Roman Catholic Diocese of Strongoli

The Diocese of Strongoli was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Strongoli, Calabria. In 1818, it was suppressed,[1][2] with the bull De utiliori of Pope Pius VII, and his territory was absorbed in the Diocese of Cariati.

History

  • 546: Established as Diocese of Strongoli
  • June 27, 1818: Suppressed (to Archdiocese of Santa Severina)
  • 1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Strongoli

Bishops

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Diocese of Strongoli

to 1600

...

  • Domenico Rossi (bishop) (1433–1470 Died)[3][4]
  • Nicola Balistari (1470–1479 Died)[4]
  • Giovanni di Castello (1479–1486 Appointed, Bishop of Carinola)[4]
  • Giovanni Antonio Gotti (1486–1496 Died)[4]
  • Girolamo Lusco (1496–1509 Died)[4]
  • Gaspare de Murgiis (1509–1534 Died)[5]
  • Girolamo Grimaldi (1534–1535 Resigned)[5]
  • Pietro Ranieri (1535–1541 Resigned)[5]
  • Girolamo Zacconi (1541–1558 Resigned)[5]
  • Matteo Zacconi (1558–1565 Died)[5]
  • Tommaso Orsini (1566–1568 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)[5]
  • Timoteo Giustiniani (1568–1571 Died)[5]
  • Gregorio Forbicini (1572–1579 Died)[5]
  • Rinaldo Corso (1579–1582 Died)[5]
  • Domenico Petrucci (1582–1584 Appointed, Bishop of Bisignano)[5]
  • Giovanni Luigi Marescotti (1585–1587 Died)[5]
  • Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. (1587–1590 Died)[5]
  • Claudio Vico (1590–1599 Died)[5]
  • Marcello Lorenzi (1600–1601 Died)[6]

1600 to 1800

1818: Suppressed; territory transferred to the Diocese of Cariati

Titular Bishops of Strongoli

  • Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C.[8] (1969 –1976 Resigned)
  • Olavio López Duque, O.A.R.[9] (1977–2013 Died)

Barthol Barretto, is the Auxiliary of Archdiocese of Bombay (from 2016 onwards)

References

  1. ^ Cheney, David M. "Diocese of Strongoli". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved January 3, 2019. [self-published]
  2. ^ Chow, Gabriel. "Titular Episcopal See of Strongoli (Italy)". GCatholic.org. Retrieved January 3, 2019. [self-published]
  3. ^ Morelli, Tommaso (January 1, 1859). Opuscoli storici e biografici di Tommaso Morelli. Stab. Tipogr. del Cav. Gaetano Nobile. pp. 66. Domenico Rossi strongoli.
  4. ^ a b c d e Eubel, Konrad (1914). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. II (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 242. (in Latin)
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Eubel, Konrad (1923). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 304–305. (in Latin)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. IV. Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. p. 323. (in Latin)
  7. ^ a b c d Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi. Vol. V. Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 364. (in Latin)
  8. ^ Verhoeven had resigned as Bishop of Manado, Indonesia.
  9. ^ López Duque was Vicar Apostolic of Casanare, Columbia.