Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri–Segni

The Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Velletri–Segni is one of the suburbicarian dioceses, Catholic dioceses in Italy close to Rome with a special status and a cardinal bishop, the bishop of Velletri–Segni. Historically, the see of Velletri was combined with the see of Ostia from 1060 to 1914.

The cathedral in the city of Velletri is dedicated to Saint Clement.

Segni was a small town, a former Roman colony, sited approximately halfway between Rome and Montecassino. In the 12th century, the diocese possessed only seven castelli, 37 churches, 3 chapels, and 3 cloisters.

Separation of Ostia and Velletri

By the beginning of the 20th century, it had become apparent to the papacy that the suburbicarian bishops had become overburdened with the responsibilities of their curial and diocesan duties. The increase in commerce, in roads and travel, and the migration of people to the city, as well as the increased burden of duties in the papal administration because of the mass and complexity of problems affecting the Church, made some sort of relief necessary. On his own initiative, therefore, Pope Pius X issued a decree, ''Apostolicae Romanorum Pontificium'', granting the bishops of Ostia, Porto, Palestrina, and Frascati each a suffragan bishop to carry the burden of their pastoral duties in their dioceses. The diocese of Velletri is stated to already have a suffragan bishop, whose poweres were also augmented and regulated by ''Apostolicae Romanorum Pontificium''. The pope appointed the suffragans, who had full powers inside the diocese, subject to the cardinal's approval, but not the power to ordain or consecrate, or the right to have a throne or display their coat-of-arms.

In 1914, Pius X took steps to regulate the irregularities in the incomes of the six cardinal suburbicarian bishops. On is own initiative, after consulting with the curial cardinals and with their agreement, he issued the decree ''Edita a Nobis'', in which he ordered that in the future the incomes of the cardinal bishops should be placed in a single fund, administered by the Office of Economic Affairs, to which each cardinal must render an annual account. Each year, after 6,000 Lire was to be given to each suffragan bishop, the remaining money collected was to be divided into equal portions, the bishop of Ostia to receive two portions, and each of the other bishops one portion. The decree also ordered that the bishop of Ostia, when promoted to that position, should also retain his previous bishopric; the diocese of Velitrae was to be removed from his jurisdiction, and from that point the suburbicarin bishops would be: Ostiensis, Portuensis et Sanctae Rufinae, Albanensis, Praenestina, Sabinensis, Tusculana, Veliterna.

Joining of Velletri and Segni

In 1981, the Diocese of Velletri was combined with the Diocese of Segni."Diocese of Segni"
''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016"Diocese of Segni"
''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016

The Cardinal-Bishop is now the titular bishop of the diocese, while the diocesan bishop administers the diocese.

Reorganization of dioceses

In a decree of the Second Vatican Council, it was recommended that dioceses be reorganized to take into account modern developments. A project begun on orders from Pope John XXIII, and continued under his successors, was intended to reduce the number of dioceses in Italy and to rationalize their borders in terms of modern population changes and shortages of clergy. The change was made urgent because of changes made to the Concordat between the Italian State and the Holy See on 18 February 1984, and embodied in a law of 3 June 1985. The change was approved by Pope John Paul II in an audience of 27 September 1986, and by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Bishops on 30 September 1986. The diocese of Segni was united to the diocese of Velletri. Its name was to be ''Dioecesis Veliterna-Signina''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Velletri. The former cathedral in Segni was to have the honorary title of co-cathedral, and its Chapter was to be called the Capitulum Concathedralis. There was to be only one episcopal curia, one seminary, one ecclesiastical tribunal; and all the clergy were to be incardinated in the diocese of Velletri-Segni. The territory of the diocese was to be the same as the two dioceses combined.

The bishop of Velletri-Segni, Msgr. Marin Gomiero, was given the powers to carry out the papal decree.

Bishops of Velletri and of Segni

Bishops of Velletri (465–1060)

* Adeodatus, 465
* Bonifatius, 487
* Silvinus, 501
* ''vacant''
* John I, 592
* Potentinus, 649
* Placentinus, 680
* John II, 721
* Gratiosus (Grosso), 743
* Gratian, 761
* Citonatus, 761–769 (Bishop of Porto, 769)
* Gregory I, 769–775 ( Bishop of Santa Rufina, 761–769)
* Theodore, 780
* Gregory II 826–853
* John III, 853–867
* Gaudericus of Velletri, 867–879
* John IV, 896–898
* Leo I 946–963
* Theobaldo 996–1027
* Leo II, 1032–1038
* Amato, 1044
* Johannes 1050
* Benedictus 1057
* Johannes Mincius (1058–1060)

: ''United with Ostia in April 1060''

Bishops of Ostia and Velletri (1060–1915)

to 1378

::''Sources for the period 1057–1130: Klewitz (1957), and Hüls (1977). For the period 1130–81: J.M.Brixius''.

* Peter Damian, 1060–1072
* Gerald of Ostia, 1072–1077
* Odo I de Lagery, 1080–1088 (became Pope Urban II)
* Odo II, ca.1088–1102
* Leo of Ostia, ca.1106–1115
* Lamberto Scannabecchi, 1116–1124 (later Pope Honorius II)
* Giovanni of Camaldoli, 1126–1133/35,
* Drogo de Champagne, 1136–1138
* Alberic, 1138–1148
* Guido II de Summa, 1149–1151
* Hugo, 1151–1158
* Ubaldo Allucingoli, 1159–1181/84 (became Pope Lucius III in 1181)
* Theobald, 1184–1188
* Ottaviano di Paoli, 1189–1206
* Ugolino di Conti 1206–1227/31 (became Pope Gregory IX)
* Rinaldo dei Signori di Ienne, 1231–1254/61 (became Pope Alexander IV in 1254)
* Hugh of Saint-Cher 1261–1262
* Enrico Bartolomei 1262–1271
:''vacant 1271–1273''
* Peter VI de Tarentaise, 1273–1276 (later Pope Innocent V, † 1276)
* ''vacant'' 1276–1278
* Latino Malabranca Orsini, 1278–1294
* Hugh Aycelin, 1294–1297
** Leonardo Patrasso

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