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es of

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. It has its collegiate

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episcopal see S. Bartolomeo, dedicated to the Apostle St. Bartholomew, in

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, Rimini, Emilia Romagna, and two Co-Cathedrals : * Concattedrale di S. Leo Concattedrale di S. Leo, in San Leo, Rimini, a former see's former cathedral. *

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and

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Basilica Concattedrale di San Marino, in Città di San Marino, San Marino.

History

The earliest mention of

Montefeltro Montefeltro is a historical and geographical region in Marche, which was historically part of Romagna. It gave its name to the Montefeltro family, who ruled in the area during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Regions of Italy Overview Montef ...

, as ''Mona Feretri'', is in the diplomas by which first Holy Roman Emperor

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confirmed the

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. In 785 the bishopric was established as Diocese of Montefeltro. The first known bishop of Montefeltro was Agatho (826), whose residence was at

San Leo San Leo ( rgn, San Lé) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about southwest of Rimini. Geography San Leo borders the following municipalities: ...

. Under Bishop Flaminios Dondi (1724) the see was again transferred to San Leo, but later it returned to Pennabilli. The historic diocese was a suffragan of the

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. On 22 February 1977, it was renamed as Diocese of San Marino–Montefeltro, having lost territory to the

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, and exchanged territory with the Diocese of Rimini. It enjoyed Papal visits from

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in August 1982 and

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in June 2012. On Tuesday, 18 September 2012,

appointed the bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro, Bishop Luigi Negri, to serve as one of the Synod Fathers for the upcoming October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New

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Bishops

''(incomplete; sometimes sources contradict; all Roman Rite)''

Diocese of Montefeltro

''Latin Name: Feretrana (seu Montis Feltri)''
''Erected: 9th Century''
''Metropolitan:

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'' * Agatho (826), whose residence was at

. * ... * Arduino (1015–1044) * Adolfo (1053–1074) * Gebizone (1075–1079) * Pietro Carpegna (?–1125?) * Arnoldo (1140–1154) * Gualfredo (?–1172?) * Valentino (1173), who finished the cathedral * Alberto (1206–1208) * Giovanni (1218–1221?) * ? Benvenuto (1219), deposed as a partisan of Count Ederigo * Rolando (1222–1229) * Ugolino (1232–1252) * Giovanni (1252–1275) * Roberto da Montefeltro (1282–1284) * Liberto (1286–1311) * Benvenuto (1318–1347) * Claro Peruzzi (1349–1375) * Pietro,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1378–1385?) * Benedetto di Salnucio (1390–1408), Benedictines (O.S.B.), rector of Romagna and Duke of

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* Giovanni Sedani,

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(O.F.M.) (1409 – 1444.09.28), who built (circa 1413) the episcopal palace of Calamello * Francesco da Chiaravalle (1445.01.24 – 1450) * Giacomo Tebaldi (1450.06.05 – 1456.12.17), created

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of S. Anastasia (1457.01.24 – death 1466.09.04),

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(1458–1459), Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Naples) (Italy) (1458.08.03 – 1458.11) * Andrea (1456.11 – 1458) * Corrado Marcellino (1458.08.12 – 1458.10.06), later Bishop of Sezze (Italy) (1458.10.06 – 1490) * Giacomo da Foglia (1458.10.27 – ?) * Roberto degli Adimari (1459.04.26 – 1484.10.01) * Celso Mellini (1484.10.01 – death 1498) * Luca Mellini (1498.11.21 – death 1507) * Antonio Castriani, O.F.M. (21 May 1507 – death 11 August 1510), previously Bishop of

Fossombrone Fossombrone is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, central Italy. History The ancient Roman colony of ''Forum Sempronii'' took its name from Gaius Sempronius Gracchus. Near the Furlo Pass, during the Gothic War ...

(Italy) (1506.01.30 – 1507.05.21) * Paolo Alessandri degli Strabuzzi (1510.10 – death 1538) *

Ennio Filonardi Ennio Filonardi (1466–1549) was an Italian bishop and Cardinal. He was born in Bauco, present-day Boville Ernica. As bishop of Veroli, from 1503 to 1538, he left an architectural mark on the cathedral. In 1538 he was bishop of Montefeltro; o ...

(1538.08.12 – death 1549.12.19), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1503.08.04 – 1538.08.12), created

of S. Angelo in Pescheria as ''pro hac vice'' Title (1537.01.15 – 1546.10.08); later promoted

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of Albano (1546.10.08 – 1549.12.19) * Ennio Massari Filonardi (1549 – death 1565) *

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(6 July 1565 – death 12 November 1565), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1561.12.05 – 1565.07.06), created

of Ss. Vito e Modesto in Macello Martyrum ''pro hac vice'' Title (1565.05.15 – 1565.11.12) * Giovanni Francesco Sormani (or Sarmani; 6 March 1567 – death 1601), founder of the seminary of

, thenceforth residence of the bishops, the episcopal see having been transferred there. * Pietro Cartolari (29 November 1601 – death 1607) * Consalvo Duranti (19 March 1607 – death 10 January 1643) * Bernardino Scala (28 May 1643 – death 19 January 1667), previously Bishop of

Bisceglie Bisceglie (; nap, label= Biscegliese, Vescégghie) is a city and municipality of 55,251 inhabitants in the province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, in the Apulia region (''Italian'': ''Puglia''), in southern Italy. The municipality has the fourth hi ...

(Italy) (1637.01.12 – 1643.05.28) * Antonio Possenti (3 August 1667 – death 14 December 1671) * Giacomo Buoni (8 February 1672 – 28 February 1678), later Bishop of Nepi e Sutri (1678.02.25 – death 1679) * Bernardino Belluzzi (5 September 1678- 25 September 1702), later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1702.09.25 – death 1719.02.15)"Bishop Bernardino Belluzzi"
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 13, 2016 * Pietro Valerio Martorelli (5 March 1703 – 18 November 1724) * Flaminio Dondi, O.F.M. (20 November 1724 – death 12 August 1729), previously Titular Bishop of Abdera (1717.04.12 – 1724.11.20) & Auxiliary Bishop of

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(Italy) (1717.04.12 – 1724.11.20) * Giovanni Crisostomo Calvi,

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(O.P. (7 September 1729 – death 27 April 1747), previously Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Kefalonia–Zakynthos (insular Greece; 1718.05.11 – 1729.09.07) * Sebastiano Bonaiuti (29 May 1747 – death 27 February 1765) * Giovanni Pergolini (22 April 1765 – 17 February 1777), later

Bishop of Urbania e Sant'Angelo in Vado The former Italian Catholic Diocese of Urbania and Sant’Angelo in Vado, in the Marche, existed from 1636 to 1986. In the latter year, it was united into the Archdiocese of Urbino, to form the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.< ...

(Italy) (1777.02.17 – 1779.08) * Giuseppe Maria Terzi (17 February 1777 – death 27 October 1803) * Antonio Begni (28 May 1804 – death 11 June 1840) * Antonio Benedetto Antonucci (17 December 1840 – 22 July 1842), previously

Ecclesiastical Superior A mission '' sui iuris'', or in Latin ''missio sui iuris'' (plural ''missions sui iuris''); also spelled mission(s) sui juris), also known as an independent mission, is a rare type of Roman Catholic missionary pseudo-diocesan jurisdiction, rank ...

of Mission sui iuris of Batavia ('Dutch Mission', northern Netherlands) (1831 – 1840.12.17); later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1842.07.22 – 1844.07.25),

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of Tarsus (1844.07.25 – 1851.09.05),

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of Ancona e Umana (Italy) (1851.09.05 – 1879.01.29), created

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(1858.03.18 – death 1879.01.29) * Salvatore Leziroli (22 July 1842 – 20 January 1845), later Bishop of

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(Italy) (1845.01.20 – death 1863) * Martino Caliendi (21 April 1845 – death 1849), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1842.01.27 – 1845.04.21) * Crispino Agostinucci (5 November 1849 – death 1856) * Elia Antonio Alberini,

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(O.C.D.) (16 June 1856 – 23 March 1860), later Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (Italy) (1860.03.23 – death 1876) * Luigi Mariotti (23 March 1860 – death 1890) * Carlo Bonaiuti (23 Jun 1890 – 22 June 1896), later Bishop of Pesaro (Italy) (1896.06.22 – death 1904) * Alfonso Andreoli (6 December 1896 – 20 December 1911), later Bishop of Loreto (Italy) (1911.12.20 – 1923.11.10), Bishop of

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(Italy) (1911.12.20 – death 1923.11.10) * Raffaele Santi (22 April 1912 – 15 June 1940), emeritate as

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(1940.06.15 – death 1944.01.28) * Vittorio De Zanche (9 August 1940 – 25 September 1949), later Bishop of Concordia (Italy) (1949.09.25 – 1971.01.12), restyled Bishop of Concordia–Pordenone (Italy) (1971.01.12 – death 1977.04.14) * Antonio Bergamaschi (12 December 1949 – death 17 April 1966) *''

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Emilio Biancheri (1966 – 1977.02.22), while Bishop of

(Italy) (1953.09.07 – 1976.12.17) and next on emeritate''

Diocese of San Marino-Montefeltro

''Name Changed: 22 February 1977''
''Latin Name: Sammarinensis-Feretrana''
''Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia'' * Giovanni Locatelli (22 February 1977 - 12 November 1988), previously Bishop of

(Italy) (1977.02.22 – 1988.11.12); later Bishop of

Vigevano Vigevano (; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Avgevan) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Pavia, Lombardy in northern Italy. A historic art town, it is also renowned for shoemaking and is one of the main centres of Lomellina, a rice-growing a ...

(Italy) (1988.11.12 – retired 2000.03.18) * Mariano De Nicolò (8 July 1989 - 25 May 1995), previously Papal Master of Ceremonies of Office for Pontifical Ceremonies (1967 – 1984), Undersecretary of

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(1984 – 1989.07.08); later Bishop of

(Italy) (1989.07.08 – retired 2007.07.03) * Paolo Rabitti (25 May 1995 - 2 October 2004), previously Undersecretary of Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Church’s Patrimony of Art and History (1989 – 1993), Secretary of

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(1993 – 1995.05.25); later Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio (Italy) (2004.10.02 – retired 2012.12.01) * Luigi Negri (17 March 2005 - 1 December 2012), later Archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio (2012.12.01 – ...) * Andrea Turazzi (30 November 2013 - ...)

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