suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
Trapani
Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...
was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was the
Redemptorist
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...
Vincenzo M. Marolda.
Bishop Francesco Miccichè was removed on May 19, 2012 from the office of bishop of this diocese.Ad of 2021 the diocese Is held up by Pietro Maria Fragnelli, which in May 2015 has been appointed as responsible of the commission for family, life and youth within the
Episcopal Conference of Italy
The Italian Episcopal Conference ( it, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church, the official assembly of the bishops in Italy.
The conference was founded in 1971 and carrie ...
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Ordinaries
*Vincenzo Maria Marolda, C.SS.R. (1844–1851 Resigned)
*Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi (1853–1874 Died)
*Giovanni Battista Bongiorni (1874–1879 Appointed, Bishop of Caltagirone)
*Francesco Ragusa (1879–1895 Died)
*Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello,
O.S.B.
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
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(1895–1906 Resigned)
*Francesco Maria Raiti,
O. Carm.
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Archbishop of Monreale
The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Monreale ( la, Archidioecesis Montis Regalis) is in Sicily. As of 2000 it is no longer a metropolitan see, and is now a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo.S.D.B. (1988–1997 Died)
* Francesco Miccichè (1998 – 19 May 2012 Removed)
*Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2013– )
Trapani
Trapani ( , ; scn, Tràpani ; lat, Drepanum; grc, Δρέπανον) is a city and municipality (''comune'') on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Trapani. Founded by Elymians, the city is still an impor ...