Roman Catholic Diocese of Trivento

Diocese of Trivento Dioecesis Triventinus
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Campobasso-Boiano
Statistics
Area	1,234 km^2 (476 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 53,450 53,280 (99.7%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Ss. Nazaroi, Celso e Vittore
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Domenico Angelo Scotti
Emeritus Bishops	Antonio Santucci
Website
www.diocesitrivento.net

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Trivento (Latin: Dioecesis Triventinus) in Molise, southern Italy, has existed since the tenth century. Historically the diocese was a suffragan of the archdiocese of Benevento.^[1] It is now a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.^[2][3]

History

The earliest bishop of Trivento was St. Castus of an uncertain epoch, the local legend assigning him to the fourth century.

Bishops

Diocese of Trivento

Erected: 10th Century
Latin Name: Triventinus

• • the monk Leo, intruded and deposed by Pope Agapetus II (946)
• Alferius (1109)
• the Franciscan Luca (1226), exiled by King Manfred
• Pietro dell' Aquila (30 May 1348 - Nov 1361 Died)

...

• Leonardo Carmini (21 Nov 1498 - 1502 Died)^[4][5]
• Tommaso Caracciolo (bishop of Trivento) (16 Mar 1502 - 1540 Resigned)
• Matteo Griffoni Pioppi, O.S.B. (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, Archbishop of Capua)
• Martín de León Cárdenas, O.S.A. (13 May 1630 - 7 Apr 1631 Appointed, Bishop of Pozzuoli)
• Carolus Scaglia, Can. Reg. S.Geor (12 May 1631 - Dec 1645 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Capacci (16 Jul 1646 - 1652 Died)
• Giovanni de la Cruz, O.F.M. (20 Jan 1653 - 1654 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Ferruzzo, C.O. (14 Jan 1655 - Aug 1658 Died)
• Vincenzo Lanfranchi, C.R. (5 May 1660 - 7 Dec 1665) (promoted Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
• Ambrogio Maria Piccolomini, O.S.B. (5 May 1666 - 27 May 1675) (promoted Archbishop of Otranto)
• Diego Ibáñez de la Madrid y Bustamente (10 Apr 1679 - 2 Oct 1684) (promoted Bishop of Pozzuoli)
• Antonio Tortorelli, O.F.M. (13 Nov 1684 - 10 Jan 1715 Died)
• Alfonso Miraconda, O.S.B. (12 Jul 1717 - 11 Dec 1730) restored the cathedral (promoted Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
• Fortunato Palumbo, O.S.B. (18 Dec 1730 - 19 Jul 1753 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Carafa, C.R. (22 Jul 1754 - 19 Jul 1756 Appointed, Bishop of Mileto)
• 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, Bishop of Conversano)
• 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 Archbishop of Ravenna)
• Geremia Pascucci (12 Sep 1922 - 14 May 1926 Died)
• Attilio Adinolfi (27 Feb 1928 - 5 May 1931 Appointed, Bishop of Anagni)
• Giovanni Giorgis (30 Sep 1931 - 14 Jul 1937 Appointed, Bishop of Fiesole)
• 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, Archbishop of Chieti)
• Antonio Santucci (8 May 1985 - 17 Oct 2005 Retired)
• Domenico Angelo Scotti (17 Oct 2005 - )

Notes

1. Catholic Encyclopedia article
2. "Diocese of Trivento" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. "Diocese of Trivento" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
4. "Bishop Leonardo Carmini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 17, 2016
5. "Bishop Leonardo Corbera" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016

Books

• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• 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). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.

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