The Diocese of Trivento ( la, Dioecesis Triventinus) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in Italy. The Diocese of Trivento is a

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in the

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of the metropolitan

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, in the

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of Abruzzo-Molise, southern Italy."Diocese of Trivento"
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is Cattedrale di Ss. Nazario, Celso e Vittore, dedicated to the diocesan

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s St. Nazarius, St. Celsus and St. Victor, in the

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Trivento Trivento is a ''comune'' (municipality) and Catholic episcopal see in the Province of Campobasso in the southern Italian region Molise, located about northwest of Campobasso. Trivento borders the following municipalities: Castelguidone, Castelm ...

Campobasso province Campobasso (, ; nap, label= Campobassan, Cambuàsce ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sanni ...

, in

Molise Molise (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Neapolitan, Mulise) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effe ...

administrative region. The other major sanctuary is at Canneto, in the commune

Roccavivara Roccavivara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Campobasso in the Italian region Molise, located about north of Campobasso. Roccavivara borders the following municipalities: Castelguidone, Castelmauro, Celenza sul Trigno, Montef ...

, founded in the fourth century and until the tenth dependent on Montecassino.

History

According to local legend the earliest bishop of

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of an uncertain epoch, assigning him to the fourth century. * Established in 940 as Diocese of Trivento / Triventin(us) (Latin adjective). Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the

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, and lost territory to the

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Statistics and extent

* , it pastorally served 51,786 Catholics (99.8% of 51,903 total) on 1,234 km² in 58 parishes with 52 priests (50 diocesan, 2 religious), 1 deacon, 46 lay religious (2 brothers, 44 sisters) and 6 seminarians. * It comprises four deaneries - Agnone, Carovilli, Frosolone and Trivento - covering 40 ''

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'' (municipalities) in three administrative provinces : ** in the

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: Trivento, Casalciprano, Castropignano, Duronia, Fossalto, Molise, Montefalcone nel Sannio, Pietracupa, Roccavivara, Salcito, San Biase e Torella del Sannio; ** in the

Province of Isernia The province of Isernia ( it, provincia di Isernia) is a province in the region of Molise in Italy. The provincial capital is the city Isernia and the president of the province is Alfredo Ricci. The province of Isernia has an area of and a popul ...

: Agnone, Bagnoli del Trigno, Belmonte del Sannio, Capracotta, Carovilli, Castel del Giudice, Castelverrino, Chiauci, Civitanova del Sannio, Frosolone, Montenero Val Cocchiara, Pescolanciano, Pescopennataro, Pietrabbondante, Poggio Sannita, Rionero Sannitico, San Pietro Avellana, Sant'Angelo del Pesco e Vastogirardi; ** in the

Province of Chieti The province of Chieti ( it, provincia di Chieti; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 50,770 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 387,649 ...

: Borrello, Castelguidone, Castiglione Messer Marino, Celenza sul Trigno, Roio del Sangro, Rosello, San Giovanni Lipioni, Schiavi di Abruzzo e Torrebruna.

Episcopal ordinaries

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(946) * Gaydulfo (1001–1015) * Alferio (Alferius) (1084–1119) * Giovanni (1160–?) * Raone (1175–?) * Ponzio (1175–?) * Tommaso (1226–1237) * Riccardo (1240–?) * Nicola (1256–?) * Odorico (1258–?) * Luca, Conventual?

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(O.F.M.) (1258–1266), exiled by king

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? (1258–1266) * Pace (1266–?) * Giacomo (1290–1315) * Natimbene,

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(O.E.S.A.) (1333 – death 1344), previously Bishop of

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(Italy) (1326.02.21 – 1333) * Giordano Curti (1344 – 1348.05.30), next Metropolitan Archbishop of

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(Sicily, Italy) (1348.05.30 – 1348) * Pietro dell' Aquila, O.F.M. (30 May 1348 – death Nov 1361) previously Bishop of Sant’Angelo dei Lombardi (Italy) (1347.02.12 – 1348.06.29) * Guglielmo M. Farinerio, O.F.M. (1356–1368) * Francesco De Ruberto (1370–1379) * Ruggiero De Carcasils (1379–1387) * Pietro Ferillo (1387–?) * Giacomo (1409–?) * Giovanni (1431 – death 1433) * Giacomo De Tertiis,

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(1452.09.27 – ?) * Tommaso Carafa (1473.08.13 – ?), previously

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(16 Mar 1502 – 1540 Resigned) *

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(15 Nov 1540 – 9 Apr 1567 Died) * Giovanni Fabrizio Sanseverino (1568 Appointed – ) * Giulio Cesare Mariconda, O.F.M. (1582–1606 Died) * Paolo del Lago (Bisnetti), O.F.M. (29 Jan 1607 – 24 Dec 1621 Died) * Girolamo Costanzo (9 Jan 1623 – 1 Mar 1627 Appointed,

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) * Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. (13 May 1630 – 7 Apr 1631 Appointed,

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) * Ambrogio Maria Piccolomini,

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(5 May 1666 – 27 May 1675) (promoted

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) * Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente (10 Apr 1679 – 2 Oct 1684) (promoted

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(12 Jul 1717 – 11 Dec 1730) restored the cathedral (promoted

) *Fortunato Palumbo,

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(18 Dec 1730 – 19 Jul 1753 Died) *Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. (22 Jul 1754 – 19 Jul 1756 Appointed,

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) *Giuseppe Pitocco (19 Jul 1756 – 30 May 1771 Died) *Gioacchino Paglione (23 Sep 1771 – Dec 1790 Died) *Luca Nicola de Luca (26 Mar 1792 – 7 Jun 1819 Resigned) *Bernardino D'Avolio, O.F.M. Cap. (21 Feb 1820 – 18 Jul 1821 Died) *Giovanni De Simone, C.M. (19 Apr 1822 – 3 Jul 1826 Confirmed,

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) *Michele Arcangelo Del Forno (9 Apr 1827 – 18 Mar 1830 Resigned) *Antonio Perchiacca (2 Jul 1832 – 26 Nov 1836 Died) *Benedetto Terenzio (19 May 1837 – 27 Jan 1854 Died) *Luigi Agazio, O.F.M. (23 Jun 1854 – 1 Feb 1887 Died) *Domenico (Daniele) Tempesta, O.F.M. (14 Mar 1887 – 4 Jun 1891 Appointed, Bishop of Troia) *Giulio Vaccaro (4 Jun 1891 – 30 Nov 1896 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Trani e Barletta (e Nazareth e Bisceglie)) *Carlo Pietropaoli (19 Apr 1897 – 29 Apr 1913 Resigned) *Antonio Lega (25 May 1914 – 13 Jun 1921 Appointed, Coadjutor

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) *Giovanni Giorgis (30 Sep 1931 – 14 Jul 1937 Appointed,

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) *Epimenio Giannico (7 Sep 1937 – 24 Jun 1957 Died) *Pio Agostino Crivellari, O.F.M. (7 Feb 1958 – 3 Feb 1966 Died) *Achille Palmerini (18 Mar 1972 – 18 Mar 1975 Resigned) * Enzio d'Antonio (18 Mar 1975 – 1977 Resigned) *Antonio Valentini (17 Oct 1977 – 31 Dec 1984 Appointed,

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(8 May 1985 – 17 Oct 2005 Retired) *Domenico Angelo Scotti (17 Oct 2005 – ) *

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Claudio Palumbo (5 June 2017 – )

References

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; Bibliography Books * (in Latin) * * * * Italo M. Iasiello, ''Samnium: assetti e trasformazioni di una provincia dell'Italia tardoantica, Edipuglia'', Bari 2007, pp. 139–140 * Francesco Lanzoni, ''Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)'', vol. I, Faenza 1927, p. 379 * Giuseppe Cappelletti, ''Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni'', Venice 1870, vol. XXI, pp. 469–473 * Valeria Cocozza, ''Chiesa e società a Trivento. Storia di una diocesi di regio patronato in età spagnola'', Thesis laureate 2012-2013 * * * {{authority control

History

Statistics and extent

Episcopal ordinaries

See also

References

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