Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perugia–Città della Pieve

Coordinates: 43°06′45″N 12°23′21″E / 43.1125°N 12.3891°E / 43.1125; 12.3891
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Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve

Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis
Coordinates
43°06′45″N 12°23′21″E / 43.1125°N 12.3891°E / 43.1125; 12.3891
Statistics
Area1,900 km2 (730 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
286,645
256,000 (89.3%)
Parishes154
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established2nd century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Lorenzo (Perugia)
Co-cathedralConcattedrale di Ss. Gervasio e Protasio (Città della Pieve)
Secular priests119 (diocesan)
76 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Archbishop electIvan Maffeis
Auxiliary BishopsMarco Salvi
Bishops emeritusGualtiero Bassetti
Website
www.diocesi.perugia.it

The Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve (

suffragans. It acquired suffragan dioceses in 1972. It was united in 1986 with the Diocese of Città della Pieve.[1][2]

History

In the

Julian the Apostate
(Cappelletti).

Notable successors of St. Herculanus:

  • Joannes, who consecrated Pope Pelagius I (566)
  • Aventius (591)
  • Laurentius (649)
  • Benenatus (679))
  • St. Asclepiodorus (about 700), whose relics were later taken to Metz
  • Conon (998) and Andreas (1033), who had various controversies with the abbots of San Pietro
  • Joannes (1105), who consecrated the monastery of Monte Corona
  • Vivianus, who was present at the council of 1179
  • Giovanni (1206), who gave a convent to St. Francis
  • Salvio de' Salvi (1231), a learned prelate, who restored Santo Stefano, the ancient cathedral
  • Francesco Poggi, O. Min. (1312), who built S. Domenico nuovo
  • Andrea Bontempi (1339), a cardinal, and legate general of Umbria
  • Andrea Giovanni Baglione (1434), who filled several convents with reformed religious
  • Dionisio Vannucci (1482), who erected the altar of the chapel del Sacro Anello
  • Giovanni Lopez (1492), a cardinal who enjoyed influence under Pope Alexander VI
  • Trilo Baglione (1501), deposed by Alexander VI for having taken up arms against Cesare Borgia and restored to his see by Pope Julius II
  • Antonio Ferreri (1506), who suspected by Julius II died in the Castle of S. Angelo in 1508
  • Cardinal Agostino Spinola (1510), under whom the canons of the cathedral, who since the twelfth century had lived according to the Rule of St. Augustine, were relieved of that rule
  • Giacomo Simoneta
    (1535), a cardinal
  • Fulvio Corneo
    (1550), reformer of the diocese and founder of the seminary
  • Ippolito Corneo (1553), who established a house of reform, and a monastery for poor young men
  • Giulio Oradini (1562), who founded a college for clerks
  • Napoleone Comitoli (1591), the founder of other charitable institutions
  • M. Ant. Ausidei (1726), who embellished the cathedral
  • Alessandro M. Odoardi (1776), a zealous prelate, who discovered the body of St. Costanzo
  • Camillo Campanelli (1804), who took the oath of allegiance to Napoleon
  • Carlo Filesio Cittadini (1818), against the Provisional Government of 1831, who saved the city from pillage at that time
  • Gioacchino Pecci
    (1846), who became Pope Leo XIII, and who made Perugia an archdiocese without suffragans

Ordinaries

Diocese of Perugia

Erected in the 2nd century with the Latin name Dioecesis Perusina

  • Bishop of Spoleto)[3]
  • ...
  • Archbishop of Capua
    )
  • Troilo Baglioni (27 Aug 1501 – 4 Aug 1503 (resigned))
  • Francisco de Remolins (4 Aug 1503 – Mar 1506 (resigned))
  • Antonio Ferrero (30 Mar 1506 – 23 Jul 1508 (died))
  • Matteo Baldeschi (degli Ubaldi) (28 Jul 1508 – Dec 1509 (died))
  • Agostino Spínola
    (19 Dec 1509 – 15 Feb 1529 (resigned))
  • Carlo Spinola
    (15 Feb 1529 – 15 Nov 1535 (died))
  • Giacomo Simonetta (20 Dec 1535 – 20 Jul 1538 (resigned))
  • Francesco Bernardino Simonetta (29 Jul 1538 – 1550 (died))
  • O.S.Io.Hieros.
    (5 Mar 1550 – 22 Mar 1553 (resigned))
  • Ippolito della Corgna (22 Mar 1553 – 1562 (resigned))
  • Giulio Oradini (17 Apr 1562 – 10 Sep 1564 (resigned))
  • O.S.Io.Hieros.
    (6 Sep 1564 – 5 May 1574 (resigned))
  • Bishop of Novara)[4]
  • O.P. (27 Nov 1579 – 29 Oct 1586 (died))[5]
  • Bishop of Osimo
    )
  • Napoleone Comitoli (19 Jul 1591 – 30 Aug 1624 (died))[6]
  • Archbishop of Monreale
    ))
  • Benedetto Ubaldi (2 Apr 1634 – 14 Dec 1643 (resigned)), cardinal
  • Orazio Monaldi (14 Dec 1643 – Dec 1656 (died))
  • Marcantonio Oddi (23 Jun 1659 – 24 Feb 1668 (died))
  • Lucalberto Patrizi (3 Jun 1669 – 29 Aug 1701 (died))
  • Antonio Felice Marsili (5 Dec 1701 – 5 Jul 1710 (died))
  • Vitale Giuseppe de' Buoi (23 Feb 1711 – 23 Nov 1726 (died))
  • Marco Antonio Ansidei (16 Dec 1726 – 14 Feb 1730 (died))
  • Francesco Riccardo Ferniani (11 Dec 1730 – 25 Aug 1762 (died))
  • Filippo Amadei (22 Nov 1762 – 9 Aug 1775 (died))
  • Alessandro Maria Odoardi (29 Jan 1776 – 2 Feb 1805 (died))
  • Camillo Campanelli (23 Sep 1805 – 30 Jul 1818 (died))
  • Carlo Filesio Cittadini (2 Oct 1818 – 16 Apr 1845 (died))
  • Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci
    , Archbishop (personal title), cardinal (in 1853) (19 Jan 1846 – 27 Feb 1880 (resigned upon election as Pope Leo XIII in 1878))
  • Federico Pietro Foschi (27 Feb 1880 – 12 Nov 1895 (died))

Archdiocese of Perugia

Elevated: 27 March 1882, with the Latin name Archidioecesis Perusina

  • Dario Mattei-Gentili (29 November 1895 – 30 September 1910 (resigned))
  • Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina
    )
  • Giovanni Battista Rosa (11 December 1922 – 29 October 1942 (died))
  • Mario Vianello (11 March 1943 – 13 August 1955 (died))
  • Ptolemais in Thebaide
    ; future cardinal)
  • Raffaele Baratta (17 December 1959 – 15 October 1968 (retired))
  • Ferdinando Lambruschini (15 October 1968 – 25 July 1981 (died))
  • Cesare Pagani (21 November 1981 – 12 March 1988 (died))

Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve

United: 30 September 1986 with the

Diocese of Città della Pieve
; Latin name: Archidioecesis Perusina-Civitatis Plebis

  • Ennio Antonelli (6 October 1988 – 26 May 1995 (resigned)); future cardinal
  • Giuseppe Chiaretti (9 December 1995 – 16 July 2009 (retired))
  • Gualtiero Bassetti (16 July 2009 – 27 May 2022 (retired)), cardinal in 2014[7]
  • Ivan Maffeis, archbishop elect

Citations

  1. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Perugia-Città della Pieve". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Bishop Agostino da Lanzano". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  4. ^ "Bishop Francesco Bossi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  5. ^ "Archbishop Vincenzo Ercolano (Herculani), O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. ^ "Bishop Napoleone Comitoli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  7. ^ "News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News".

General references

External links

  • Benigni, Umberto. "Archdiocese of Perugia".
    The Catholic Encyclopedia
    . Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. Retrieved: 2016-10-02.