The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone ( la, Dioecesis Concordiensis-Portus Naonis) is situated in northeastern Italy, at the northern end of the Adriatic Sea, between Venice and Udine. Since 1818, Concordia Veneta, has been a

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. Bishop Andrea Casasola attended the Provincial Council of the Provincia Veneta in October 1859 as a suffragan of the Patriarch of Venice, Cardinal Giuseppe Luigi Trevisanato. The name of the diocese was changed to its present form in 1971."Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone"
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History

Concordia is an ancient Venetian city, called by the Romans

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, and is situated on the Lemene River, between the Rivers

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and

Livenza The Livenza ( la, Liquentia, fur, Livence, vec, Łivensa) is a river in the Italian provinces of Province of Pordenone, Pordenone, Province of Treviso, Treviso and Province of Venice, Venice. Its source is near Polcenigo and Caneva in Pordenone. ...

, two miles south of Portogruaro, not far from the

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. Today there remain of the city only ruins and the ancient cathedral. The eighty-nine martyrs of Concordia, who were put to death under

Diocletian Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...

, are held in veneration; their cult is recent, however, and based on late and dubious material. The monk, author, and controversialist,

Tyrannius Rufinus Tyrannius Rufinus, also called Rufinus of Aquileia (''Rufinus Aquileiensis'') or Rufinus of Concordia (344/345–411), anglicized as Tyrann Rufine, was a monk, historian, and theologian. He is best known as a translator of Greek patristic materia ...

(345–411), was born in Concordia, but was baptized in Aquileia, where he became a monk. During the fifth century the city was destroyed by

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. The first known bishop of Concordia is Clarissimus, who, at a provincial synod of Aquileia in 579, helped to prolong the

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; this council was attended by Augustinus, later Bishop of Concordia, who in 590 signed the petition presented by the schismatics to Emperor Mauricius. Bishop Johannes transferred the episcopal residence to

Caorle Caorle (; vec, Càorle) is a coastal town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy, located between the estuaries of the Livenza and Lemene rivers. It is situated on the Adriatic Sea between two other tourist towns, Eraclea and ...

(606), retaining, however, the title of Concordia. On 12 February 928,

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, King of Italy, granted to the Patriarch of Aquileia the right to invest the bishops of Concordia. The medieval bishops seem to have resided near the ancient cathedral, and to have wielded temporal power, which, however, they were unable to retain. The bishops of Concordia held one of the twenty-four canonicates in the cathedral Chapter of Aquileia; their functions were carried out by an appointed vicar. In 1586, during the episcopate of the elder

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, the episcopal residence was transferred to

Portogruaro Portogruaro ( vec, Porto, fur, Puart) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy. The city is the centre of a district, made up of 11 ''comuni'', which form the Venezia Orientale with the San Donà di Piav ...

. In 1974 the episcopal residence was definitively transferred to

Pordenone Pordenone (; Venetian and fur, Pordenon) is the main ''comune'' of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. The name comes from Latin ''Portus Naonis'', meaning 'port on the Noncello (Latin ''Naon'') River'. ...

Canons and cathedral

The cathedral was staffed and administered by a corporation of Canons. In 1191, Bishop Romulus decreed the reduction in number of the Canons from twenty-two to sixteen. The change was sanctioned by the Patriarch of Aquileia on 14 December 1191. He also renewed the obligation of the Canons to reside together. Bishop Articus da Castello (1318–1331) attempted, without success, to reform the cathedral Chapter, by appointing Canons who would agree to live in Concordia, where there was a ''dormitorium canonice'' and a ''claustrum''. The problem was made difficult because both the Provost and the Dean were non-residential. In order to ensure that the regular liturgical services were held in the cathedral at Concordia, on 3 April 1339 Bishop Guido de Guisis (1334–1347) established three ''mansionarii'' to assume the duties that the Canons would not perform. Returning from the

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, Bishop Pietro Querini (1537–1584) began a counter-reformational program with a general visitation of the institutions of his diocese (1566), during which he indicated to the cathedral Chapter that they should put their own discipline in order, and that they should address the equitable distribution of prebends. The result was a capitulary act of 15 January 1567, declaring that the Chapter had three dignitaries (the Dean, the Provost, and the Archdeacon), and assigning specific prebends to six Canons who were priests, two to deacons, and one to a subdeacon. In 2020, the cathedral had a Chapter composed of three dignities (the Dean, the Theologus and the Penitentiarius) and three Canons, with four honorary Canons.

Diocesan synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica ''de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis'' (March 19, 1997)
''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 89
(1997), pp. 706-727. Andrea Tilatti, "Sinodi diocesane e concili provinciali in italia nord-orientale fra Due e Trecento. Qualche riflessione," ''Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Moyen-Age, Temps modernes T. 112, N°1. 2000, pp. 273-304. Bishop Guido de Guisis (1334–1347) held a diocesan synod in 1335. On 4 August 1450, Bishop Giovanni Battista Legname (1443–1455) held a diocesan synod. On 8 April 1587, Bishop Matteo Sanudo (1585–1616) held a diocesan synod. Bishop Paolo Vallaresso (1693–1723) presided over a diocesan synod in the cathedral of S. Andrea in Portogruaro on 20–22 May 1697. Bishop Alvise Gabrieli (1761–1779) held a diocesan synod on 1–3 June 1767. Bishop Domenico Pio Rossi, O.P. (1881–1892) held a diocesan synod in the cathedral of S. Andrea on 16–18 April 1885.

Bishops

Diocese of Concordia

to 1200

:... *Clarissimus (attested 571–590) *Augustus (attested 591) :... *Anselmus (attested 827) :... *Toringarius (attested 844) :... *Albericus (attested 963, 964) *Benzo (attested 996, 1001) :... *Majo (attested 1015–1027) *Ruodbertus (attested 1031) :... *Dietwin (attested 1049, 1072) :... *Riwinus (attested 1106) *Rempot *Otto (attested 1119–1120) *Hermannus *Gervicus (Gervinus) *Cono (attested 1164–1173) *Gerardus (attested 1177–1179) *Ionathas (Gionata) *Romulus (attested 1188–1192)

1200 to 1500

*Woldericus (1203–1213) *Otto (attested 1216) *Almericus (1216– ) *Fridericus da Prata (attested 1221–1250) *Guilelmus (1251) *Guarnerius (1251–1252) :Tiso (1252–1257) ''Administrator'' *Albertus (1260–1268) *Fulcherius (Di Zuccula), O.Min. (c. 1272–1293) *Jacobus Ottonelli (1293–1317) *Articus da Castello (1318–1331) *Guido, O.Camald. (1331–1333) *Hubertus de Cesena, C.R. (1333–1334) *Guido de Guisis (1334–1347) *Constantinus Savorgnano (1347–1348) *Pietro de Clusello, O.P. (1348–1360) *Guido de Blaysio (1361–1380) *Ambrosius da Parma (1380–1389) *Augustinus, O.E.S.A. (1389–1392) *

Antonio Panciera Antonio Panciera (1350–1431) was an Italian Cardinal and humanist. Biography Born at Portogruaro, he studied law at the University of Padua, and worked in the papal administration. From 1393 he was bishop of Concordia, and in 1402 Patriarch ...

(1392–1402) *Antonio da Ponte (1402–1409) *Enrico da Strasoldo (1409–1432) *

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(1433–1443) :Giovanni Battista Legname (1443–1455) *

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(1455–1488) * Leonello Chiericato (1488–1506)

1500 to 1800

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(1506–1511) *

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(1511–1533) :Cardinal

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(1533–1537 Resigned) ''Administrator'' *

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(1537–1584) *Marino Querini (1585) *Matteo Sanudo (1585–1616 Resigned) *Matteo Sanudo (1616–1641) *

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(1641–1667) * Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1667–1668) *

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(1668–1692) *

Paolo Vallaresso Paolo Vallaresso (5 March 1660 – 23 November 1723) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Concordia (1693–1723). Biography Paolo Vallaresso was born in Venice, Italy on 5 March 1660. He was ordained a deacon on 21 April 1685 a ...

(1693–1723) *Jacopo Maria Erizzo, O.P. (1724–1760) *Alvise Maria Gabrieli (1761–1779) *Giuseppe Maria Bressa,

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(1779–1817)

since 1800

*Pietro Carlo Ciani (1819–1825) *Carlo Fontanini, C.M. (1827–1848) *Angelo Fusinato (1850–1854) *Andrea Casasola (1855–1863) *Nicolò Frangipane (1866–1872) *Pietro Cappellari (1872–1881 Resigned) *Domenico Pio Rossi, O.P. (1881–1892) *Pietro Zamburlini (1893–1896) *Francesco Isola (1896–1919 Resigned) *Luigi Paulini (1919–1945) *Vittorio D’Alessi (1945–1949) *Vittorio De Zanche (1949–1977) Pordenone-Duomo di San Marco

Diocese of Concordia-Pordenone

''Name Changed: 12 January 1971'' *Abramo Freschi (1977–1989 Retired) *Sennen Corrà (1989–2000 Retired) *Ovidio Poletto (2000–2011 Retired) *Giuseppe Pellegrini (2011–)CV of Bishop Pellegrini: Diocesi di Concordia-Podernone
"Il Vescovo Mons. Giuseppe Pellegrini"
retrieved: 17 September 2020.

References

Books

Reference Works

* (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * pp. 946–947. (Use with caution; obsolete) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * (in Latin) * * *

Studies

* *Ann. eccl. (Rome, 1907), 418-23 *Degani, Ernesto (1880). ''La Diocesi di Concordia, notizie e documenti'' (San Vito: Tipografia Pascatti, 1880). *Degani, Ernesto (1904). ''Le nostre scuole nel Medioevo e il seminario di Concordia''. Portogruaro 1904. *Giacomuzzi, Lodovico (1928)
''La diocesi di Concordia. Cenno storico''
Portogruaro: Tipografia Sociale. *Gianni, Luca (2004)
"Vita ed organizzazione interna della diocesi di Concordia in epoca medievale," in A. Scottà (ed.), ''Diocesi di Concordia''
(Padova, Gregoriana Libreria Editrice, 2004) (Storia religiosa del Veneto, 10), pp. 205–321. *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1923). ''Italia Pontificia'
Vol. VII:l Venetiae et Histria, Pars I: Provincia Aquileiensis
Berlin: Weidmann, pp. 72–80. (in Latin). * *Marin, Eugenio (2003)
"Il Capitolo cattedrale di Concordia nella prima età moderna."
In: Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia. Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Annali 2002. Studi e materiali dalle tesi di laurea, Milano, Unicopli, 2003, pp. 27-46. *Schwartz, Gerhard (1907)
''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern: mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122''
Leipzig: B.G. Teubner. pp. 50–51. * *Zambaldi, Antonio (1840)
''Monumenti storici di Concordia, già colonia romana nella regione veneta. Serie dei vescovi concordiesi ed annali della città di Portogruaro.''
(San Vito: Tipografia Pascatti, 1840)

External links

*Benigni, Umberto (1908)

''The Catholic Encyclopedia.'' Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. Retrieved: 15 September 2020. bsolete, and uncritically Roman Catholic {{authority control Concordia Concordia