Ortona diocese
The diocese of Ortona ( Latin Ortonensis et Camplensis ) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy with its seat in Ortona .
It was founded on October 20, 1570 and belonged to the church province of Chieti . On May 12, 1600 the name was changed to Ortona a Mare e Campli . The episcopal church was today's co-cathedral Basilica di San Tommaso Apostolo .
On February 19, 1834 it was united with the Archdiocese of Lanciano to form the Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona .
Bishops
- Giovanni Domenico Rebiba (1570–1595)
- Alessandro Boccabarile (1596–1623)
- Antimo degli Atti (1624-1640)
- Francesco Antonio Biondo OFMConv (1640–1643)
- Alessandro Crescenzi CRS (1644-1652)
- Carlo Bonafaccia (1653-1675)
- Giovanni Vespoli-Casanatte CR (1675-1716)
- Giuseppe Falconio (1717-1730)
- Giovanni Romano (1730-1735)
- Marc'Antonio Amalfitani (1735–1765)
- Domenico de Dominicis (1766–1791)
- Antonio Cresi (1792-1804)
literature
- Emilia Polidoro, Elio Giannetti: I Vescovi di Lanciano e Ortona. Cronotassi dei Vescovi e Arcivescovi dell'Arcidocesi di Lanciano-Ortona . In: Arcidocesi di Lanciano-Ortona (ed.): Quaderni della Biblioteca Diocesana di Lanciano . No. 5 . Geo Poligrafia, Fossacesia July 2010 (Italian).
Web links
- Entry on Diocese of Ortona a Mare e Campli on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 30, 2020.
- Arcivescovi e Vescovi Precedenti. Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona , May 14, 2014, accessed April 30, 2020 (Italian).