702 Died)
• François-Marie Abbati (8 Jun 1707 - 21 Jul 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Carpentras)
• Bernardino Guinigi (1 Jun 1711 - 20 Dec 1723 Appointed, Bishop of Lucca)
• Antonino Serafino Camarda, O.P. (12 Jun 1724 - 24 May 1754 Died)
• Gaetano de Carli (16 Dec 1754 - 24 Feb 1761 Died)
• Girolamo Clarelli (6 Apr 1761 - 18 Jun 1764 Died)
• Giovanni de Vita (26 Nov 1764 - 1 Apr 1774 Died)
• Vincenzo Ferretti (17 Jul 1775 - 20 Sep 1779 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini)
• Saverio Marini (20 Sep 1779 - 6 Jan 1813 Died)
• Carlo Fioravanti (26 Sep 1814 - 13 Jul 1818 Died)
• Francesco Saverio (François-Xavier) Pereira (2 Oct 1818 - 2 Feb 1824 Died)
• Timoteo Maria (Antonio) Ascensi, O.C.D. (24 May 1824 - 24 Apr 1827 Resigned)
• Gabriele Ferretti (21 May 1827 - 29 Jul 1833 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria)
• Benedetto Cappelletti (29 Jul 1833 - 15 May 1834 Died)
• Filippo de' Conti Curoli (30 Sep 1834 - 26 Jan 1849 Died)
• Gaetano Carletti (28 Sep 1849 - 26 Jul 1867 Died)
• Egidio Mauri, O.P. (22 Dec 1871 - 1 Jun 1888 Appointed, Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli)
• Carlo Bertuzzi (11 Feb 1889 - 18 Mar 1895 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Bonaventura Quintarelli (18 Mar 1895 - 31 Oct 1915 Died)
• Tranquillo Guarneri (9 Dec 1915 - 16 Jun 1916 Resigned)
• Francesco Sidoli (20 Jun 1916 - 24 Mar 1924 Appointed, Archbishop of Genoa)
• Massimo Rinaldi, C.S. (2 Aug 1924 - 31 May 1941 Died)
• Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. (19 Jul 1941 - 13 Mar 1951 Appointed, Archbishop of Lanciano e Ortona)
• Raffaele Baratta (18 Apr 1951 - 17 Dec 1959 Appointed, Archbishop of Perugia)
• Vito Nicola Cavanna (20 Jan 1960 - 21 Jun 1971 Appointed, Coadjutor Bishop of Asti)
• Dino Trabalzini (28 Jun 1971 - 18 Mar 1980 Appointed, Archbishop of Cosenza e Bisignano)
• Francesco Amadio (14 May 1980 - 30 Sep 1989 Retired)
• Giuseppe Molinari (30 Sep 1989 - 16 Mar 1996 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of L'Aquila)
• Delio Lucarelli (30 Nov 1996 - 15 May 2015 Retired)
• Domenico Pompili (15 May 2015 - )

References

1. Rieti - Catholic Encyclopedia article
2. "Diocese of Rieti (-S. Salvatore Maggiore)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Rieti" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Bishop Giovanni Desideri (Conte)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

Books

• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.

External links

• GCatholic
• Catholic Hierarchy

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.