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Diocese of Civita Castellana Dioecesis Civitatis Castellanae
Civita Castellana Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	1,552 km2 (599 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 258,900 248,900 (96.1%)
Parishes	76
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	990
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Maria Maggiore (Civita Castellana)
Co-cathedral	Basilica Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Orte) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Gallese) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta e S. Anastasi (Nepi) Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta in Cielo (Sutri)
Secular priests	97 (diocesan) 47 (religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Romano Rossi
Emeritus Bishops	Divo Zadi
Website
www.diocesicivitacastellana.it

The Diocese of Civita Castellana (Latin: Dioecesis Civitatis Castellanae) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Latium, central Italy. It has existed in the current form since 1986, when the Diocese of Nepi e Sutri was united into the Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese, dating from 1805 (the name change was made in 1991). It is immediately subject to the Holy See.^[1][2]

History

The first known bishop of Civita Castellana is Crescentius. He discovered, in 998, the relics of Martianus and Johannes. In 1252 the diocese of Gallese was incorporated with that of Civita Castellana. Reestablished in 1562, Gallese was again suppressed in 1573.

In 1437 the diocese was united with the diocese of Orte. Orte (Orta, the ancient Horta) is some distance north of Rome.

Bishops

Diocese of Civita Castellana

Erected: 990
Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae

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  Valentin Narnia (5 Oct 1437 – 28 Jan 1442, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)


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  Luca (bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte) (28 Jan 1442 – 1443 Died)

Diocese of Civita Castellana e Orte

United: 5 October 1437 with the Diocese of Orte
Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae et Hortanus

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  Antonio Paoli (bishop) (16 Dec 1443 – 1455 Died)


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  Nicolas Palmeri, O.S.A. (20 Jun 1455 – 1467 Died)


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  Antonio (bishop of Civita Castellana e Orte) (30 Oct 1467 – 18 Oct 1473 Died)


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  Pietro Ajosa (24 Jan 1474 – 4 Aug 1486 Appointed, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca)^[3]
  


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  Angelo Pechinoli (4 Aug 1486 – Oct 1492 Died)


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  Enrico Bruno, O.P. (29 Oct 1492 – 24 Sep 1498 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)


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  Giorgio Maccafano de' Pireto (24 Sep 1498 – 16 Aug 1501, Bishop of Sarno)


• Lodovico (1501–1503 Died)


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  Johannes Burckardt (29 Nov 1503 – 1506 Died)


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  Francesco Franceschini, O.F.M. (17 May 1506 – 1525 Resigned)


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  Paolo Emilio Cesi (7 Apr 1525 – 5 Aug 1537 Died)


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  Pomponio Cecci (Cesi) (12 Aug 1538 – 24 Nov 1539 Appointed, Bishop of Nepi e Sutri)


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  Scipione Bongalli (24 Nov 1539 – 3 Aug 1564 Died)


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  Nicola Perusco (7 Feb 1565 – 8 Feb 1582 Died)


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  Andrea Longo (bishop) (2 Apr 1582 – 18 Aug 1607 Died)


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  Ippolito Fabiani, O.S.A. (17 Dec 1607 – 24 Aug 1621 Died)


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  Angelo Gozzadini (25 Oct 1621 – 29 Mar 1653 Died)


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  Taddeo Altini, O.S.A. (10 Nov 1653 – 27 Aug 1685 Died)


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  Giuseppe Antonio Sillani Leoncilli (13 May 1686 – 30 Sep 1697 Died)


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  Simone Paolo Aleotti (16 May 1698 – 30 Sep 1704 Died)


• Ascanio Blasi (26 Jan 1705 – Jul 1718 Died)


• Giovanni Francesco Maria Tenderini (5 Dec 1718 – 1 Mar 1739 Died).^[4]
  


• Bernardino Vari (4 May 1739 – 12 Oct 1748 Died)


• Sante Lanucci (2 Dec 1748 – 31 May 1765 Resigned)


• Francesco Maria Forlani (5 Jun 1765 – 5 Mar 1787 Died)


• Lorenzo de Dominicis (23 Apr 1787 – 1 Jan 1822 Died)

Diocese of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese

United: 20 December 1805 with the Diocese of Gallese
Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae, Hortanus et Gallesinus
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. (19 Apr 1822 – 27 Dec 1847 Died)


• Amadio Zangari (14 Apr 1848 – 5 Sep 1851 Appointed, Bishop of Macerata e Tolentino)


• Mattei Augusto Mengacci (5 Sep 1851 – 20 Nov 1872 Died)


• Domenico Mignanti (23 Dec 1872 – 27 Apr 1889 Died)


• Giovanni Battista Carnevalini (24 May 1889 – 9 Jun 1895 Died)


• Giacomo (Alexander) Ghezzi, O.F.M. (29 Nov 1895 – 26 Jan 1920 Died)


• Goffredo Zaccherini (8 Mar 1920 – 15 Jun 1928 Appointed, Bishop of Jesi)


• Santino Margaria (9 Oct 1930 – 20 Dec 1947 Died)


• Roberto Massimiliani (21 Jun 1948 – 19 Jun 1975 Died)


• Marcello Rosina (10 Apr 1976 – 11 Feb 1986, Bishop of Civita Castellana (, Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri))

Diocese of Civita Castellana (Orte, Gallese, Nepi e Sutri)

United: 11 February 1986 with the Diocese of Nepi e Sutri
Latin Name: Civitatis Castellanae (Hortanus, Gallesinus, Nepesinus, et Sutrinus)
Metropolitan: Diocese of Rome

• Divo Zadi (10 Mar 1989 – 10 Dec 2007 Retired)

Diocese of Civita Castellana

Name Changed: 16 February 1991

• Romano Rossi (10 Dec 2007 – )

Co-cathedrals

Co-cathedral in Nepi (left) Co-cathedral in Sutri (right)

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

References

Books

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  Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
  


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  Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
  


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  Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
  


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  Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  


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  Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  


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  Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cività Castellana, Orte, and Gallese". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

Coordinates: 42°17′N 12°24′E / 42.283°N 12.400°E / 42.283; 12.400