The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica ( la, Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the
Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a
suffragan of the
archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
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History
The history of
Fabriano
Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umb ...
is closely connected with that of the Marches. In the church of San Benedetto, of the Silvestrine monks, is the tomb of
Giovanni Bonnelli, a
Silvestrine (d. 1290).
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, the founder of this order, is buried at
Monte Fano, not far from Fabriano, where
Giuseppe dei Conti Atti
Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph,
from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף.
It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it.
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and
Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.
The city was under the jurisdiction of the
diocese of Camerino until 8 July 1785, when
Pope Pius VI re-established the old
Diocese of Matelica and united it ''
aeque principaliter
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'' with Fabriano. In 487, Bishop Equitius of
Matelica
Matelica is a (municipality) of the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche. Located about southwest of Ancona and west of Macerata, it extends over an area of .
Geography
Matelica lies in an ample valley where the Braccano cre ...
was at Rome; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied
Pope Vigilius
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to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known. Until 1785, the Diocese of Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Fabriano
''Erected: 15 November 1728''
''Latin Name: Fabrianensis''
*Cosma Torrelli (1728–1736 Died)
*Ippolito de Rossi (1736–1746 Appointed,
Bishop of Senigallia)
*Francesco Viviani (1746–1767 Died)
*Luigi Amici (1768–1785 Resigned)
Diocese of Fabriano e Matelica
''United: 8 July 1785 with the
Diocese of Matelica''
''Latin Name: Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See''
*Nicola Zoppetti,
O.S.A. (1785–1796 Died)
*Giovanni Francesco Capelletti (1800–1806 Appointed,
Bishop of Ascoli Piceno
The Italian Catholic Diocese of Ascoli Piceno ( la, Dioecesis Asculanus in Piceno) in the Marche, has existed since the fourth century. Historically immediately dependent on the Holy See, it is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Fermo. )
*Domenico Buttaoni (1806–1822 Died)
*Pietro Balducci (1822–1837 Died)
*Francesco Faldi (1837–1858 Resigned)
*Antonio Maria Valenziani (1858–1876 Died)
*Leopoldo Angelo Santanché,
O.F.M. (1876–1883 Died)
*Macario Sorini (1883–1893 Resigned)
*Aristide Golfieri (1895–1895 Appointed,
Bishop of Città di Castello
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
)
*Luciano Gentilucci (1895–1909 Died)
*Pietro Zanolini (1910–1913 Appointed,
Bishop of Lodi)
*Andrea Cassulo (1914–1921 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica)
*Luigi Ermini (1921–1945 Died)
*Lucio Crescenzi (1945–1960 Died)
*Macario Tinti (1960–1978 Retired)
*Luigi Scuppa (1978–2001 Died)
*Giancarlo Vecerrica (2002–2016 Retired)
*Stefano Russo (2016–2019)
[Russo, who had been elected Secretary General of the Italian Bishops' Conference in September 2018, found the duties of the office such that he could not serve as Bishop of Foligno at the same time. ]Pope Francis
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accepted his resignation on 27 April 2019, and appointed him ''Apostolic Administrator''. ''Notizie. Città e territorio'', "Fabriano / Monsignor Russo rinuncia all' episcopato, attesa per il nuovo vescovo"; retrieved: 27 April 2019.
*Stefano Russo (2019– ) ''Administrator''
See also
*
Roman Catholic Diocese of Matelica The Diocese of Matelica (Latin: ''Dioecesis Mathelicensis'') was a Roman Catholic diocese located in the town of Matelica in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche.[Fabriano
Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at above sea level. It lies in the Esino valley upstream and southwest of Jesi; and east-northeast of Fossato di Vico and east of Gubbio (both in Umb ...]
Diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
Religious organizations established in the 1720s
Fabriano-Matelica
1728 establishments in Italy
1728 establishments in the Papal States