Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona

Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis
Cathedral of Lanciano
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Chieti-Vasto
Statistics
Area	305 km2 (118 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2019) 87,891 83,780 (95.3%)
Parishes	42
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	27 April 1515 (508 years ago)
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale della Madonna del Ponte (Lanciano)
Co-cathedral	Basilica Concattedrale di S. Tommaso Apostolo (Ortona)
Secular priests	45 (diocesan) 27 (religious orders) 8 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Emidio Cipollone
Bishops emeritus	Carlo Ghidelli
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Website
Arcidiocesi Lanciano-Ortona (in Italian)

The Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (Latin : Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that has existed under this name since 1986. Since 1982, it has been a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto.

The historical Diocese of Lanciano was created in 1515. It was united with the Diocese of Ortona from 1818 to 1834, and again in 1986. The archbishop of Lanciano was Perpetual Administrator of the diocese of Ortona from 1834 to 1982, and then held the two dioceses aeque personaliter until 1986, when Ortona was permanently suppressed.

History

Until 1515 Lanciano was subject to the Bishop of Chieti. In 1515, Pope Leo X created Lanciano a separate diocese, and made it immediately subject to the Holy See, making the bishop of Chieti both angry and jealous. In 1562 Pope Pius IV, to end a dispute with that bishop, made it an archdiocese without suffragans. The first bishop was Angelo Maccafani; the first archbishop was the Dominican Leonardo Marini (1560). ^[1]

Ortona was an episcopal see in the time of Gregory the Great, who mentions the Bishop Calumniosus and his predecessor Blandinus. Another bishop was Joannes, who in 916 was the papal legate at the Council of Altheim. There is no record of a Bishop of Ortona after the tenth century. Pope Pius V in 1570 re-established the see, to which in 1569 the diocese of Campli was united.

Restoration

Following the extinction of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Congress of Vienna authorized the restoration of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples. It was imperative that Pope Pius VII and King Ferdinand IV reach agreement on restoration and restitution. Ferdinand, however, demanded the suppression of fifty dioceses. ^[2] On 17 July 1816, King Ferdinand issued a decree, in which he forbade the reception of any papal document without prior reception of the royal exequatur. This meant that prelates could not receive bulls of appointment, consecration, or installation without the king's permission. ^[3]

A concordat was finally signed on 16 February 1818, and ratified by Pius VII on 25 February 1818. Ferdinand issued the concordat as a law on 21 March 1818. ^[4] The right of the king to nominate the candidate for a vacant bishopric was recognized, as in the Concordat of 1741, subject to papal confirmation (preconisation). ^[5] On 27 June 1818, Pius VII issued the bull De Ulteriore, in which the diocese of Ortona was suppressed, and its ecclesiastical territory was assigned to the archdiocese of Lanciano. ^[6] When, in 1818, Ortona was joined to Lanciano, the territory of the diocese of Campli was assigned to the diocese of Teramo. ^[7]

On 17 June 1834, Pope Gregory XVI issued the bull Ecclesiarum omnium, in which the arrangement made in 1818 was reversed. The diocese of Ortona was restored, and the cathedral which had been reduced to the status of a collegiate church was restored to cathedral status. It's college of clerics again became the canons of the cathedral of Ortona. The finances of the old diocese of Ortona, which had been incorporated into those of the diocese of Lanciano, were again separated. The one exception to the return to the status quo ante was the seminary. It was deemed more efficient for both dioceses to use the seminary of Lanciano on equal terms. ^[8] The archbishop of Lanciano became the "Perpetual Administrator of the Church of Ortona." ^[9]

On 10 September 1881, a major earthquake caused considerable damage in Lanciano and in Orsogna, with some loss of life and many injuries. In Orsogna, 14 km (9 mi) west of Lanciano, all six churches were damaged or fell. ^[10]

New ecclesiastical province

On 2 March 1982, Pope John Paul II issued the bull, Fructuosae Ecclesiae, in which he created the new ecclesiastical province of Chieti (Theatina), granting it as suffragan dioceses Vasto, Lanciano and Ortona. The metropolitan status of Lanciano was cancelled, though its archbishop was permitted to retain the title of archbishop. The diocese of Ortona was joined to the archdiocese of Lanciano aeque principaliter, that is, one single bishop was bishop of two dioceses at the same time. ^[11]

In 2015 Lanciano celebrated the 500th anniversary of the diocese. ^{[12] [13]}

Bishops and archbishops

Diocese of Lanciano

Erected: 27 April 1515
Latin Name: Lancianensis

• Angelo Maccafani (1515 – 1517) ^[14]

Sede vacante (1517–1532)

• Egidio da Viterbo, O.E.S.A. (1532) ^[15]

Sede vacante (1532–1535)

• Michele Fortini, O.P. (1535 – 1539) ^[16]
• Juan Salazar Fernández (1540 – 1555) ^[17]
• Pompeo Piccolomini (1556 – 1560) ^[18]
• Leonardo Marini, O.P. (26 Jan 1560 – 1566) ^[19]

Archdiocese of Lanciano

Elevated: 9 February 1562
Latin Name: Lancianensis

Sede vacante (1566 – 1568)

• Ettore Piscicelli (1568 – 1569) ^[20]
• Antonio Gaspar Rodríguez, O.F.M. (1570 – 1578) ^[21]
• Mario Bolognini (1579 – 1588) ^[22]
• Paolo Tasso (1588 – 1607) ^[23]

Sede vacante (1607 – 1610)

• Lorenzo Monzonís Galatina, O.F.M. (1610 – 1617) ^[24]
• Francisco Romero, O. Carm. (14 May 1618 – 1621) ^[25]
• Andrea Gervasi (24 Jan 1622 – 9 Aug 1668 Died) ^{[26] [27]}
• Alfonso Álvarez Barba Ossorio, O. Carm. (9 Sep 1669 – 1673) ^[28]
• Francesco Antonio Carafa, C.R. (27 May 1675 – 1687) ^[29]
• Manuel de la Torre Gutiérrez, O. de M. (9 Aug 1688 – 21 Jul 1694 Died) ^[30]
• Giovanni Andrea Monreale (4 Jul 1695 – 1696) ^[31]
• Bernabé de Castro, O.S.A. (25 Feb 1697 – 1700) ^[32]
• Giovanni Uva, O.F.M. (18 Apr 1701 – Jan 1717) ^[33]
• Antonio Paternò (8 Feb 1719 – 1730) ^[34]
• Arcangelo Maria Luc Thomas Ciccarelli, O.P. (1731 – 1738) ^[35]
• Domenico Angelo de Pace (26 Jan 1739 – 7 Mar 1745) ^[36]
• Anton Ludovico Antinori, C.O. (21 Jun 1745 Confirmed – 1754) ^[37]
• Giacomo Lieto (20 May 1754 Confirmed – 5 Feb 1769) ^[38]
• Domenico Gervasoni (20 Nov 1769 Confirmed – Nov 1784 Died) ^[39]
• Francesco Saverio de Vivo (18 Dec 1786 Confirmed – 1792) ^[40]
• Francesco Amoroso (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed – 8 Jul 1807 Died) ^[41]

Sede vacante (1807 – 1818)

Archdiocese of Lanciano

• Francesco Maria de Luca, O.F.M. (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed – 13 Jan 1839 Died) ^[42]

Archdiocese of Lanciano

Co-cathedral-Basilica in Ortona

In 1834, the diocese of Ortona was restored, in perpetual administratorship by Lanciano ^[43]

• Ludovico Rizzuti (23 Dec 1839 Confirmed – 4 Aug 1848 Died) ^[44]
• Giacomo de Vincentiis (22 Dec 1848 – 5 May 1866 Died)
• Francesco Maria Petrarca (23 Feb 1872 – 26 Dec 1895 Died) ^[45]
• Angelo Della Cioppa (22 Jun 1896 – 29 Jan 1917 Died)
• Nicola Piccirilli (25 Apr 1918 – 4 Mar 1939 Died)
• Francesco Pietro Tesauri (25 May 1939 – 25 Aug 1945 Died)
• Gioacchino Di Leo (18 Feb 1946 – 5 Jul 1950 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Mazara del Vallo)
• Benigno Luciano Migliorini, O.F.M. (13 Mar 1951 – 1 Jul 1962 Died)
• Pacifico Maria Luigi Perantoni, O.F.M. (21 Aug 1962 – 14 Aug 1974 Retired)
• Leopoldo Teofili (14 Aug 1974 – 22 Dec 1981 Died)

Archdiocese of Lanciano e Ortona

The two dioceses held by a single bishop, 1982–1986

• Enzio d'Antonio (13 May 1982 – 25 Nov 2000 Retired)

Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona

1986: Diocese of Ortona suppressed

• Carlo Ghidelli (25 Nov 2000 – 11 Oct 2010 Retired)
• Emidio Cipollone (11 Oct 2010 – ) ^[46]

See also

• Diocese of Ortona

References

1. "Archdiocese of Lanciano–Ortona, Italy". GCatholic.
2. Francesco Scaduto (1887). Stato e chiesa nelle due Sicilie dai Normanni ai giorni nostri (in Italian). Palermo: A. Amenta. pp.  42–58, 74–78.
3. Vito Giliberti (1845), Polizia ecclesiastica del regno delle due Sicilie (in Italian), (Napoli: F. Azzolini), pp. 399-400.
4. F. Torelli (1848), La chiave del concordato dell'anno 1818 I, second edition (Naples: Fibreno 1848), pp. 1-19.
5. Torelli I, p. 9.
6. Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus 15 (Rome 1853), p. 59, § 20: "Supprimentes itidem episcopalem ecclesiam Ortonensem, ecclesiam et dioecesim hujusmodi perpetuo adjungimus et incorporamus archiepiscopali ecclesiae Lancianensi, cui nullus suffragabitur episcopus."
7. Bullarii Romani Continuatio Tomus 15 (Rome 1853), p. 59, § 29: "Praeterae episcopalem ecclesiam Camplensem perpetuo supprimentes, illius civitatem ac dioecesim alteri episcopali ecclesiae Aprutinae adjungimus et incorporamus."
8. Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1818: contenente i brevi e le lettere apostoliche, i reali decreti erescritti, le circolari ed istruzioni pubblicate dall'anno 1832 a tutto l'anno 1834, Part 6 (Napoli: Stamperia dentro la Pieta de'Turchini, 1835), pp. 101-118.
9. Notizie per l'anno MDCCCXLV (Roma: Cracas 1845), p. 138.
10. Mario Baratta, I terremoti d'Italia (Torino: Bocca 1901), p. 487: "Il giorno 10 settembre, ad 8h ant., una scossa rovinosa colpì Orsogna e Lanciano : nell' ultima località tutte le volte ed i muri delle case furono o danneggiati o rovinati : uguale sorte ebbero le chiese, una delle quali fu atterrata; molte persone furono ferite e qualcuna vi restò vittima. Ad Orsogna tutte le case furono più o meno danneggiate... le 6 chiese tutte lesionate e in parte cadute."
11. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 74 (Citta del Vaticano 1982), pp. 665-666.
12. "Rinunce e nomine". press.vatican.va. Retrieved Dec 18, 2019.
13. "Web Translator". www.translatetheweb.com. Retrieved Dec 18, 2019.
14. Maccafani was a native of Pireto (Marsi). He was appointed on 27 June 1515, by Pope Leo X. He was present at the tenth session of the Fifth Lateran Council on 15 December 1515. He died on 1 December 1517. Ughelli VI, p. 789. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 218.
15. Cardinal Egidio Canisio was appointed on 10 April 1532, at the request of the Emperor Charles V. He died in Rome on 12 November 1532. Ughelli VI, p. 790. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica III, p. 218.
16. Fortini was nominated by Charles V, and appointed by Pope Paul III on 26 February 1535. He died in Rome on 15 February 1539. Ughelli VI, p. 790. Eubel III, p. 218.
17. Salazar was a native of Burgos (Spain). He was appointed bishop of Lanciano by Pope Paul III on 30 April 1540. He took possession of the diocese on 21 May 1540. He attended the sessions of the Council of Trent from December 1545 to April 1552. He died in Spain on 12 September 1555. Ughelli VI, p. 790. Eubel III, p. 218 with note 4.
18. Pompeo Piccolomini d'Aragona was the son of the Duke of Amalfi. He was nominated bishop of Lanciano by Philip II of Spain in his capacity as King of Naples, and approved by Pope Paul IV on 12 January 1556. For four years he was only bishop-elect, not having received episcopal consecration. On 26 January 1560, Piccolomini was appointed Bishop of Tropea. He died on 3 May 1562. Ughelli VI, p. 790. Eubel III, pp. 218, 320.
19. A native of Genoa, Marini had been Bishop of Laodicea (Syria). He was appointed Bishop of Lanciano on 26 January 1560 by Pope Pius IV. On 7 October 1566 Marini was appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Alba Pompea by Pope Pius V. Ughelli VI, p. 790. Eubel III, p. 218 with note 6.
20. Piscicelli held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure . He had been royal auditor in the province of Calabria, and had been involved in criminal activity. When he was nominated archbishop of Lanciano by King Philip II, he required a dispensation, but he was appointed by Pope Pius V on 13 October 1568. He was granted the pallium on 12 November 1568. He died on 23 September 1569, after less than a year in office. Eubel III, p. 218 with note 7.
21. Antonio was a native of Spain. He had been Bishop of Montemarano from 1552 to 1570. He was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano by Pope Pius V on 20 October 1570. He served as a legate of Pope Gregory XIII to King Philip II, to get the king to sign a treaty against the turks. He died on 1 November 1578, Ughelli VI, pp. 793-794, VIII no. 3. Eubel III, p. 218 with note 8; 249 with note 4.
22. Bolognini was a native of Caiazzo. He was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano on 3 July 1579, by Pope Gregory XIII. On 3 Oct 1588 Bolognini was named Bishop of Crotone, and allowed to retain the personal title of Archbishop. He later became Archbishop of Salerno. Ughelli VI, p. 792. Eubel III, pp. 180 with note 9; 218 with note 9; 289 with note 15. David M. Cheney, "Archbishop Mario Bolognini" Catholic-Hierarchy.org ; retrieved March 21, 2016.^{[ self-published source ]}
23. A native of Naples, Tasso held the degree of Doctor in utroque iure , was a protonotary apostolic, and was a canon of the cathedral of Naples. He was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano in the consistory of 17 October 1588, by Pope Sixtus V. He died on 2 September 1607. Ughelli VI, p. 792-793. Eubel III, p. 218 with note 10.
24. Galatina had been Bishop of Minervino from 1596 to 1606. He was appointed Archbishop of Lanciano on 27 January 1610. On 20 November 1617, he was named Bishop of Pozzuoli, and allowed to retain his title of Archbishop. He died in 1631. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, p. 214 with note 2; 243 with note 2; 289 with note 3.
25. On 11 January 1621, on the nomination of King Philip III of Spain, Romero was named Bishop of Vigevano, and allowed to retain his title of Archbishop. He died in Madrid on 16 July 1635. Gauchat IV, pp. 214 with note 3; 369 with note 4. David M. Cheney, "Archbishop Francisco Romero, O. Carm." Catholic-Hierarchy.org ; retrieved March 9, 2019.^{[ self-published source ]}
26. Gervasi died on 9 August 1668. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 235, note 2.
27. "Ortona a Mare e Campli (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org.
28. On 29 May 1673, Barba was appointed Archbishop of Brindisi. Ritzler & Sefrin V, pp. 128 with note 3; 235 with note 3.
29. On 24 November 1687, Carafa was appointed Bishop of Catania, retaining his personal title of Archbishop. He died on 26 August 1692. Ritzler & Sefrin V, pp. 150 with note 3; 235 with note 4.
30. Torre: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 235 with note 5.
31. On 21 May 1696, Monreale was appointed Archbishop of Reggio Calabria. He died in Naples in July 1726. Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 235 with note 6; 332 with note 4.
32. On 15 December 1700, De Castro was appointed Archbishop of Brindisi. He died on 11 December 1707. Ritzler & Sefrin V, pp. 129 with note 8; 235 with note 7.
33. Uva: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 235 with note 8.
34. Paterno: Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 235 with note 9.
35. Ciccarelli was born in Altamura (province of Bari) in 1671, and was a master of theology. He was nominated bishop of Lanciano by the emperor on 13 January 1731, and was approved by Pope Benedict XIII on 30 April 1731. He was consecrated in Rome on 3 May by Cardinal Corradini. On 19 December 1738, Ciccarelli was confirmed as Bishop of Ugento, with the retention of the title of Archbishop. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 2; 424 with note 4.
36. De Pace: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 3.
37. On 22 April 1754 de Pace was confirmed as Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 64 with note 5; 251 with note 4.
38. Lieto: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 5.
39. Gervasoni: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 6.
40. On 27 February 1792, De Vivo was confirmed Bishoo of Nusco, with the retention of his title of Archbishop, by Pope Pius VI. He died in 1797. Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 7; 316 with note 4.
41. Amoroso: Ritzler & Sefrin VI, pp. 251 with note 8.
42. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 230.
43. Gams, p. 888, column 2.
44. Notizie per l'anno MDCCCXLV (Roma: Cracas 1845), p. 138. Ritzler & Sefrin VII, p. 230; VIII, p. 331.
45. Petrarca: Luigi Renzetti, "Francesco Petrarca, Arcivescovo di Lanciano," in: La Rivista abruzzese di scienze, lettere ed arti 10 (Teramo: Tipografia del Corriere abruzzese, 1895), pp. 134-141.
46. Cipollone: Arcidiocesi Lanciano-Ortona, "Biografia EMIDIO CIPOLLONE, Arcivescovo," (in Italian); retrieved: 29 January 2023.

Books

Reference works

• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. p. 888.
• Eubel, Conradus; Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. III (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi... (in Latin). Vol. VII (1800–1846). Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana.
• Remigius Ritzler; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. VIII (1846–1903). Il Messaggero di S. Antonio.
• Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi... (in Latin). Vol. IX (1903-1922). Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN   978-88-250-1000-8.

Studies

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. vigesimoprimo (21). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 87–90.
• D'Avino, Vincenzo (1848). Cenni storici sulle chiese arcivescovili, vescovili, e prelatizie (nulluis) del Regno delle Due Sicilie (in Italian). Napoli: Ranucci. pp. 287–291.
• Renzetti, Luigi (1887). Il santuario di Nostra Donna del Ponte e i vescovi ed arcivescovi della città di Lanciano : note storiche.(in Italian). Lanciano: tip. F. Tommasini, 1887.
• Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1720). Italia Sacra Sive De Episcopis Italiae (in Latin). Vol. Tomus sextus (6). Venezia: Coleti. pp. 786–794.

External links

• Enzio d'Antonio, "La genesi storica della Chiesa Frentana". Arcidiocesi Lanciano-Ortona. Retrieved: 29 January 2023.
• Gabriel Chow, GCatholic, GCatholic.org page.^{[ self-published source ]}
• David M. Cheney, Catholic-hierarchy.org, diocese of Ortona.^{[ self-published source ]}

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