Diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
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Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
( la, Dioecesis Vicentina) is a
Roman Catholic
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ecclesiastical territory in
Italy
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Among its patron saints, the city venerates St. Lontius, bishop and martyr, and St. Theodore and St. Apollonius, bishops and confessors in the fourth century. The Christian cemetery was discovered near the Church of Sts. Felix and Fortunatus date from the earlier half of the fourth century, and these two saints were probably martyred under Diocletian.
History
The first bishop of whom there is any certain record is Horontius (590), a partisan of the
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. Other bishops were: Vitalis (901), high chancellor of King
Berengar of Ivrea
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; Girolamo (1000), deposed by
Emperor Henry II
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for political sedition; Torengo, in whose episcopate a number of bishops rebelled against the episcopal authority. Uberto was deposed by
Pope Innocent III
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as a despoiler of church property, but the canons put off until 1219 the election of his successor, Gilberto, who was forced by the tyranny of Ezzelino to live in exile.
Under Bishop Emiliani (1409) took place the alleged apparition of the Blessed Virgin on Monte Berico which led to the foundation of the famous sanctuary. Pietro Barbo (1451) was afterwards elected
Pope Paul II
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.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Zeno (1468) was distinguished for his sanctity and learning. Matteo Priuli (1563) founded the seminary and made efforts for reform. Alvise M. Ganrielli (1779) restored many churches and the seminary.
The See of Vicenza was
suffragan
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of
Aquileia
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, then of
Udine
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, and since 1818 of
Venice
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. The diocese had circa 1900: 219 parishes, with 477,000 souls; 699 secular and 39 regular priests; 10 houses of male religious and 52 sisters; 4 schools for boys, and 52 for girls. The Catholic Press comprised "Il Berico" (tri- weekly, Vicenza), "La Riscossa" (tri-weekly, Breganze), and six other periodicals.
Bishops
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Rinaldo da Concorezzo
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Pietro Filargis
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Bishop of Novara
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(1433–1451 Died)
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Pietro Barbo
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(1451–1464 Elected Pope)
*
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(1464–1470 Appointed
Patriarch of Aquileia
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Bishop of Padua
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della Rovere was born in Lucca in 1471, the son of Francesco Franciotti and Luchina della Rovere, a member of the House ...
(1507–1507 Died)
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Sisto Gara della Rovere
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Sisto Gara della Rovere was born in Savona in 1473, the son of Gabriele Gara and Luchina ...
(Franciotti) (1507–1508 Appointed
Bishop of Camerino
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Francesco della Rovere
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(1509–1514 Appointed
Bishop of Volterra
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Biography
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(1514–1524 Resigned)
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Niccolò Ridolfi
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Giulio della Rovere
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Michele Priuli
Michele Priuli (died 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vicenza (1579–1603) ''(in Latin)'' and Apostolic Nuncio to Florence (1589–1591).
Biography
Michele Priuli was born in Venice, Italy.
On 3 August 1579, he wa ...
Federico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
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Giambattista Rubini
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(1684–1702 Resigned)
*Sebastiano Venieri (1702–1738 Died)
* Antonio Maria Priuli (1738–1767 Appointed
Bishop of Padua
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(1860–1888 Died)
*Antonio Maria De Pol (1888–1892 Died)
*Antonio Feruglio (1893–1911 Resigned)
*Ferdinando Rodolfi (1911–1943 Died)
*Carlo Zinato (1943–1971 Retired)
*Arnoldo Onisto (1971–1988 Retired)
* Pietro Giacomo Nonis (1988–2003 Retired)
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Cesare Nosiglia
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Archbishop of Turin
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See also
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Timeline of Vicenza
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy.
Prior to 18th century
* 2nd-6th century - Roman Catholic Diocese of Vicenza established.
* 569 - Lombards in power.( it)
* 825 - Regional school e ...
References
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Diocese of Vicenza - Benigni, U. (1912). In The
Catholic Encyclopedia
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Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...
Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan.
Vicenza is a th ...