Roman Catholic Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

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Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Dioecesis Sorana-Cassinensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi
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Sora Cathedral
Location
CountryItaly
Ecclesiastical province Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Statistics
Area2,016 km2 (778 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
229,373 (est.)
222,794 (est.) (97.1%)
Parishes141
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established3rd century
CathedralCattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Sora)
Co-cathedral
  • Basilica Concattedrale degli SS. Costanzo e Tommaso d’Aquino (Aquino)
  • Concattedrale di S. Bartolomeo Apostolo (Pontecorvo)
Patron saint
Secular priests 105
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopGerardo Antonazzo
Bishops emeritus Luca Brandolini, C.M.
Website
www.diocesisora.it

The Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo (Latin : Dioecesis Sorana-Cassiensis-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Lazio, Italy. [1] [2] It is exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. The current bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo is Gerardo Antonazzo, who was ordained a bishop on April 8, 2013 by Pope Francis.

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History

The Diocese of Sora originated in the 3rd century.

On June 27, 1818, it was united with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo, [3] as the Diocese of Aquino, Sora and Pontecorvo, from September 30, 1986 known as the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo.

On October 23, 2014, the lands of the Benedictine territorial Abbey of Montecassino which were not part of the abbey proper were transferred by Pope Francis to this diocese. It was then renamed to its current title. The various religious institutions involved in this transfer included 53 parishes. [4] In 2020 there was one priest for every 2,122 Catholics in the diocese.

Cathedrals

The seat of the bishop is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption (Italian : Santa Maria Assunta) in Sora.

Both former cathedrals, St. Bartholomew the Apostle (Italian : S. Bartolomeo Apostolo) in Pontecorvo and Aquino’s Sts. Constantius and Thomas Aquinas (Italian : Santi Costanzo e Tommaso d’Aquino) Cathedral, are now ranked as co-cathedrals and were granted the status of minor basilica.

Bishops

Bishops of Sora

Latin Name: Sorana
Erected: 3rd Century

  1. Leone (1050–?)
  2. Palombo (159-1073)
  3. Giovanni Ostiense (1073-1086)
  4. Roffredo (1090-?)
  5. Goffredo (1110?-?)
  6. Landolfo, O.S.B (1162?-?)
  7. Corrado (1167?-?)
  8. Cardinal Konrad von Wittelsbach (Apostolic Administrator 1167-1200)
  9. Bernardo (1174-1186)
  10. Pandulfo (1211?-?)
  11. Gionata (1221?-?)
  12. Guido (1238?-?)
  13. Fr. Piero Geatano (1252)
  14. Luca (1253-?)
  15. Pietro Gerra (1267–1278), appointed Bishop of Rieti
  16. Andrea Perro (1279-1286)
  17. Bernardo, O.S.B. (1294-1295)
  18. Nicola (?-1295)
  19. Andrea Masarone (1296-1322)
  20. Giacomo (1323-1355)
  21. Ricasoli (1355-1357), appointed Bishop of Aversa
  22. Andrea (1358-1364)
  23. Martino Del Guidice (1364-1378), appointed Bishop of Tricarico
  24. Piero Corsari (1378-1397)
  25. Cola Francesco (1397-1399)
  26. Giacomo D’Antiochia (1399-1420)
  27. Giovanni Da Montenegro (1420-1432)
  28. Antonio Novelli (1433-1463)
  29. Angelo Lupi (1463-1471), appointed Bishop of Tivoli
  30. Giacomo (1471-?)
  31. Piero Lupi (1479?-1503)
  32. Matteo Mancini (1503–1505) [5]
  33. Giacomo de Massimi (1505–1511), appointed Bishop of Città Ducale
  34. Bernardo Ruggieri (1511–1530) [6]
  35. Adriano Mascheroni (1530–1531) [7]
  36. Bartolomeo Ferratini (1531–1534), appointed Bishop of Chiusi
  37. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (later Pope Paul III) (Apostolic Administrator 1534.01.19–1534.06.08)
  38. Eliseo Teodino (1534–1561), resigned
  39. Cardinal Alessandro Farnese (Apostolic Administrator 1561)
  40. Tommaso Gigli (1561–1576), appointed Bishop of Piacenza
  41. Giovanbattista Maremonti (1577–1578)
  42. Orazio Ciceroni (1578–1591), appointed Bishop of Ferentino
  43. Cardinal Filippo Spinola (Apostolic Administrator 1585)
  44. Marco Antonio Salomone (1591–1608), resigned [8]
  45. Giulio Calvi (1608–1608)
  46. Michele Consoli, C.R. (1609–1609)
  47. Girolamo Giovannelli (1609–1632)
  48. Paolo Benzoni, C.R.L. (1632–1638)
  49. Felice Tamburelli (1638–1656)
  50. Agostino De Bellis, C.R. (1657–1659)
  51. Maurizio Piccardi (1660–1675)
  52. Marco Antonio Pisanelli (1675–1680)
  53. Tommaso Guzoni, C.O. (1681–1702), resigned [9]
  54. Matteo Gagliani (1703–?)
  55. Gabriele de Marchis (1718-1734)
  56. Scipione Sersale (1735–1744), appointed Bishop of Lecce
  57. Nicola Cioffi (1744–1748), appointed Archbishop of Amalfi
  58. Antonio Correale (1748–1764)
  59. Tommaso Taglialatela (1765–1768)
  60. Giuseppe Maria Sisto y Britto, C.R. (1768–1795)
  61. Agostino Colaianni (1797–1814)

Bishops of Aquino, Sora, and Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Aquinatensis, Sorana et Pontiscurvi
United: 27 June 1818 with the Diocese of Aquino and Pontecorvo

  1. Andrea Lucibello (1819-1836)
  2. Giuseppe Mazzetti, O. Carm. (1836-1838), appointed Titular Archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria
  3. Giuseppe Montieri (1838-1862)
  4. Paolo do Niquesa (1871-1879)
  5. Ignazio Persico (德斯馬曾), O.F.M. Cap. (1879-1887), appointed Titular Archbishop of Tamiathis
  6. Raffael Sirolli (1887-1899), appointed Titular Archbishop of Iconium
  7. Luciano Bucci, O.F.M. (1889-1900)
  8. Antonio Maria Jannotta (1900-1933)
  9. Agostino Mancinelli (1933–1936), appointed Archbishop of Benevento
  10. Michele Fontevecchia (1936–1952), resigned
  11. Biagio Musto (1952–1971)
  12. Carlo Minchiatti (1971–1982), appointed Archbishop of Benevento
  13. Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1983–1986), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Latin Name: Sorana-Aquinatensis-Pontiscurvi
Name Changed: 30 September 1986

  1. Lorenzo Chiarinelli (1986-1993), appointed Bishop of Aversa
  2. Luca Brandolini, C.M. (1993–2009), retired
  3. Filippo Iannone, O. Carm. (2009–2012), appointed Vicegerent of Rome
  4. Gerardo Antonazzo (2013–2014), title changed to Bishop of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Bishops of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo

Territory added: 23 October 2014 with the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino

  1. Gerardo Antonazzo (2014–present)

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