Roman Catholic Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo

Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli
Ventimiglia Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Genoa
Statistics
Area	715 km^2 (276 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 158,000 (est.) 152,400 (est.) (96.5%)
Parishes	99
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	7th Century
Cathedral	Cattedrale di Nostra Signora Assunta (Ventimiglia)
Co-cathedral	Basilica Concattedrale di S. Siro (Sanremo)
Secular priests	56 (diocesan) 34 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Antonio Suetta
Emeritus Bishops	Alberto Maria Careggio
Map
Website
www.diocesiventimiglia.it

Co-cathedral in Sanremo

The Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo (Latin: Dioecesis Ventimiliensis-Sancti Romuli) is a Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Liguria, northern Italy. The name of the historic Diocese of Ventimiglia was changed in 1975. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Genoa.^[1][2]

History

It is probable that Ventimiglia had a bishop from the fifth century; the first known is Joannes (680). Among his successors were:

• Cardinal Antonio Pallavicino (1484) and Alessandro Fregoso, both more distinguished as warriors than as clerics;
• Filippo de'Mari (1519), who restored ecclesiastical discipline;
• Carlo Visconti (1561), later a cardinal;
• Carlo Grimaldo (1565), who distinguished himself at the Council of Trent;
• Girolamo Curlo (1614), who died by poison in Corsica, where he had been sent as Commissary Apostolic:
• Gianfrancesco Gandolfi (1622), who negotiated the peace between Savoy and Genoa;
• Antonio Maria Bacigaluppi (1773).
• Bl. Tommaso Reggio (1877)

The diocese has been suffragan to Genoa since 1775.^[3]

Bishops

Diocese of Ventimiglia

Erected: 7th Century
Latin Name: Ventimiliensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Genoa

...

• Jean Battista de Judicibus (22 Apr 1471 - 26 Apr 1482 Appointed, Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Antonio Pallavicini Gentili (15 Jun 1484 - 5 Mar 1487 Resigned)

...

• Domenico Vaccari (24 Jan 1502 - 1510 Resigned)
• Marco Vigerio della Rovere, O.F.M. Conv. (24 Jan 1502 - 1511 Resigned)
• Innocenzo Cibo (Cybo) (27 Jul 1519 - 8 Aug 1519 Resigned)
• Carlo Visconti (bishop) (5 Dec 1561 - 6 Jul 1565 Appointed, Bishop of Montefeltro)
• Benedetto Lomellini (6 Jul 1565 - 7 Sep 1565 Appointed, Bishop of Luni e Sarzana)
• Carlo Grimaldi (8 Dec 1565 - 26 Nov 1572 Appointed, Bishop of Albenga)
• Francesco Galbiati ( 1573 - 1600 Died)
• Stefano Spínola, C.R. (15 Apr 1602 - 22 Dec 1613 Died)
• Girolamo Curlo (27 Aug 1614 - 13 Nov 1616 Died)
• Nicolò Spínola, C.R. (30 Jan 1617 - 23 Sep 1622 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Gandolfo (20 Mar 1623 - 10 Jan 1633 Appointed, Bishop of Alba Pompea)
• Lorenzo Gavotti, C.R. (20 Jun 1633 - 27 Jan 1653 Resigned)
• Mauro Promontorio, O.S.B. (22 Jun 1654 - 4 Jan 1685 Died)
• Giovanni Girolamo Naselli (10 Sep 1685 - 7 Feb 1695 Appointed, Bishop of Luni e Sarzana)^[4]
• Giovanni Stefano Pastori (2 May 1695 - 29 May 1700 Died)^[5]
• Ambrogio Spinola, B. (6 Jun 1701 - 10 Mar 1710 Appointed, Bishop of Luni e Sarzana)^[6]
• Carlo Maria Mascardi, B. (7 Apr 1710 - 9 Dec 1731 Died)^[7]
• Antonio Maria Bacigalupi, Sch. P. (31 Mar 1732 - 15 Jul 1740 Died) ^[8]
• Pier Maria Giustiniani, O.S.B. (17 Apr 1741 - 5 Oct 1765 Died)^[9]
• Angelo Luigi Giovo, O.S.B. (28 Sep 1767 - 6 Apr 1774 Died)^[10]
• Domenico Maria Clavarini, O.P. (13 Mar 1775 - 1 Oct 1797 Died)^[11]
• Paolo Girolamo Orengo, Sch. P. (24 Sep 1804 - 30 May 1812 Died)
• Felice Levreri (Levrieri) (2 Oct 1820 Confirmed - 5 May 1824 Died)
• Giovanni Battista de Albertis (28 Feb 1831 Confirmed - 12 Nov 1836 Resigned)
• Lorenzo Giovanni Battista Biale (19 May 1837 Confirmed - 26 Jun 1877 Died)
• Tommaso Reggio (26 Jun 1877 Succeeded - 11 Jul 1892 Appointed, Archbishop of Genoa)
• Ambrogio Daffra (11 Jul 1892 - 3 Aug 1932 Died)
• Agostino Rousset (27 Jan 1933 - 3 Oct 1965 Died)
• Angelo Raimondo Verardo, O.P. (8 Apr 1967 - 7 Dec 1988 Retired)

Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo

Name Changed: 3 July 1975

• Giacomo Barabino (7 Dec 1988 - 20 Mar 2004 Retired)
• Alberto Maria Careggio (20 Mar 2004 - 25 Jan 2014 Retired)
• Antonio Suetta (25 Jan 2014 - )

Parishes

Of the 99 parishes, all but two are in the Province of Imperia, Liguria. The others are in the Province of Cuneo in Piedmont.^[12]

Liguria

Province of Imperia

Airole

S. Clemente

Santi Filippo e Giacomo

Apricale

Purificazione di Maria Vergine

Badalucco

S. Maria Assunta e S.Giorgio

SS. Vergine del Rosario

Bajardo

S. Nicolò da Bari

Bordighera

Immacolata Concezione

S. Maria Maddalena

S. Nicolò da Bari

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Camporosso

S. Marco Evangelista

SS. Trinità (Trinità)

Carpasio

S. Antonino

Castel Vittorio

S. Stefano Protomartire

Castellaro

S. Pietro in Vincoli

Ceriana

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Cipressa

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora degli Angeli

Visitazione di Maria Santissima

Costarainera

S. Antonio Abate

Dolceacqua

S. Antonio Abate

Isolabona

S. Maria Maddalena

Mendatica

S. Giacomo Maggiore

Molini di Triora

Natività di Maria Santissima

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora della Misericordia

S. Carlo Borromeo

S. Giacomo Apostolo

S. Lorenzo Martire

S. Vincenzo Ferreri

Santi Faustino e Giovita

Montalto Ligure

Santi Giovanni Battista e Giorgio

Olivetta San Michele

S. Antonio Da Padova

Santi Angeli Custodi

Ospedaletti

S. Giovanni Battista

Perinaldo

S. Nicolò di Bari

Pietrabruna

S. Bernardo

Santi Cosma e Damiano

Pigna

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Michele Arcangelo

Pompeiana

Nostra Signora Assunta

Riva Ligure

S. Maurizio Martire

Rocchetta Nervina

S. Stefano Protomartire

San Biagio della Cima

Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano

San Lorenzo al Mare

S. Maria Maddalena

Sanremo

Annunciazione (Borgo)

Natività di Maria Vergine

Nostra Signora del Rosario (Baragallo)

Nostra Signora della Mercede (S.Martino)

Nostra Signora della Misericordia (Marina)

S. Antonio

S. Bartolomeo

S. Donato

S. Giuseppe

S. Lorenzo Martire (Solaro)

S. Maria degli Angeli

S. Pietro Apostolo

S. Rocco

S. Romolo Vescovo

S. Siro nella Concattedrale

Sacro Cuore di Gesù (Bussana)

S. Sebastiano (Coldirodi)

S. Margherita (Poggio di Sanremo)

S. Giacomo Apostolo (San Giacomo)

Santo Stefano al Mare

S. Stefano Protomartire

Seborga

S. Martino Vescovo

Soldano

S. Giovanni Battista

Taggia

Santi Apostoli Giacomo e Filippo

Santi Francesco Saverio e Paola Romana Levà (Arma di Taggia)

Santi Giuseppe e Antonio (Arma di Taggia)

Terzorio

Natività di S. Giovanni Battista

Triora

Natività di Maria Santissima

Nostra Signora Assunta

Nostra Signora del Carmelo

Nostra Signora del Rosario

SS. Nome di Maria

Vallebona

S. Lorenzo Martire

Vallecrosia

Maria Ausiliatrice

S. Rocco

S. Antonio Abate (Vallecrosia Alta)

Ventimiglia

Addolorata e S.Luigi

Cattedrale Nostra Signora Assunta

Cristo Re

Natività di Maria SS.

Nostra Signora di Lourdes e S.Lorenzo

S. Agostino

S. Giovanni Battista

S. Michele Arcangelo

S. Nicola Da Tolentino

S. Pancrazio

S. Secondo

S. Teresa d’Avila

Santi Pietro e Paolo

Natività di Maria SS.Ma (Grimaldi di Ventimiglia)

Santi Angeli Custodi (Grimaldi di Ventimiglia)

S. Mauro (La Mortola Inferiore)

S. Bartolomeo (Latte)

Piedmont

Province of Cuneo

Ormea

Nostra Signora della Neve

S. Anna

References

1. "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Ventimiglia-San Remo" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. Ritzler, V, p. 409 with note 2.
5. Ritzler, V, p. 409 with note 3.
6. Ritzler, V, p. 410 with note 4.
7. Ritzler, V, p. 410 with note 4.
8. Bacigalupi was born in Genoa. He served as a lecturer in philosophy and theology, and then as Rector of the College of S. Maria in Porticu in Rome. He was Assistant, and then Procurator General of his Order. He was named Bishop of Ventimiglia on 31 March 1732, and consecrated in Rome on 4 May 1732 by Cardinal Pier Marcellino Corradini. Ritzler, VI, p. 437 with note 2.
9. Giustiniani was born in Chios. He was lecturer in philosophy and theology and Consultor of the Office of the Holy Inquisition in Cesena. He became Dean of the Congregation of Monte Cassino, O.S.B. He was named Bishop of Sagona (Corsica) on 9 December 1726, and was consecrated by Pope Benedict XIII on 22 December. He was named Bishop of Ventimiglia on 17 April 1741. Ritzler, V, p. 339 with note 6; VI, p. 437 with note 3.
10. Giovo was a native of Luni-Sarzana. He was lecturer in theology and then Prior of the monastery of S. Catherine in Genoa. He was approved as Bishop of Ventimiglia in Consistory by Pope Pius VI on 28 September 1767, and was consecrated in Rome on 29 September by Cardinal Ferdinando Rossi. Ritzler, VI, p. 437 with note 4.
11. Clavarini was a native of Genoa. He obtained the degree of Master of theology in 1773. He taught philosophy and theology in Luni. He was appointed Bishop of Ventimiglia on 13 March 1775, and was consecrated in Rome on 26 March by Cardinal Lazzaro Pallavicini. Ritzler, VI, p. 437 with note 5.
12. Source for parishes: CCI (2008), Parrocchie, Chiesa Cattolica Italiana, retrieved 2008-03-14

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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