Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

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Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Dioecesis Mazariensis
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Mazara del Vallo Cathedral
Location
Country Italy
Ecclesiastical province Palermo
Statistics
Area1,374 km2 (531 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2023)
  • 226,000 (est.) Decrease2.svg
  • 214,000 (est.) Increase2.svg (94.7%)
Parishes67
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established1093
(931–932 years ago)
CathedralBasilica Cattedrale di SS. Salvatore
Secular priests 62 (diocesan) Decrease2.svg
30 (Religious Orders)
4 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Angelo Giurdanella
Bishops emeritus Domenico Mogavero
Map
Diocesi di Mazara del Vallo.png
Website
www.diocesimazara.it

The Diocese of Mazara del Vallo (Latin : Dioecesis Mazariensis) is a Latin church diocese of the Catholic Church in far western Sicily. Founded in 1093, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Palermo. [1]

Contents

History

The area had previously been part of the Diocese of Lilybaeum (Marsala), a port 27 mi (22.0 km) to the northwest, which was captured by the Muslims in 827. [2] At that time it was a suffragan diocese of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, having earlier been dependent on Rome. [3] Under the Normans, Lilybaeum was not reestablished.

In the struggle of the Saracens against the Normans for the possession of Sicily, Mazara was hotly contested, especially in 1075 when Roger I of Sicily emerged victorious. In 1077, the port city of Trapani was captured. Mazara was captured in 1092, and, with the permission of Pope Urban II, a new diocese of Mazara del Vallo was established at the seaport of Mazara (Mazzara) in 1093.

Norman Sicily

In 1093, Count Roger granted the territories forming the diocese of Mazara to Bishop Stephen of Rouen, his consanguineus (blood relative), and his successors. The territory of Trapani was included in the territory Mazara del Vallo. [4] Roger was insistent that the dioceses he established should belong to the Roman rite, and that the bishops should be consecrated by the pope. He applied the same policy with the foundation of the diocese of Squillace in Calabria in 1096. [5]

The privileges of Mazara were confirmed by Pope Paschal II in the bull "Omnipotentis Dei nutu" of 15 October 1100. [6]

In 1130, at the request of King Roger II of Sicily, the antipope Anacletus II granted the archbishops of Palermo the right to consecrate three bishops of Sicily: Syracuse, Agrigento and Mazara. This made the three dioceses suffragans of the metropolitan of Palermo. This arrangement was confirmed by Pope Adrian IV in 1156. [7]

In 1176, a part of the diocesan territory was transferred to the abbey of Monreale. [8]

The diocese was obligated to pay an annual pension to the Chapter of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. [9]

It is noted that in 1101, Basilian monks were in possession of the monastery of Santa Maria de Alto and at Santi Niccolo e Giovanni. Benedictine monks had a monastery at San Michele Archangelo. [10] There was also a Basilian monastery of San Michele, founded c. 1127 by George of Antioch, the admiral of King Roger II. [11] The monastery of Sainte-Marie de l'Abita was founded in 1383, by Enrico Vintimille, the lord if Abita.

Cathedral

The cathedral, founded by Count Roger and Bishop Stefano, was later embellished by Bishop Tustino (1157–1180). Dedicated to the Holy Savior, it had a Chapter composed of four dignities and eighteen Canons. [12] The dignities are: the Cantor, the Archdeacon, the Dean, and the Treasurer. the right of appointment of the Cantor belongs to the Pope. If a vacancy in one of the other dignities or a canonicate occurs between January and June, the right of appointment belongs to the Pope, and if the vacancy occurs between July and December, to the Bishop . [13]

Bishop Carlos Impellizzeri (1650 – 1654) and Bishop Giovanni Lonzano had the bell tower and most of the façade constructed. [14]

A fair was held annually on 6 August, in honor of the Savior, the dedicant of the cathedral. [15]

Post-Tridentine events

A diocesan synod was held under Bishop Antonio Lombardo (1573 – 1579) in 1575. [16]

Bishop Bernardo Gascó (1579–1586) founded the diocesan clerical seminary in accordance with the decrees of the Council of Trent in 1580. [17] He held a diocesan synod in 1584. [18]

Cardinal Giovanni Domenico Spinola, bishop of Mazara (1636–1646), visited the diocese twice, in 1640 and in 1646. He held a diocesan synod in 1641, and published its decrees in a volume of 291 pages. [19] Bishop Franciscus Maria Graffeo (1685–1695) held a diocesan synod in 1694. [20] Bishop Bartolomeo Castelli (1695–1730) presided over a diocesan synod on 15 July 1698, and published the revised and amplified diocesan statutes. [21]

In 1670, the city of Mazara had approximately 9,000 inhabitants. [22] In 1742, the town of Mazara had approximately 6000 citizens. [23]

On 8 June 1844, the diocese of Trapani was established by Pope Gregory XVI, with the bull "Ut Animarum Pastores." Six towns and their territories were withdrawn from the northern part of the diocese of Mazara. [24]

By a decree of the Consistorial Congregation of the Roman Curia, and with the approval of Pope Pius XII, on 15 September 1950 the communities of Alcamo, Calatafimi, Castellammare del Golfo, and the territory of Borgo Fazio were removed from the diocese of Mazara and transferred to the diocese of Trapani. At the same time, the island of Pantelleria (Cossura) was transferred from Trapani to Mazara. [25]

By virtue of the Apostolic Letter, "Ianua Coeli", of 10 March 1962, Pope John XXIII officially recognized the Virgin Mary (under the title of Madonna del Paradiso), and Saints Vito, Modesto, and Crescentia as the patrons of the diocese of Mazara. [26]

Bishops of Mazara del Vallo

to 1300

  • (1093 – ca. 1125) : Stephanus de Ferro [27]
  • Ubertus
  • (by 1157 – 1180) : Tustinus (Tristanus) [28]
  • Benvenutus, O.Min. [29]
  • (attested 1182, 1183) : Matthaeus [30]
  • (attested 1188) : Laurentius [30]
  • (attested 1193) : Ignotus [31]
  • (attested 1198, 1199) : Ignotus (attested 1198, 1199) [32]
  • (attested 1200, 1201) : Petrus [33]
  • (attested 1208) : Ignotus [34]
  • Julianus (attested 1226) [35]
  • (attested 10 October 1239) : Ignotus [36]
  • [ (attested 1259) : Quintilius ] [37]
  • (18 January 1256 – 10 August 1270) : Nicolaus, O.Cist. [38]
  • (attested 1260) : Lucas [39]
  • (1270) : Benvenutus, O.Cist.
  • (1271 – 6 April 1283) : Ioannes Fulvius (Fulcus) [40]
  • (c. 1288) : Guilelmus [41]

from 1300 to 1500

  • (1305 – 1313) : Gothofredus Roncioni
  • (1313 – 1327) : Peregrinus de Pactis O.P.
  • (1327 – 1330) : Petrus Roganus, O.P.
  • (1330 – 1334) : Ferrarius de Abella, O.P. [42]
  • (14 June 1335 – 1342) : Hugo de Pistoria, O.P. [43]
  • (20 November 1342 – 1347) : Bernardus [44]
  • (22 June 1347 – 1349) : Raimundus [45]
  • (1349 – 1355) : Guilelmus Monstrius [46]
  • (24 April 1347 – 1361) : Gregory, O.S.B. [47]
  • (1362 – 1363) : Francesco da Catania [48]
  • (1363 – 1383) : Rogerius de Platea, O.F.M. [49]
  • (1386? – 1388?) : Franciscus de Regno, O.Min. (Roman Obedience) [50]
  • (1388 – ) : Anastasius (Avignon Obedience) [51]
  • (1388 – ) : Franciscus, O.P. (Roman Obedience) [52]
  • (1391 – 1414) : Franciscus Vitalis [53]
  • (1415 – 1448) : Giovanni Rosa, O.F.M. [54]
  • (14 June 1415 –  ?) : Petrus, O.Min. (Avignon-Perpignan Obedience) [55]
  • (1449 – 1458) : Basilios Bessarion, O.S.B.M., in commendam [56]
  • (1458 – 1467) : Joannes Burgius [57]
  • (1467 – 1469) : Paolo Visconti, O.Carm. [58]
  • (1469 – 1485) : Giovanni de Monteaperto [59]
  • (1486 – 1503) : Joannes Castrinot [60]

from 1500 to 1700

(1525 – 1526) : Agostino de Francisco, Administrator [62]

since 1700

  • (1695 – 1730) : Bartolomeo Castelli, C.R. [81]
  • (1731 – 1741) : Alessandro Caputo, O. Carm. [82]
  • (1742 – 1758) : Giuseppe Stella [83]
  • (1759 – 1765 Resigned) :Girolamo Palermo, C.R. [84]
  • (1766 – 1771) : Michele Scavo [85]
  • (1772 – 1791) : Ugone Papé di Valdina [86]
  • (3 Dec 1792 – 21 Dec 1811) : Orazio della Torre [87]
  • (1816 – 1829) : Emmanuele Custo [88]
  • (17 Dec 1832 – 4 Jul 1842) :Luigi Scalabrini, O. Carm.
  • (20 Jan 1845 – 1857) : Antonio Salomone [89]
  • (1858 – 1882) : Carmelo Valenti, C.SS.R. [90]
  • (22 Sep 1882 – 5 Mar 1900) : Antonio Maria Saeli, C.SS.R. [91]
  • (15 Jun 1900 – 1 Apr 1903 Resigned) : Gaetano Quattrocchi
  • (22 Jun 1903 – 21 Jun 1933) : Nicola Maria Audino
  • (18 Sep 1933 – 8 Aug 1949 Resigned) : Salvatore Ballo Guercio
  • (5 Jul 1950 – 8 Oct 1963) : Gioacchino Di Leo
  • (26 Dec 1963 – 21 Mar 1977 Retired) : Giuseppe Mancuso
  • (21 Mar 1977 – 7 Dec 1987 Retired) : Costantino Trapani, O.F.M.
  • (7 Dec 1987 – 15 Nov 2002 Retired) : Emanuele Catarinicchia
  • (15 Nov 2002 – 2006) : Calogero La Piana, S.D.B. [92]
  • (22 Feb 2007 – 2022 Retired) : Domenico Mogavero
  • (29 Jul 2022 – ) : Angelo Giurdanella

References

  1. ↑ David M. Cheney, Catholic-Hierarchy.org , "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo"; retrieved February 17, 2016.[ self-published source ] Gabriel Chow., GCatholic.org, "Diocese of Mazara del Vallo"; retrieved February 17, 2016. [ self-published source ]
  2. ↑ Cappelletti, Vol. 21, pp. 548-549.
  3. ↑ Of the bishops of Lilybaeum, the best known is Paschasinus, legate of Pope Leo I at the Council of Chalcedon (451). Charles Joseph Hefele (1883). A History of the Councils of the Church: From the Original Documents. Vol. III. A.D. 431 to A.D. 451. Edinburgh: Clark. pp. 295–296, 323, 343, 354, 385, 423–426..
  4. ↑ Donald Matthew, The Norman Kingdom of Sicily (Cambridge: CUP 1992), p. 17, with typographical error for the date of capture of "1072" for the actual "1092". Cappelletti, Vol. 21, pp. 549-550. Salvatore Corso, "Trapani," (in Italian), in: Storia delle chiese di Sicilia (Città del Vaticano: Libreria editrice Vaticano 2009), pp. 749–752.
  5. ↑ F. Ughelli, Italia Sacra(in Latin) Vol. 9 (Venice: S. Caleti 1721), pp. 426-427. Bishop Stefano de Ferro of Mazara was present at the assembly at which the document of foundation was issued, as was the papal vicar Saxo of Cassano.
  6. ↑ Pirro, II, pp. 840-842; text of the bull on p. 843. Kehr, p. 252, no. 2. Pope Paschal was at Melfi at the time, accompanied by Bishop Roger of Syracuse.
  7. ↑ Kehr, pp. 250; 262, no. 3, no. 4.
  8. ↑ Kehr, pp. 251, 276.
  9. ↑ Cappelletti, p. 549.
  10. ↑ Cappelletti, p. 550.
  11. ↑ Jaffé, p. 251. Some, at least, of its documents have been labelled forgeries.
  12. ↑ Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 note 1. Cappelletti, vol. 21, p. 549.
  13. ↑ Girolamo di Marzo-Ferro (1860). Stato presente della chiesa di Sicilia, ossia continuazione alla Sicilia sacra di Rocco Pirri (in Italian). Palermo: Lo Bianco. pp. 77–78.
  14. ↑ Castelli, p. 321, col. 2.
  15. ↑ H. Bresc, 'Les territoires de la grâce: l'évêché de Mazara (1430–1450," (in French) in: D. Coulon; C. Otten-Froux, P. Pagès, and D. Valérian (edd.), Chemins d'outre-mer (Paris: Editions de a Sorbonne 2016), p. 78.
  16. ↑ Constitutiones et decreta condita in plena Synodo Diocesana sub ill.mo et rev.mo D. A.Lombardo, episc. mazariensis(in Latin) (Panormi: apud J.M. Maydam 1575). Ephemerides iuris canonici, (in Latin) Volume 47 (Rome-Venice: Officium libri catholici, 1991), p. 6.
  17. ↑ Cappelletti, vol. 21, p. 552-553.
  18. ↑ Gams, p. 949.
  19. ↑ Cappelletti, p. 554. Mazariensis Ecclesiae Synodus ab eminent.mo et reuerend.mo domino d. Ioanne Dominico Spinola, (in Latin), Panormo: apud Petrum Coppulam, 1641.
  20. ↑ Cappelletti, p. 555.
  21. ↑ Decreta synodalia mazariensis ecclesiæ ab eminentiss. et reverendiss. dom. D. Ioanne Dominico Spinola ... edita. Ab illustriss. ... D. Bartholomæo Castelli episcopo mazariensi confirmata addictionibus, et variationibus aucta ann. Dom. 1698, (in Latin) Trapani: per Bartholom. de Franco, 1699.
  22. ↑ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica V, p. 261, note 1.
  23. ↑ Ritzler & Sefrin, Hierarchia catholica VII, p. 282, note 1.
  24. ↑ Acta Gregorii Papae XVI: Pars prima canonica,(in Latin) Volumen III, pp. 346–351. Collezione degli atti emanati dopo la pubblicazione del Concordato dell'anno 1818: I brevi e le lettere apostoliche, i reali decreti e rescritti, le circolari ed istruzioni pubblicate da gennajo 1842 a tutto dicembre 1844; non che una copiosa appendice a' precedenti volumi, (in Latin and Italian), Volume 10 (Napoli: Stamperia dell'Iride, 1847), pp. 191–210.
  25. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 42 (Città del Vaticano 1950), pp. 888-889.
  26. ↑ Acta Apostolicae Sedis Vol. 54 (Città del Vaticano 1962), pp. 774-775.
  27. ↑ In 1093 Count Roger granted the territories forming the diocese of Mazara to Bishop Stephen and his successors, with permission of Pope Urban II. The privileges were confirmed by Pope Paschal II in a bull of 15 October 1100. Pirro, II, pp. 840-842. Gams, p. 948
  28. ↑ Tustinus, or Tristinus, or Justinus, apparently subscribed a document: Ego Tustinus, Dei gratia Mazarensis qui et Lilybitanus. In 1157 he subscribed a grant of King William I of Sicily (1154–1166). He was a friend and Councilor of William II (1166–1189). In October 1176, at the request of William II and with the consent of the Chapter of Marzara, Tustin ceded the town(s) of Giati and Calatrasi to the Abbot of Monreale and new Bishop, Theobald. In 1177 he attended the coronation of Queen Joanna, daughter of Henry II of England. The name Tustinus Episcopus appears on the new pulpit of the cathedral. He died on 23 October 1180. Pirro, pp. 844-845. Gams, p. 949.
  29. ↑ Benvenutus: Eubel, I, 331.
  30. 1 2 Kamp, p. 1173.
  31. ↑ Kamp, p. 1174, with note 11, concerning uncertainty whether this reference belongs to Mazara.
  32. ↑ This may have been Bishop Petrus. Kamp, p. 1174. Pirro, II, p. 845, reports a Bishop Trojanus, though Kemp, at note 14, reports that a copyist notes that the name is illegible; the copyist is not the one used by Pirro.
  33. ↑ Kamp, pp. 1174-1176.
  34. ↑ Kamp, p. 1176.
  35. ↑ Kamp, p. 1176. Pirro reports the name as possibly being Ioannes, on the authority of Archbishop Torres.
  36. ↑ Matthew Paris (1876). Henry Luard (ed.). Matthaei Parisiensis, monachi Sancti Albani Chronica majora: A.D. 1216 to A.D. 1239 (in English and Latin). Vol. III. London: Longman. pp. 533–534. notes that the See was vacant in March 1239. That it was occupied on 10 October is an inference: see Kamp, p. 1177, note 38.
  37. ↑ Pirro, II, p. 845, col. 1: "Quintilius Episcopus Lilybaeus fecit librum de donationibus factis Ecclesiae Romananae. 1259. an sit Mazarensis?".
  38. ↑ Nicholas was in exile from 1256–1266. Kamp, pp. 1178-1179. Kamp conjectures that Lucas was Administrator in the name of Manfred.
  39. ↑ Kamp, p. 1179.
  40. ↑ Joannes de Ferro de Marsalia: Kamp, pp. 1179-1182. The name depends on the identification of Bishop Ioannes as the brother of the Justiciar Berardus de Ferro: Kamp, p. 1179 note 64.
  41. ↑ Guilelmus was the successor of Joannes. His name occurs in the episcopal list, and there are documents of 1288. Pirro, p. 845, col. 2. Cappelletti, vol. 21, p. 549. Eubel I, p. 331.
  42. ↑ Ferrarius had been Inquisitor in Sicily. He had been Bishop of Neopatras (Greece) (1323–1330). On 28 September 1330, he was appointed bishop of Mazara by Pope John XXII, who had reserved the appointment to the Papacy, and was allowed to keep the diocese of Neopatras as administrator. He was transferred to the diocese of Barcelona on 30 August 1334, the election of Canon Guillaume having been rejected. He died on 21 December 1344. Pirro, II, p. 846. G. Mollat, Jean XXII. Lettres communes. Anni XV(in Latin), Vol. 10 (Paris: Fontemoing 1930), p. 17, nos. 50991-50992. Eubel, I, p. 128 with note 4; 332; 362.
  43. ↑ Hugo was a native of Vicenza, and had been the Dominican Prior Provincial of the Province of Lower Lombardy. He was named Bishop of Justiniopolis (Capodistria) (1328–1335). Pirro, II, p. 846. Eubel, I, p. 288, 332.
  44. ↑ Bernardus: Pirro, II, p. 846. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  45. ↑ Raimundus: Pirro, II, p. 846. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  46. ↑ Guglielmo Monstri was appointed bishop on 15 June 1349, and was papal legate in Sicily. He was transferred to the diocese of Messina on 23 December 1355, and in 1358 he became archbishop of Monreale. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, I, pp. 332, 337.
  47. ↑ Pirro, II, p. 847. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  48. ↑ Francesco was elected by the cathedral Chaoter on 7 September 1362. He died in 1363. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  49. ↑ Bishop Rogerius, a master of theology, had previously been bishop of Bosa in Sardinia (1360–1363). He was transferred to the diocese of Mazara by Pope Urban V on 19 April 1363. He died on 20 December 1383. Cappelletti vol. 21, p. 551. Eubel, Hierarchia catholica I, pp. 141, 332.
  50. ↑ Franciscus was appointed by Urban VI, and made arrangements with the Apostolic Treasury to pay his fees on 12 May 1386. Eubel I, p. 332. He is said by Cappelletti, p. 551 to have been a Dominican, not a Franciscan, and to have become bishop in 1384. Urban VI appointed a successor on 18 March 1388.
  51. ↑ Anastasius was a canon of the cathedral of Trent. He was appointed bishop of Mazara on 5 August 1388. The title was nominal. Eubel I, p. 332.
  52. ↑ Fra Francisco was appointed by Urban VI, on 18 March 1388. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  53. ↑ Francesco Vitale, a canon of the cathedral of Palermo, was appointed on 14 September 1391, but due to the schism he could not be consecrated. He visited the diocese in 1392. In 1399 he was elected archbishop of Palermo, but refused the election. He died in 1414. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel I, p. 332.
  54. ↑ Rosa was appointed bishop of Mazara by Pope Gregory XII, though after Gregory was deposed by the Council of Pisa (1409). Rosa died in 1448. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel II, p. 188.
  55. ↑ Petrus was appointed by Antipope Benedict XIII, an Avignon pope, who had been repudiated by the French and deposed at the Council of Pisa and the Council of Constance. Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, I, p. 332.
  56. ↑ Bessarion was already Suburbicarian Bishop of Tusculum (1449–1472). On 26 July 1458, he was transferred from Mazara to Pamplona (in commendam). Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, II, pp. 8, no. 11; 60; 188, with note 2.
  57. ↑ Giovanni, a physician, had been Bishop of Sipontium (Manfredonia) from 1449 to 1458. He was transferred to the diocese of Palermo on 16 November 1467.Cappelletti, p. 551. Eubel, II, pp. 188, 211, 298.
  58. ↑ Paolo Visconti was a native of Palermo. He was appointed by Pope Paul II, and entered on the Vatican's Oblate Rolls as bishop of Mazara on 16 November 1467. He was transferred to the diocese of Palermo on 6 September 1469. Eubel, II, p. 188, 211.
  59. ↑ Giovanni de Monteaperto, a doctor of Canon Law, was appointed on 6 September 1469, by Pope Paul II. He restored the cathedral and founded a library. He died in 1485. Cappelletti, vol. 21, p. 551. Eubel, II, p. 188.
  60. ↑ When appointed by Innocent VIII on 15 March 1486, Castrinot, a cleric of the Church of Naples, was only 18 years old; he was only Administrator of the diocese until he reached the age of 27. He resigned in 1503. Eubel, II, p. 188 with note 3.
  61. ↑ Villamarino was born in Naples, the son of Bernardo Villamarino, a Catalan, Count of Capaduci and Admiral of the Neapolitan Navy, and Viceroy of King Ferdinand. He was named Administrator of the diocese of Mazara by Pope Julius II on 4 February 1503, and was promised the bishopric on the condition that he be ordained and consecrated. He died in 1525. Pirro, II, p. 853-854. Eubel, III, p. 238.
  62. ↑ Agostino de Francisco was named bishop-elect and Administrator of the diocese of Mazara on 21 July 1525, at the age of 23, but he resigned in favor of his half-brother in December 1526. Pirro, II, p. 854. Eubel, III, p. 238.
  63. ↑ Girolamo De Francisco succeeded his brother on 12 Dec 1526. He died in 1530. Pirro, II, p. 854. Eubel, III, p. 239.
  64. ↑ Omodei had been a Canon of Palermo. He was appointed bishop by Pope Clement VII on 14 December 1530. He died on 1 February 1542. Pirro, II, p. 854-855. Eubel, III, p. 238.
  65. ↑ Giovanni had been a canon and Dean of the cathedral Chapter of Palermo. He was named bishop of Mazara in the papal consistory of 6 August 1543, by Pope Paul III. He died on 27 October 1561. Cappelletti, p. 552. Eubel III, p. 239 with note 5.
  66. ↑ Lomellino was named bishop of Mazara in the papal consistory of 17 April 1562, by Pope Pius IV. On 10 January 1571, Bishop Lomellino was appointed Archbishop of Palermo. He died on 9 August 1575. Eubel III, p. 239 with note 7; 269 with note 11.
  67. ↑ Beltran was a cleric of the Church of Toledo, and held the Licentiate in Civil and Canon Law. He was a Canon of the Collegiate Church of S. Bartholomew, and then Inquisitor of Toledo. He was chosen to be Visitor of the Inquisition of Sicily. He was nominated bishop of Mazara by King Philip II of Spain, and approved by Pope Pius V on 24 September 1571, but he chose finally not to accept the diocese of Mazara due to age. He was appointed Bishop of Vich (a suffragan of Tarragona) on 9 January 1573, and named the titular bishopric of Nicaea on 16 January 1573. He died on 5 December 1573. Pirro, II, p. 856. Eubel, III, p. 239, pp. 332-333.
  68. ↑ Lombardo was appointed on 16 January 1573. On 30 Mar 1579, Lombardo was appointed Bishop of Agrigento.
  69. ↑ Gasco died on 14 August 1586.
  70. ↑ A priest of the diocese of Patti in Sicily, Rosso obtained a doctorate in Civil and Canon Law. He became a Chaplain of King Philip II of Spain, and was made Auditor to the Papal Nuncio. He was appointed Bishop of Giovinazzo (1581–1589), on the Adriatic coast between Bari and Molfetta. His appointment as Bishop of Mazara was approved by Pope Sixtus V on 23 January 1589. He began the building of a diocesan seminary at Gasco, in obedience to the decrees of the Council of Trent. Luciano de Rubeis died on 28 October 1602. Pirro, II, p. 857. Eubel, III, pp. 217, 239 with n. 11.
  71. ↑ Gante had been bishop of Gaeta (1592–1604). He was nominated bishop of Mazara by King Philip III of Spain, and approved by Pope Clement VIII on 28 April 1604. He died in Gaeta of malaria on 24 September 1605, before he could enter the diocese of Mazara. Cappelletti, p. 553. Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV, pp. 127, 235.
  72. ↑ La Cava: Gauchat, Hierarchia catholica IV (1935), p. 235 with note 2.
  73. ↑ Sanchez was presented by King Philip IV of Spain on 5 February 1630, and approved by Pope Urban VIII (Barberini) on 23 September 1630. He was appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Islas Canarias on 9 July 1535. Gauchat, pp. 132; 235 with note 4.
  74. ↑ Cardinal Spinola was a native of Genoa, and had been an Auditor of the Rota. He was named a cardinal on 19 January 1626. He had been Bishop of Luni-Sarzana (1632–1636), and was transferred to Mazara by Pope Urban VIII on 1 December 1636. He died in Mazara on 11 August 1646. Gauchat, IV, p. 20 no. 3; 235 with note 5.
  75. ↑ Didacus Requesens was a native of Palermo, the son of Antonio Prince of Pantellaria. He was a Chaplain of King Philip IV. In 1627 he became Abbot Commendatory of the monastery of Ss. Peter and Paul at Itala, and in 1628 Archmandrite of Messina (On the quasi-episcopal Archimandrite of Messina, see Pirro, II, pp. 971-996, especially pp. 995-996). He retained that office when he was promoted by the Congregation de propaganda Fide as titular Archbishop of Carthage (1637–1647). He was consecrated in Rome on 25 October 1637 by Cardinal Bernardino Spada. He took possession of the diocese of Mazara by proxy on 29 December 1647. He died at Palermo in the monastery of S. Antony of Padua on 21 March 1650. Pirro, II, p. 861, 995. Gauchat, IV, pp. 136 with note 1; 235 with note 6.
  76. ↑ Impellizzeri was born in Noto (then in the diocese of Syracuse), and held a doctorate in Canon and Civil Law. He had been a Chaplain of King Philip IV of Spain, and was appointed bishop of Mazara in the papal consistory of 19 December 1650. He died on 31 October 1654, according to Cappelletti. Pirro, II, pp. 861-862. Cappelletti, p. 554. Gauchat, IV, p. 235 with note 7.
  77. ↑ Lozano had been Bishop of Tropea (1646–1656), when appointed to the diocese of Mazara on 29 May 1656, on the nomination of King of Spain, made on 23 July 1655. He was appointed Archbishop of Palermo on 4 February 1669. Pirro, II, p. 862. Gauchat, IV, p. 235 with note 8; 346 with note 7; Ritzler & Sefrin V, p. 305 with note 2.
  78. ↑ Cigala was transferred to the diocese of Palermo on 9 May 1678. Ritzler-Sifrin, V, p. 261 with note 2.
  79. ↑ A native of Palermo, Riggio was a doctor in utroque iure (Messana), and had been a canon and treasurer of the cathedral of Palermo. He was named bishop of Mazara on 28 April 1681, by Pope Innocent XI; he was granted the licence of being consecrated by the bishop of his choice on 18 June 1681. He died on 14 November 1683, and was buried in the cathedral. Cappelletti, p. 554. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 361 with note 3.
  80. ↑ Graffeo was a native of Mazara, and was a master of theology. He had been Provincial of the Franciscans in Sicily. He was presented to the diocese of Mazara by the King of Spain, and approved by Pope Innocent XI (Odescalchi) on 30 April 1685. Over a period of four years, he restored the cathedral, and reconsecrated it on 6 August 1694. He then held a diocesan synod. He added three canonicates to the cathedral Chapter, bringing the number up to 19. He died on 16 January 1695. Cappelletti, pp. 554-555. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 361 with note 4.
  81. ↑ Castelli was born in Palermo, the son of the Prince of Castroferrato. He had taught philosophy and theology, and had served as the Theologian to four successive Nuncios in Madrid. He had been the Synodal Examiner in the diocese of Toledo. He was nominated to the diocese of Mazara by King Charles II of Spain, and approved by Pope Innocent XII (Pignatelli) on 28 November 1695. He was consecrated in Rome on 30 November 1695 by Cardinal Pietro Petruccio, and entered Palermo on 2 January 1696. He died on 5 April 1730. Pirro, II, pp. 866-867. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 361 with note 5.
  82. ↑ Born in Catania in 1672, Caputo was a master of theology and had a doctorate in theology (Catania, 1715). He had been Provincial of the Carmelite Province of Sicily, and Prior of the convent in Catania. He had been Bishop of Thagaste (1728-1731), and was consecrated in Rome on 21 November 1728 by Pope Benedict XIII. He was transferred to the diocese of Mazara on 21 May 1731. He died on 24 February 1741. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 382 with note 3; VI, p. 282 with note 2.
  83. ↑ Born in Palermo, Stella received a doctorate in philosophy and theology from the Jesuit college in Palermo in 1703. He was a canon of the cathedral Chapter and Archdeacon of Palermo. He served as vicar general and vicar capitular. He was nominated by King Charles III of Spain on 17 May 1742, and appointed bishop of Mazara by Pope Benedict XIV on 9 July 1742. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome by Pope Benedict on 15 July. In 1752 he opened a house of refuge for penitent women. He died in Palermo on 7 September 1758. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 with note 3.
  84. ↑ Palermo was appointed on 4 April 1759. He resigned on 25 June 1765, and was appointed titular Bishop of Laodicea on 5 August 1765. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 with note 4.
  85. ↑ Scavo: appointed 6 August 1766 – died in November 1771. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 with note 5.
  86. ↑ Papé was a native of Palermo, and held a doctorate in theology (Palermo, 1746). He was Dean of the Cathedral of Agrigento. He was nominated by the King of Sicily on 6 November 1772, and approved by Pope Clement XIV on 14 December. He was consecrated in the Cathedral of Palermo by Archbishop Serafino Filangeri, O.S.B., on 24 January 1773. He died on 13 January 1791. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 with note 6.
  87. ↑ Born in Palermo in 1742, Della Torre was Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law) (University of Palermo). He had been Cantor in the Cathedral Chapter of Palermo. He was presented to the See of Mazara by the King of Sicily on 17 March 1792, and approved by Pope Pius VI on 3 December. He was consecrated in Rome on 9 December by Cardinal Luigi Valenti Gonzaga. He died in Mazara on 21 December 1811. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 282 with note 7.
  88. ↑ Custo was a native of Palermo. He was appointed bishop of Mazara on 23 Sep 1816 by Pope Pius VII. He died on 8 July 1829. Cappelletti, p. 555.
  89. ↑ On 21 December 1857 Salomone was confirmed as Archbishop of Salerno.
  90. ↑ Valenti was born in Marineo in the diocese of Palermo in 1798. He became a Redemptorist priest. He was appointed bishop of Mazara on 27 September 1858 by Pope Pius IX. He was consecrated in Rome on 3 October 1858. A Coadjutor with the right of succession was named for him in 1882. He died on 22 September 1882. Marzo-Ferro, p. 77.
  91. ↑ In 1882 Saeli, who was Provincial of the Redemptorists in Sicily, was named titular bishop of Hippa and Coadjutor of Bishop Valenti.
  92. ↑ On 18 November 2006, La Piana was appointed Archbishop of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.

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