The Diocese of Fondi or Diocese of Fundi (Latin: ''Dioecesis Fundana'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of

Fondi Fondi ( la, Fundi; Southern Laziale: ''Fùnn'') is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples. As of 2017, the city had a population of 39,800. The city has experienced steady population ...

in the

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, central

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. In 1818, it was suppressed to the Diocese of Gaeta."Diocese of Fondi (Fundi)"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 25, 2016"Titular Episcopal See of Fondi"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved August 25, 2016 It was restored as a Titular Episcopal See in 1968.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Fondi

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'' * Nicola Colafacio (de Faciis) (1445–1476 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Pietro Gaetani (1476–1500 Died) * Nicola Pellegrini (bishop) (1500–1520 Died) ''(in Latin)'' * Giacomo Pellegrini (1520–1537 Resigned) * Giovanni Angelo Pellegrini (1537–1552 Appointed,

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) * Fausto Caffarelli (1555–1566 Died) * Matteo Andrea Guerra (1567–1576 Appointed,

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) * Pio Loterio,

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(1576–1591 Died) * Giovanni Battista Comparini (1591–1616 Died) * Lelio Veterano (1616–1619 Died) ''(in Latin)''"Bishop Lelio Veterano"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016 * Giovanni Agostino Gandolfo (1619–1635 Appointed,

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Maurizio Ragano Maurizio Ragano (died 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fondi (1636–1640). ''(in Latin)''

(1636–1640 Died) * Pietro Paolo Pinto,

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(1640–1661 Died) *

Simone Oliverio Simone Oliverio (died 1 November 1668) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fondi (1662–1668). ''(in Latin)''Filippo Alferio Ossorio Filippo Alferio Ossorio (1634 – 24 February 1693) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Fondi (1669–1693). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)''Matteo Gagliani Matteo Gagliani (9 October 1655 – September 1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Sora (1703–1717) and Bishop of Fondi (1693–1703). ''(in Latin)''Bishop of Sora The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo ( la, Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy).Bishop of Ostuni The Diocese of Ostuni (Latin: ''Dioecesis Ostunensis'' or ''Hostuniensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Ostuni in the province of Brindisi in the region of Apulia in southern Italy. The diocese was in existence by the mid-11 ...

) *Antonio Carrara (1721–1757 Died) *Onofrio de Rossi (1757–1764 Appointed, Bishop of Ischia) ''(in Latin)'' *Giovanni Calcagnini (1764–1775 Died) *Raffaele Tosti (1776–1781 Died) *Gennaro Vincenzo Tortora (1792–1814 Died) ''1818: Suppressed to the Diocese of Gaeta''

References

Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy {{Italy-geo-stub

Ordinaries

Diocese of Fondi

See also

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