The Italian Catholic diocese of Feltre, in the

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existed from 1462 to 1818. It was then united into the

diocese of Belluno e Feltre The Diocese of Belluno-Feltre ( la, Dioecesis Bellunensis-Feltrensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Veneto, northern Italy, organized in its current form in 1986. From 1197 to 1762, and again from 1818 to 1986, the Diocese ...

. It had previously had an independent existence, up to 1197."Diocese of Feltre"
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History

The first Bishop of

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whose date can be fixed is Fonteius, who in 579 took part in a council in Aquileia and in 591 dedicated a book to Emperor Mauritius. Drudo of Camino (1174) was the first bishop of the united sees of Belluno and Feltre, the latter being their residence of the bishop. The twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries were filled with civil strife. In 1462, at the request of the

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, the two dioceses were separated. Among the Bishops of Feltre after the separation were: *

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(1462), papal publicist and nuncio; *

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(1464), who was appointed on many legations in connection with the Crusade against the Turks; * Lorenzo Campeggio (1512), nuncio to England during the time of

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, later made cardinal and transferred (1520) to Bologna. *His nephew Tommaso Campeggio, who was nuncio several times. * Agostino Gradenigo (1610); *

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(1640); * Giovanni Bortoli (1748), professor of canon law at Padua.''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article
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Bishops of Feltre

''Separated 1462 from the

Diocese of Belluno e Feltre The Diocese of Belluno-Feltre ( la, Dioecesis Bellunensis-Feltrensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Veneto, northern Italy, organized in its current form in 1986. From 1197 to 1762, and again from 1818 to 1986, the Diocese ...

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''Latin Name: Feltrensis''
''Metropolitan: Patriarchate of Venice''
* Teodoro de Lellis (1462–1464 Appointed,

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) *

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(1464–1490 Died) *

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(1491–1494 Appointed, Archbishop of Zadar) * Andrea Trevisano (1494–1504 Died) * Antonio Pizzamano (1504–1512 Died) * Lorenzo Campeggio (1512–1520 Resigned) *

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(1520–1559 Resigned) * Filippo Maria Campeggi (1559–1584 Died) *

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(Rovelli) (1584–1610 Died) * Agostino Gradenigo (1610–1628 Succeeded,

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) * Giovanni Paolo Savio (1628–1639 Appointed, Bishop of Adria) *

(1640–1647 Died) *

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(1662–1663 Died) *

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(Giera) (1664–1681 Died) *

Antonio Polcenigo Antonio Polcenigo (18 April 1647 – April, 1724) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Feltre (1684–1724). ''(in Latin)''

(1684–1724 Died) *Pietro Maria Suárez (1724–1747 Appointed, Bishop of Adria) *Giovanni Battista Bortoli (1747–1757 Resigned) *Andrea Antonio Silverio Minucci (1757–1777 Appointed, Bishop of Rimini) *Girolamo Enrico Beltramini-Miazzi (1777–1779 Died) *Andrea Benedetto Ganassoni, O.S.B. (1779–1786 Died) *Bernardo Maria (Hercules Antonio Vincent) Carenzoni, O.S.B. (1786–1811 Died) ''United on 1 May 1818 with the Diocese of Belluno to form the

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Bishops of Feltre

See also

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