Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa
Diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Italy |
Church region | Basilicata |
Ecclesiastical province | Ecclesiastical province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo |
Diocesan bishop | Ciro Fanelli |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gianfranco Todisco POCR |
founding | September 30, 1986 |
surface | 1,316 km² |
Parishes | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 87,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 81,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 93.1% |
Diocesan priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,761 |
Permanent deacons | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 48 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Italian |
cathedral | Santa Maria Assunta in Melfi |
Website | www.diocesimelfi.it/ |
The diocese of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa ( Latin Dioecesis Melphiensis-Rapollensis-Venusina , Italian Diocesi di Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa ) is a small diocese of the Roman Catholic Church located in the southern Italian province of Basilicata with a bishopric in the city of Melfi .
It belongs to the ecclesiastical region of Basilicata of the ecclesiastical province of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Potenza-Muro Lucano-Marsico Nuovo . The diocese was created in September 1986 from the union of the two small historical dioceses Melfi-Rapolla and Venosa.
history
The history of the Diocese of Venosa goes back to the 3rd century. The names of the bishops have been secured for around 500 years. The two historical dioceses Rapolla and Melfi were probably founded at the same time by Nicholas II during the Norman era in the 11th century. According to the information provided by the Liber censuum , both were immediate. The importance of Melfi as an important regional center is evident from the fact that several important church assemblies were held here in the 11th century. At a synod in the summer of 1059, Pope Nicholas II recognized the legitimacy of the claims of the two Norman leaders Robert Guiscard and Richard von Aversa to the possession of the territories conquered by the two in southern Italy. In return, they took an oath of fief to the Pope. In 1089, under Pope Urban II, a church assembly also took place in Melfi. With this further measures against the priestly marriage were decided. Married sub-deacons should lose their office; in case of incorrigibility, her wife should be awarded to the sovereign as a slave. The excommunication against the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I , originally against Nikephorus III. had been pronounced, was canceled and the emperor was offered military support against the infidels, as well as promised to restrain the Normans in southern Italy from attacks against eastern Roman territory. At the same time, the pressure on the Orthodox church leaders in southern Italy to recognize Roman supremacy increased. On May 16, 1528, the two dioceses of Melfi and Rapolla were united under Pope Clement VII . On September 30, 1986 the Diocese of Venosa was incorporated .
Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla-Venosa
- Vincenzo Cozzi † (resigned September 30, 1986 - December 13, 2002), previously Bishop of Melfi-Rapolla since September 12, 1981
- Gianfranco Todisco POCR (resigned December 13, 2002 - April 21, 2017)
- Ciro Fanelli , from August 4th 2017
See also
- List of the bishops of Melfi
- List of the bishops of Rapolla
- List of the bishops of Melfi-Rapolla
- List of the bishops of Venosa
- Roman Catholic Church in Italy