The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica ( la, Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the
Marche
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has existed under this name since 1986. It is a
suffragan
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The history of Fabriano is closely connected with that of the Marches. In the church of San Benedetto, of the Silvestrine monks, is the tomb of
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, the founder of this order, is buried at
Monte Fano
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, not far from Fabriano, where
Giuseppe dei Conti Atti
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and
Ugo Laico
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, both Silvestrines, are also buried.
The city was under the jurisdiction of the
diocese 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 ...
until 8 July 1785, when
Pope Pius VI
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re-established the old
Diocese of Matelica
The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica ( la, Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
History
The history of Fabriano is clos ...
and united it '' aeque principaliter'' with Fabriano. In 487, Bishop Equitius of Matelica was at Rome; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known. Until 1785, the Diocese of Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.
Ordinaries
Diocese of Fabriano
''Erected: 15 November 1728''
''Latin Name: Fabrianensis''
*Cosma Torrelli (1728–1736 Died)
*Ippolito de Rossi (1736–1746 Appointed,
Bishop of Senigallia
The Diocese of Senigallia ( la, Dioecesis Senogalliensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in the Marche, Italy. It has existed since the sixth century. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
Diocese of Matelica
The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica ( la, Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
History
The history of Fabriano is clos ...
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''Latin Name: Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis''
''Immediately Subject to the Holy See''
*Nicola Zoppetti, O.S.A. (1785–1796 Died)
*Giovanni Francesco Capelletti (1800–1806 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
*Domenico Buttaoni (1806–1822 Died)
*Pietro Balducci (1822–1837 Died)
*Francesco Faldi (1837–1858 Resigned)
*Antonio Maria Valenziani (1858–1876 Died)
*Leopoldo Angelo Santanché, O.F.M. (1876–1883 Died)
*Macario Sorini (1883–1893 Resigned)
*Aristide Golfieri (1895–1895 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
*Luciano Gentilucci (1895–1909 Died)
*Pietro Zanolini (1910–1913 Appointed,
Bishop of Lodi
The Diocese of Lodi ( la, Dioecesis Laudensis) is an Italian Roman Catholic territorial entity that existed since the 4th century; it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Pope Francis accepted his resignation on 27 April 2019, and appointed him ''Apostolic Administrator''. ''Notizie. Città e territorio'', "Fabriano / Monsignor Russo rinuncia all' episcopato, attesa per il nuovo vescovo"; retrieved: 27 April 2019.
*Stefano Russo (2019– ) ''Administrator''