Roman Catholic Diocese of Patti

Diocese of Patti Dioecesis Pactensis
Patti Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela
Statistics
Area	1,648 km^2 (636 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 164,000 160,000 (84%)
Parishes	40
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Bartolomeo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ignazio Zambito
Map
Website
www.diocesipatti.it

The Italian Catholic Diocese of Patti (Latin: Dioecesis Pactensis) is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.^[1][2] Its patron saint is Bartholomew the Apostle.

History

Count Ruggiero founded at Patti a Benedictine abbey, and in 1131 the antipope Anacletus II made Patti an episcopal see, uniting it with the Abbey of Lipari. Pope Eugenius III in 1157 confirmed the action of the antipope, the first legitimate pastor of the see being Gilbertus. In 1206, it lost territory to establish the territorial prelature of Santa Lucia del Mela.

In 1399, Lipari and Patti were separated, and the first bishop of the separate see of Patti was Francesco Hermemir. Other notable bishops were:

• Francesco Urvio (1518), who in the course of controversies with the capitano dello spagnuolo was imprisoned; later he was transferred to the Diocese of Urgel in Catalonia (Spain);
• Bartolomeo Sebastiani (1548), who attended the Council of Trent, and was governor of Sicily for three years;
• Alfonso de los Cameros (1652), the founder of the seminary, restored later by Bishop Galletti (1727);
• Cardinal Geremia Celesia, later Archbishop of Palermo, Bishop of Patti, 1860-71.^[3]

In its cathedral is preserved the body of Saint Febronia, virgin and martyr. Three of the bishops of its ancient precursor Tyndaris are known:

• Severinus (501)
• Eutychius (594), with whose zeal for the conversion of pagans St. Gregory the Great was well pleased
• Theodorus (649).

In 1827 the bishopric gained territory from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Messina. In 1844.05.20 the diocese exchanged territory with the bishopric of Cefalù.

The diocese had in the early 20th century 49 parishes, 20,000 inhabitants, 5 religious houses of men, and 15 of sisters, conducting 4 institutes for girls and several schools.

It enjoyed a papal visit by John Paul II in June 1988.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Patti

Erected: 12th Century

• Giacomo di Santa Lucia, O.F.M. (7 Jul 1480 - 1482 Died)
• Giacomo Antonio Leofanti (9 Feb 1486 - 1494 Died)
• Giovanni Marquet, O.P. (16 Jun 1494 - 1499 Died)
• Miguel Figueroa (bishop) (4 Sep 1500 - 10 May 1517 Died)
• Francisco de Urríes (Verreis) (21 Jun 1518 - 8 Jun 1534 Appointed, Bishop of Urgell)
• Arnau Alberti (Arnaldo Albertini) (12 Sep 1534 - 7 Oct 1544 Died)
• Girolamo Sigismondi (14 Dec 1545 - 1548 Died)
• Bartolomé Sebastián de Aroitia (9 Jan 1549 - 1 Oct 1567 Appointed, Archbishop of Tarragona)
• Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa (17 Sep 1568 - 29 Oct 1578 Resigned)^[4]
• Gilberto Isfar y Corillas (23 Jan 1579 - 15 Apr 1600 Died)
• Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs. (30 Apr 1601 - 17 Aug 1605 Appointed, Patriarch (Personal Title) of Messina)^[5]
• Juan de Rada, O.F.M. (16 Jan 1606 - Jan 1609 Died)
• Vincenzo Napoli (2 Dec 1609 - 23 Aug 1648 Died)^[6]
• Louis Ridolfi (19 Jul 1649 - 28 Oct 1649 Died)
• Luc Cochiglia (27 Feb 1651 - 1653 Died)
• Luis Alfonso de Los Cameros (12 Jan 1654 - 16 Oct 1656 Confirmed, Archbishop of Monreale)
• Simone Rau e Requesens (8 Jul 1658 - 20 Sep 1659 Died)
• Ignazio d'Amico (31 Jul 1662 - 15 Dec 1666 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento)
• Giovanni Antonio Geloso (17 Jun 1669 - 3 Nov 1669 Died)
• Vincenzo Maffia, O.P. (20 Apr 1671 - 16 Nov 1674 Died)
• Antonio Bighetti (28 Mar 1678 - May 1678 Died)
• Francesco Martinelli (bishop), C.O. (22 Jan 1680 - 3 Apr 1681 Died)
• Matteo Fazio, O.P. (26 Jan 1682 - 6 Sep 1692 Died)
• Giuseppe Migliaccio (18 May 1693 - 24 Nov 1698 Appointed, Archbishop of Messina)
• Francesco Girgenti, C.O. (11 Apr 1699 - 25 Sep 1701 Died)
• Ettore Algaria (17 Dec 1703 - 24 Jul 1713 Died)
• Pietro Galletti (30 Aug 1723 - 28 Nov 1729 Appointed, Bishop of Catania)
• Giacomo Bonanno, C.R. (5 May 1734 - 28 May 1753 Confirmed, Archbishop of Monreale)
• Giovanni Girolamo Gravina, C.R. (10 Dec 1753 - 17 Apr 1755 Died)
• Carlo Mineo (16 Feb 1756 - 7 Sep 1771 Died)
• Salvatore Pisani (14 Dec 1772 - 14 May 1781 Died)
• Raimondo Moncada, C.R. (25 Feb 1782 - 18 Sep 1813 Died)
• Silvestro Todaro, O.F.M. Conv. (22 Jul 1816 - 21 Apr 1821 Died)
• Nicolò Gatto (17 Nov 1823 - 31 Dec 1831 Died)
• Giuseppe Saitta (30 Sep 1833 - 20 Jun 1838 Died)
• Martino Ursino (Orsino) (25 Jul 1844 - 8 Feb 1860 Died)
• Michelangelo Celesia, O.S.B. (23 Mar 1860 - 27 Oct 1871 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
• Ignazio Carlo Vittore Papardo del Parco, C.R. (27 Oct 1871 - 22 Nov 1874 Died)
• Giuseppe Maria Maragioglio, O.F.M. Cap. (15 Mar 1875 - 20 Jan 1888 Died)
• Giovanni Previtera (Privitera) (1 Jun 1888 - 14 Feb 1903 Died)
• Francesco Maria Traina (22 Jun 1903 - 18 Nov 1911 Died)
• Ferdinando Fiandaca (10 Apr 1912 - 1 Aug 1930 Resigned)
• Antonio Mantiero (26 Sep 1931 - 24 Aug 1936 Appointed, Bishop of Treviso)
• Angelo Ficarra (12 Oct 1936 - 2 Aug 1957 Resigned)
• Giuseppe Pullano (2 Aug 1957 - 30 Nov 1977 Died)
• Carmelo Ferraro (30 Mar 1978 - 3 Nov 1988 Appointed, Bishop of Agrigento)
• Ignazio Zambito (12 May 1989 - )

Notes

1. "Diocese of Patti" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Patti" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. "Bishop Antonio Rodríguez de Pazos y Figueroa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 5, 2016
5. "Patriarch Bonaventura Secusio, O.F.M. Obs." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 30, 2016
6. "Bishop Vincenzo Napoli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved November 24, 2016

References

- GCatholic, listing the bishops

 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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