Diocese of Ferentium is a former

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(now titular see) with capital in town

Ferentium Ferentium was a town of ancient Etruria, situated near the modern city of Viterbo in the northern part of the Roman province of Latium, now in modern Lazio. The city was also known as ''Ferentinum'', ''Ferentum'' or ''Ferentia'', and should not ...

near

Viterbo Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history. ...

(in

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, Central

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), which absorbed it.

History

Diocese Ferentium was established around 400 AD. In 700 AD, the diocese was suppressed and its territory annexed to the

Diocese of Bomarzo Bomarzo is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Viterbo (Lazio, Central Italy), in the lower valley of the Tiber. It is located east-northeast of Viterbo and north-northwest of Rome. History The city's current name is a derivation of ...

Titular see

In 1970, the old diocese was nominally restored as a Latin

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. It has had the following incumbents, of both the lowest (episcopal) and intermediate (archiepiscopal) ranks: * Titular Archbishop José García y Goldaraz (1970.07.02 – 1970.12.11) * Titular Bishop Biagio Vittorio Terrinoni,

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(O.F.M. Cap.) (1971.04.17 – 1977.04.22) * Titular Bishop Remigio Ragonesi (1977.05.27 – 1991.07.06 ''see below''), an Auxiliary Bishop of the

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* Titular Archbishop Remigio Ragonesi (''see above'' 1991.07.06 – 2000.03.22), the

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for the Vicariate of Rome * Titular Archbishop Antonio Mennini,

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to the UK (Great Britain) (2000.07.08 – ...)

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