The Roman Catholic Diocese of Norcia was a Latin Catholic bishopric, which existed twice (c490-1000 and 1821-1986) with episcopal see in
Norcia,
Perugia Province
The Province of Perugia ( it, Provincia di Perugia) is the larger of the two provinces in the Umbria region of Italy, comprising two-thirds of both the area and population of the region. Its capital is the city of Perugia. The province covere ...
,
Umbria region of central Italy.
History
* Established in 490 as Diocese of Norcia / Nursin(us) (Latin) without explicit precursor.
* Suppressed circa 1000?, its territory being merged into the then
Diocese of Spoleto
The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia ( la, Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Historically, it was the Diocese of Spoleto. Elevated to the status of an archdio ...
.
* Restored on 1821.09.15 as Diocese of Norcia / Nursin(us) (Latin), on territory split off again from the meanwhile promoted exempt
Archdiocese of Spoleto
The Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia ( la, Archidioecesis Spoletana-Nursina) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. Historically, it was the Diocese of Spoleto. Elevated to the status of an archdio ...
.
* Lost territory on 1984.03.19 to the
Archdiocese of Camerino
The Italian Archdiocese of Camerino-San Severino Marche ( la, Archidioecesis Camerinensis-Sancti Severini in Piceno) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory, seated in Camerino, a city in the Province of Macerata, in the central Italian Ma ...
.
* Suppressed on 1986.09.30, its territory and title being merged into the thus renamed
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Spoleto-Norcia.
Special churches
* Its former Cathedral became Spoleto-Norcia's
Co-Cathedral: Concattedrale di S. Maria Argentea, in Norcia, but was destroyed by an earthquake on 2016.10.30.
* Furthermore it left a
Minor Basilica, dedicated to
Saint Benedict : Basilica di S. Benedetto, Norcia
Episcopal ordinaries
(all
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite ( la, Ritus Romanus) is the primary liturgical rite of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. It developed in the Latin language in the city of Rome and, while dist ...
Italians)
: no incumbents from the first millennium available
;''Suffragan Bishops of Norcia (restored)''
* Gaetano Bonanni (1821.06.27 – 1843)
* Letterio Turchi (1843.04.03 – 1850.05.20), next Bishop of
Città di Castello (Italy) (1850.05.20 – death 1861.11.08)
* Raffaele Bacchettoni (1850.05.20 – retired 1880.11.27?); emeritate as
Titular Bishop of
Myrina (1880.12.13 – death 1881)
* Domenico Bucchi-Accica (1880.12.13 – 1889.12.30), previously Titular Bishop of
Lystra
Lystra ( grc, Λύστρα) was a city in central Anatolia, now part of present-day Turkey. It is mentioned six times in the New Testament. Lystra was visited several times by Paul the Apostle, along with Barnabas or Silas. There Paul met a young ...
(1873.12.22 – 1880.12.13), later Bishop of
Orvieto
Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...
(Italy) (1889.12.30 – 1905)
* Mariano Cavasci,
Capuchin Friars Minor (O.F.M. Cap.) (1890.06.23 – retired 1895.03.18); emeritate as
Titular Archbishop of
Scythopolis (1895.03.18 – death 1899.02.09)
* Nicola Ranieri, O.F.M. (1895.03.18 – death 1905)
* Ercolano Marini (1905.12.11 – 1915.06.02); previously Titular Bishop of
Archelaïs
Archelaïs ( grc, Ἀρχελαΐς) was a town in the Roman province of Palaestina Prima, corresponding to modern Khirbet el-Beiyudat (also spelled Khirbat al-Bayudat). It was founded by Herod the Great's son Archelaus to house workers for his ...
(1904.06.29 – 1905.12.11) as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Spoleto (Italy) (1904.06.29 – 1905.12.11); later Archbishop of
Amalfi (Italy) (1915.06.02 – retired 1945.10.27), emeritate as first Titular Archbishop of
Aprus (1945.10.03 – 1945.10.27), then Titular Archbishop of
Adana (1945.10.27 – death 1950.11.16)
* Vincenzo Migliorelli (1916.07.11 – 1927.08.10); later Bishop of
Treia
Treia is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Macerata in the central Marche (Italy). It is north of Pollenza, west of Macerata, and north-northeast of Tolentino.
Geography
The site of the abandoned Roman municipium of Trea is situated ...
(Italy) (1927.08.10 – 1930.02.27), Bishop of
San Severino (Italy) (1927.08.10 – retired 1930.02.27), emeritate as Titular Bishop of
Samos (1930.02.27 – death 1939.02.24)
* Settimio Peroni (1928.12.17 – retired 1951.02.01); emeritate as Titular Archbishop of
Viminacium (1951.02.01 – death 1958.10.12)
* Ilario Roatta (1951.03.27 – 1960.03.08); next Bishop of
Sant’Agata de’ Goti
Sant'Agata de' Goti is a '' comune'' (municipality) and former Catholic bishopric in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento near the Monte ...
(Italy) (1960.03.08 – retired 1982.01.02), died 1991
* Alberto Scola (1960.03.28 – retired 1972.05.13), died 1982
* Giuliano Agresti (1972.05.13 – 1973.03.25); also Archbishop of
Spoleto (Italy) (1969.11.07 – 1973.03.25); later Archbishop of
Lucca (Italy) (1973.03.25 – 1990.09.18)
* Ottorino Pietro Alberti (1973.08.09 – 1986.09.30), also last Archbishop of
Spoleto (Italy) (1973.08.09 – 1986.09.30), restyled first Archbishop of successor see
Spoleto–Norcia (1986.09.30 – 1987.11.23); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
(
Sardinia, Italy) (1987.11.23 – retired 2003.06.20), died 2012.
See also
*
List of Catholic dioceses in Italy
Sources and external links
GCatholic with Google satellite photo - data for all sections
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Former Roman Catholic dioceses in Italy
Roman Catholic dioceses in Umbria