Roman Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli

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Diocese of Savona-Noli Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis
Savona Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Genoa
Statistics
Area	400 km^2 (150 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 155,000 (est.) 152,000 (est.) (98.1%)
Parishes	71
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta (Savona)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Pietro (Noli)
Secular priests	55 (diocesan) 40 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vittorio Lupi
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The Italian Catholic Diocese of Savona-Noli (Latin: Dioecesis Savonensis-Naulensis) in northern Italy, was historically the Diocese of Savona, from the tenth century. In 1820 the Diocese of Noli was united to the Diocese of Savona. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.^[1]

Bishops

• Bernardus : (992)^[2]
• Joannes : (999)
• Ardeman : (1014)
• Antellinus (Ancellinus : (1028)^[3]
• Brixianus : (1046)
• Amicus:^[4] (1049)
• Giordano of Savona : (1080)
• Grossolanus : (1098–1109) (promoted to Milan)
• Guglielmo : (1110)
• Ottaviano of Pavia:^[5] (1119–1128)
• Guido^[6]
• Ambrosius^[7]

1200 to 1400

• Albertus de Novara : (1221–1230) ^[8]
• Henricus : (1230–ca. 1239)
• Bonifatius
• Conradus de Ancisa
• Rufinus Colombo : (died September 1287)
• Henricus de Ponzono : (1289– ? )
• Gregorius
• Gualterius : (1303)
• Jacobus de Caradengo de Niella : (attested 1305, 1311)
• Federicus Cibo : (1317–1342)
• Gerardus de Vasconibus de Pergamo, O.E.S.A. : (1342–1355)
• Antonius Manfredi de Saluciis : (1355–1376) (promoted to Milan)^[9]
• Dominicus de Lagneto : (1376–1384)
• Antonius de Viale : (1386–1394) (appointed by Urban VI of the Roman Obedience)^[10]
• Joannes Grimaldi : (1394–1405)^[11]

1400 to 1600

• Philippus Ogerii, O.Carm. : (1405–1411)^[12]
• Petrus Spinola, O.S.B. : (1411–1413)^[13]

1600 to 1800

• Francesco Maria Spinola, O.Theat. : (1624–1664)^[14]

...

• Ottavio Maria de Mari : (15 December 1755 – 27 March 1776)^[15]
• Dominico Gentile : (29 January 1776 – 20 September 1804)^[16]

since 1800

• Vincenzo Maria Maggioli : (1804–1820)^[17]
• Giuseppe Vincenzo Airenti, O.S.D. : (1820–5 July 1830) (transferred to Genoa)^[18]
• Agostino Maria Demari : (1833–1840)^[19]
• Alessandro Ottaviano Ricardi di Netro (1842–22 February 1867) (transferred to Turin)^[20]
• Giovanni Battista Cerruti:^[21] (22 February 1867–21 Mar 1879)
• Giuseppe Boraggini:^[22] (12 May 1879 – 30 April 1897)^[23]
• Giuseppe Salvatore Scatti : (15 February 1898 – 30 June 1926)
• Pasquale Righetti : (20 December 1926 – 7 July 1948)
• Giovanni Battista Parodi : (14 September 1948-15 Jul 1974)
• Franco Sibilla : (15 July 1974 – 8 September 1980) (transferred to Asti)
• Giulio Sanguineti : (15 December 1980 – 7 December 1989) (transferred to La Spezia-Sarzana-Brugnato)
• Roberto Amadei : (21 April 1990 – 21 November 1991) (transferred to Bergamo)
• Dante Lafranconi : (7 December 1991 – 8 September 2001) (transferred to Cremona)
• Domenico Calcagno : (25 January 2002 – 7 July 2007 Resigned)
• Vittorio Lupi : (30 November 2007- )

Parishes

Of the 71 parishes 68 lie within the Province of Savona, Liguria. The remaining three are in the neighbouring commune of Cogoleto, Province of Genoa, also in Liguria.^[24] In 2014 there was one Catholic priest for every 1,600 Catholics.

Liguria

Province of Genoa

Cogoleto

S. Maria Maggiore

S. Bernardo Abate (Lerca)

S. Ermete (Sciarborasca)

Province of Savona

Albisola Superiore

S. Matteo Apostolo

S. Nicolò Vescovo

Nostra Signora Stella Maris (Albisola Capo)

S. Bartolomeo Apostolo (Ellera)

Albissola Marina

Nostra Signora della Concordia

Bergeggi

S. Martino Vescovo

Calice Ligure

S. Nicolò Vescovo

S. Martino Vescovo (Carbuta)

Celle Ligure

S. Maria Assunta

S. Michele Arcangelo

S. Giorgio (Sanda)

Finale Ligure

S. Giovanni Battista

Santi Cipriano e Gennaro (Calvisio)

S. Biagio (Finalborgo)

Nostra Signora Assunta e S.Giacomo (Finale Pia)

S. Dalmazio Martire (Monticello)

S. Eusebio (Perti)

S. Lorenzo (Varigotti)

Noli

S. Pietro

S. Ignazio di Loyola (Tosse)

S. Pietro (Voze)

Orco Feglino

S. Lorenzo Martire

S. Lorenzo (Feglino)

Quiliano

S. Lorenzo Martire

S. Anna (Cadibona)

S. Michele Arcangelo (Montagna)

Santi Sebastiano e Rocco (Roviasca)

SS. Salvatore (Valleggia)

Rialto (SV)

S. Pietro

S. Lorenzo (Vene)

Savona

Maria Ausiliatrice

Nostra Signora Assunta

S. Ambrogio Vescovo

S. Filippo Neri

S. Francesco Da Paola

S. Giuseppe

S. Lorenzo

S. Maria Giuseppa Rossello

S. Paolo

S. Pietro Apostolo

Sacro Cuore di Gesù

Santi Giovanni Battista e Andrea

SS. Trinità

S. Maria della Neve (Fornaci)

S. Dalmazio Martire (Lavagnola)

S. Giacomo Apostolo (Montemoro)

S. Bartolomeo Apostolo (Santuario di Savona)

S. Bernardo (Santuario di Savona)

S. Spirito e Concezione (Zinola)

Spotorno

SS. Annunziata

Stella (SV)

S. Caterina d’Alessandria (Gameragna)

S. Bernardo (San Bernardo Stella)

S. Giovanni Battista (San Giovanni)

S. Martino (San Martino Stella)

S. Giustina (Santa Giustina Stella)

Vado Ligure

Nostra Signora della Visitazione

Nostra Signora Regina della Pace

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Ermete (Sant’Ermete)

S. Maurizio (Segno-Vado Ligure)

Varazze

S. Ambrogio

Santi Nazario e Celso

S. Antonio Abate (Alpicella)

Natività di Maria SS. (Casanova Varazze)

Nostra Signora delle Grazie (Faie)

SS. Annunziata (Pero)

Vezzi Portio

Santi Filippo e Giorgio

SS. Salvatore e S. Sepolcro (Portio)

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy page
2. Gams, p. 821. That Bernardus was Bishop of Savona is rejected by Paul Fridolin Kehr, p. 353.
3. Bini (1842), p. 297.
4. A grant of privileges by Bishop Amicus to the Canons of Savona is confirmed by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085): Kehr, p. 355, no. 1.
5. Bishop Ottaviano had previously been a Canon of Pavia: Ughelli, IV, p. 735.
6. Pope Alexander III addresses a mandate to Bishop Guido, ca. 1171–1181: Kehr, p. 354, no. 1.
7. Pope Urban III addresses a mandate to Ambrosius between 1185 and 1187: Kehr, p. 354, no. 2.
8. Eubel, I, p. 433.
9. Eubel, I, p. 333.
10. De Viale was transferred from the diocese of Sisteron (Roman Obedience); Sisteron adhered to the Avignon Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
11. Joannes Grimaldi was transferred to Savona from Senigallia by Boniface IX of the Roman Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434 and p. 447.
12. Philippus was appointed by Benedict XIII of the Avignon Obedience, and transferred to Damascus by John XXIII of the Avignon-Pisan Obedience. Eubel, I, p. 434.
13. A native of Parma, Spinola was transferred to the diocese of Ales (Sardinia) by John XXIII. Eubel, I, p. 510.
14. Gams, p. 822.
15. Born in Genoa in 1700, Mari was Rector of the Collegio Clementina in Rome at the time of his appointment. He was consecrated on 21 December 1755 by Cardinal Giorgio Doria. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 2.
16. Gentile was a Doctor of theology (Sapienza 1776 [1766?]). He was a Consultor at the Office of the Holy Inquisition (1767). He was consecrated in Rome on 4 February 1776 by Cardinal Pallavicini. Ritzler, VI, p. 367, with note 3.
17. Maggioli was transferred from Luni: Gams, p. 818 and p. 822. Bima (1842), p. 300
18. Bima, p. 301. Airenti died on 3 September 1831: Gams, p. 816.
19. Bima, p. 301.
20. Gams, p. 823 and p. 825. Bima (1842), p. 301.
21. Gams, p. 823.
22. Boraggini was a priest of the Diocese of Genoa. He had been Canon and Archpriest of the Cathedral of Genoa, and pro-Vicar-General of the diocese.
23. David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy Diocese of Savona-Noli Retrieved: 2016-10-13.
24. Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, retrieved 2008-03-14.

Books

Cathedral in Noli.

Reference works

• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 821-823. (Use with caution; obsolete)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 433-434. (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 229.
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 291–292.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 305.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 344.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. p. 367.

Studies

• Bima, Palemone Luigi (1842). Serie cronologica dei romani pontefici e degli arcivescovi e vescovi di tutti gli stati di Terraferma & S. S. B. M. e di alcune del regno di Sardegna (in Italian) (seconda ed.). Torino: Favale. pp. 295–301.
• Bima, Palemone (1845). Serie cronologica degli arcivescovi e vescovi del regno di Sardegna (in Italian). Asti: Raspi. pp. 106–108.
• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1857). Le chiese d'Italia della loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Volume decimoterzo (13). Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli. pp. 487–528.
• Kehr, Paul Fridolin, Italia Pontificia, Vol. VI: Liguria sive Provincia Mediolanensis (Berlin: Weidemann), pp. 353–357. (in Latin).
• Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1719). Italia sacra, sive De episcopis Italiæ, et insularum adjacentium\ (in Latin). Tomus quartus (4). Venezia: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 730–744.