The diocese of Marsico Nuovo was a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in

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, southern

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, which existed until 1818. It was a suffragan of the

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. In 1818, Marsico Nuovo was united ''aeque principaliter'' with the

diocese of Potenza The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo ( la, Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was unit ...

, to form the

diocese of Marsico Nuovo and Potenza The Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo ( la, Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Basilicata, southern Italy, created in 1986. In that year the Diocese of Muro Lucano was united ...

History

Marsico Nuovo Marsico Nuovo ( Lucano: ) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum. It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley. History The city's ori ...

is a city of the

province of Potenza The Province of Potenza ( it, Provincia di Potenza; Potentino: ) is a province in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza. Geography It has an area of and a total population of 369,538 (as of 2017). There a ...

in Southern Italy. Its origin is obscure, but the ancient

Grumentum Grumentum ( grc, Γρούμεντον) was an ancient Roman city in the centre of Lucania, in what is now the ''comune'' of Grumento Nova, c. south of Potenza by the direct road through Anxia, and by the '' Via Herculia'', at the point of diver ...

was destroyed by the Saracens. It is said that a Saint Laberius or Saverius first preached the Gospel there. In the story of Laberius appears the name of a Bishop Sempronius Atto; both are inventions. An attested bishop of Grumentum is Tullianus (c. 558-560). In a letter of July 599,

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orders Romanus, his Defensor Siciliae, to intervene in a squabble between two men "in parochia Grumentina."

Transfer of episcopal residence

The town of Marsico Nuovo grew in importance, and became under the

Normans The Normans (Norman language, Norman: ''Normaunds''; french: Normands; la, Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norsemen, Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Fran ...

the seat of a county. It became an

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, ''dioecesis Marsicensis'', when a bishop of Grumentum established his residence there, retaining, however, his former title. A number of bishops had formerly been assigned to Marsico Nuovo in the Lombard period who actually belonged to the diocese of the Marsi; the confusion persists even beyond that period. Marsico Nuovo appears as a diocese in a papal document of 24 March 1058, in which

Pope Stephen IX Pope Stephen IX ( la, Stephanus, christened Frederick; c. 1020 – 29 March 1058) was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 3 August 1057 to his death in 29 March 1058. He was a member of the Ardenne-Verdun family, ...

confirmed the diocese of Salerno in its archiepiscopal and metropolitan status. He listed the suffragan dioceses assigned to Salerno, including Marsico. In 1744, the city of Marsico Nuovo had a population of c. 4,000 persons. In addition to the cathedral, there were four parish churches, two religious houses of men, and one of women. The monastery of S. Stephen Protomartyr had been founded inside the city; the monastery of S. Peter Tramutulae had been founded in 1150 by the monk Giovanni from the monastery of Cava (who later became Bishop of Marsico); and the monastery of S. Thomas of Canterbury at Raya had been founded by Count William of the Marsi in 1179.

Post-Napoleonic consolidation

On 27 June 1818, the diocese of Potenza was united with the Diocese of Marsico Nuovo ''aeque principaliter'', to form Diocese of Potenza e Marsico Nuovo. Potenza was made a suffragan of the archdiocese of Acerenza, along with Anglona e Tursi, Tricarico, and Venosa.

Post-Vatican-II changes

Following the

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, and in accordance with the norms laid out in the council's decree, ''Christus Dominus'' chapter 40, Pope Paul VI ordered a reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in southern Italy. The decree "Eo quod spirituales" of 12 September 1976 created a new episcopal conference in the region called "Basilicata", to which were assigned all of the dioceses that belonged to the ecclesiastical province of Potenza, including Materana and Mons Pelusii; they had formerly belonged to the episcopal conference of "Apulia".

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...

ordered consultations among the members of the Congregation of Bishops in the Vatican Curia, the Italian Bishops Conference, and the various dioceses concerned. After twenty years, problems and objections were still apparent. On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed
new and revised concordat
Based on the revisions, a set of ''Normae'' was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, ''aeque personaliter'', was abolished. The Vatican continued consultations which had begun under

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

for the merging of small dioceses, especially those with personnel and financial problems, into one combined diocese. On 30 September 1986,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

ordered that the dioceses of Potenza, Marsico Nuovo, and Muro Lucano be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Archidioecesis Potentina-Murana-Marsicensis''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Potenza, and the cathedral of Potenza was to serve as the cathedral of the merged diocese. The cathedrals in Marsico Nuovo and Muro Lucano were to become co-cathedrals, and their cathedral Chapters were each to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Potenza, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the suppressed dioceses of Marsico Nuovo and Muro Lucano.

Bishops of Marsico Nuovo

to 1450

: rimaldus:... *Gisulf (attested 1089) *Giovanni, O.S.B. (attested 1095–1098) :... *Leo (attested 1123) *Enrico (attested 1130) :... *Giovanni (attested 1144–1155) *Giovanni (attested 1163–1166) :... *Joannes (attested 1189–c. 1200) *Anselm (attested 1210) *Rogerius (attested 1222) *Odericus (Oderisius) (1234–1242) *Joannes *Reginaldus de Leontini, O.P. ( –1274) *Rainaldus de Piperno, O.P. (1275) *Giovanni de Vetere (attested 1287) *Matthaeus *Giovanni Acuto *Rogerius *Petrus de Lupico, O.P. (1328– ? ) *Rogerius *Bartholomaeus (1349– *Pietro Corsario (1375–1378) *Thomas Sferrato, O.Min. (1378–1384 deposed) ''Roman Obedience'' *Jacobus de Padula (1384– ) ''Avignon Obediewnce'' *Andreas ( ? –1399) ''Roman Obedience'' *Marcus (1399–1400 deposed) ''Avignon Obedience'' *Petrus (1400) *Nardellus (Leonardus) da Gaeta, O.Min (1400–1440) *Carletus (1440-1453)

1450 to 1818

*Leonardo da Gaeta (1453–1456) *Petrus de Diano (1456–1458) *Andreas (1458-1460) *Samson de Coyano (1460–1478) *Giovanni Antonio Pitito,

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(25 Jul 1478 – 1483 Died) *Nicola Angelo de Abbatissa (1483–1484 Died) * Antonio de'Medici, O.F.M. (1484–1485 Died) *

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(1485–1494 Died) *

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(19 Mar 1494 – 1535 Died) *

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(1536–1537) *

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(1537–1541) *

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(1541–1574) *

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(15 Oct 1574 – 1582 Died) * Jean Louis Pallavicino di Ceva (1583) *

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(9 Apr 1584 – 24 Apr 1600 Died) *

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(24 Apr 1600 Succeeded – 1614) * Timoteo Castelli, O.P. (21 Jul 1614 – 23 Nov 1639 Died) *

Giuseppe Ciantes Giuseppe Ciantes, O.P. (1602–1670) was a Roman Catholic prelate, hebraist and theologian who served as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1640–1656). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giuseppe Ciantes was born in Rome, Italy in 1602 and ordained a priest in t ...

, O.P. (5 Mar 1640 – Jan 1656 Resigned) *

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(26 Jun 1656 – 22 Jul 1671 Died) *

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(16 Nov 1671 – 1 Jan 1676 Died) *

Giovanni Gambacorta Giovanni Gambacorta, C.R. (1613 – 25 May 1683) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1676–1683). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Giovanni Gambacorta was born in Limatola, Italy and ordained a priest in the Congregation ...

, C.R. (23 Mar 1676 – 25 May 1683 Died) *

Francesco Antonio Leopardi Francesco Antonio Leopardi (1635–1717) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Tricarico (1685–1717) and Bishop of Marsico Nuovo (1683–1685). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Francesco Antonio Leopardi was born in 1635 in Buonabitacol ...

(27 Sep 1683 – 1 Oct 1685 Appointed,

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(1 Apr 1686 – Feb 1707 Died) *Donato Ansani (19 May 1710 – 9 Jul 1732 Died) *Alessandro Puoti (1 Oct 1732 – 3 Aug 1744 Died)Puoti: Ritzler and Sefrin ''Hierarchia catholica'' VI, p. 278 with note 2. *Diego Andrea Tomacelli (7 Sep 1744 – 24 Aug 1766 Died) *Andrea Tortora (1 Dec 1766 – 10 May 1771 Died) *Carlo Nicodemi (29 Jul 1771 – 26 Mar 1792 Confirmed,

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) *Bernardo Maria della Torre (26 Mar 1792 Confirmed – 18 Dec 1797 Confirmed,

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)) *Paolo Garzillo (18 Dec 1797 Confirmed – 2 Oct 1818 Confirmed,

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References

Books

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Studies

* *Colangelo, G.A. (1978). ''La diocesi di Marsico nei secoli XVI-XVIII''. . Roma 1978. * *Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien.'' I. Prosopographische Grundlegung: 2. Apulien und Kalabrien. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag. pp. 760–763. *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1935). ''Italia pontificia''. Vol. VIII: Regnum Normannorum — Campania. Berlin: Weidmann. pp. 373–376. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927).
Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)
'. Faenza: F. Lega, pp. 324–325. *Mattei-Cerasoli, Leone (1919)
"Da archivii e biblioteche: Di alcuni vescovi poco noti''
. In: ''Archivio storico per le province Neapolitane'' (Napoli: Luigi Lubrano). pp. 310–335, at 313-315. *Racioppi, Giacomo (1881)
''Fonti della storia basilicatese al medio evo: l'agiografia di San Laverio del MCLXII''
Roma: Tipog. di G. Barbèra, 1881 *Servanzi-Collio, Severino (1867)
''Serie dei vescovi delle chiese cattedrali di Potenza e di Marsico Nuovo nella Basilicata''
Roma: Tipografia delle belle arti. *Torelli, Felice (1848)
''La chiave del Concordato dell'anno 1818 e degli atti emanati posteriormente al medesimo.''
Volume 1, second edition Naples: Stamperia del Fibreno, 1848. * {{coord missing, Italy Marsico