Voghiera ( Ferrarese: ) is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in the

Province of Ferrara The province of Ferrara ( it, provincia di Ferrara; egl, pruvîncia ad Fràra) is a province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Ferrara. As of 2016, it has a population of 354,238 inhabitants over an area ...

in the northeastern

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region

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

, located about northeast of

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

and about southeast of

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,924 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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Geography

The municipality of Voghiera contains the ''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...

'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ducentola, Gualdo, Montesanto and Voghenza (a former bishopric). Voghiera borders the following municipalities: Argenta,

Masi Torello Masi Torello ( Ferrarese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ferrara in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northeast of Bologna and about east of Ferrara. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,355 and an ...

and

Portomaggiore Portomaggiore ( Ferrarese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History In the Battle of Portomaggiore of 1395, mercenary troops of the Ferrara Regency Council, assisted by allies from Florence, Bologna, V ...

Ecclesiastical history

Of these, Voghenza (in

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, Vicohabentia) was once a residential

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, believed to have been renamed, due to a see shift, in 950 as

Diocese of Ferrara The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio ( la, Archidioecesis Ferrariensis-Comaclensis) has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is a suffragan of the archdioce ...

(now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ferrara–Comacchio). See also:

Maurelius of Voghenza Maurelius of Voghenza (Italian - ''San Maurelio''; died 7 May 644) was a Syrian priest, who became bishop of Voghenza. He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Life Little information survives on his life, though a Latin accoun ...

Titular see

It is now included in the

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's list of

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s. In 1966, the diocese was nominally restored as Latin

Titular bishopric A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...

of Voghenza (Curiate Italian) or Vicohabentia in Latin, adjective Vicohabentin(us). It has had the following incumbents,http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1979.htm GCatholic of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal promotion in this title as exception : * Angelo Scapecchi (1967.07.11 – 1996.03.20), first as Auxiliary Bishop of

Cortona Cortona (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo. Toponymy Cortona is derived from Latin Cortōna, and from Etruscan 𐌂𐌖𐌓� ...

(Italy) (1967.07.11 – 1986.09.30), then restyled as Auxiliary Bishop of successor see Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (1986.09.30 – retired 1987.07.25); died 1996 * Salvatore Fisichella (Rino) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17 ''see below'') as Auxiliary Bishop of the papal

Vicariate of Rome it, Vicario Generale di Sua Santità , unofficial_names = Cardinal Vicar , insignia = Coat of arms Holy See.svg , insigniasize = 75px , insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Diocese of Rome , image = AngeloDeDonatis.jpg , incumbent = Angel ...

(Roma, Italy) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17), also President of

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(2002.01.18 – 2006.01),

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(2002.01.18 – 2010.06.30), President of

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(2008.06.17 – 2010.06.30) *''the same Salvatore Fisichella (Rino), promoted

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of Voghenza (''see above'' 2008.06.17 – ...), also President of

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(2010.06.30 – ...) and President of International Council for Catechesis (2013.01.16 – ...)

Demographic evolution

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References

Sources and external links

www.comune.voghiera.fe.it/

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