Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani

Diocese of Trapani Dioecesis Drepanensis Diocesi di Trapani
Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr in Trapani
Location
Country	Italy
Territory	Trapani, Erice, Paceco, Valderice, San Vito Lo Capo, Custonaci, Alcamo, Castellammare del Golfo, Buseto Palizzolo, Calatafimi-Segesta, Favignana
Ecclesiastical province	Palermo
Statistics
Area	1,089 km2 (420 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2023) 197,439 194,327  (98.4%)
Parishes	94
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	May 31, 1844
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of St. Lawrence the Martyr in Trapani
Patron saint	Our Lady of Trapani
Secular priests	70 (diocesan) 22 (religious Orders) 19 Permanent Deacons
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Pietro Maria Fragnelli
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paolo Romeo
Bishops emeritus	Francesco Miccichè
Map
Website
www.diocesi.trapani.it

The Diocese of Trapani (Latin : Dioecesis Drepanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the westernmost part of Sicily, approximately 73 miles or 117 kilometers west of Palermo. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.

History

On 10 January 1072, following negotiations and the surrender of the Muslims of Palermo, the brothers Robert Guiscard and Roger de Hauteville entered the city of Palermo in triumph. They immediately ordered the cathedral of the Greek Christian community to be reconseedrated, ^[1] and attended a Mass of thanksgiving. ^[2] In 1077, the city of Trapani fell to the Normans. ^[3]

Mazara was captured in 1092, and, with the permission of Pope Urban II, a new diocese was established at the seaport of Mazara (Mazzara) in 1093. The territory of Trapani was included in the territory of the diocese of Mazara del Vallo. ^[4]

In 1844, the diocese was created. ^[5] Its first bishop was the Redemptorist Vincenzo M. Marolda. ^[6]

Bishops of Trapani

• Vincenzo Maria Marolda, C.SS.R. (1844–1851 Resigned)
• Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi (1853–1874 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Bongiorni (1874–1879 Appointed, Bishop of Caltagirone)
• Francesco Ragusa (1879–1895 Died)
• Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. (1895–1906 Resigned)
• Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. (1906–1932 Died)
• Ferdinando Ricca (1932–1947 Died)
• Filippo Jacolino (1947–1950 Died)
• Corrado Mingo (1950–1961 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)
• Francesco Ricceri (1961–1978 Retired)
• Emanuele Romano (1978–1988 Retired)
• Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. (1988–1997 Died)
• Francesco Miccichè (1998 – 19 May 2012 Removed ^[7] )
• Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2013– ) ^[8]

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Palermo
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Mazara del Vallo

Notes and references

1. The consecrator was the Greek Metropolitan Nicodemus: Donald Matthew, The Norman Kingdom of Sicily (Cambridge: CUP 1992), p. 17.
2. Gordon S. Brown, The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily (London: McFarland 2003), pp. 135–137.
3. Brown, p. 176.
4. Matthew, p. 17, with typographical error for the date of capture of "1072" for the actual "1092". Cappelletti, Vol. 21, pp. 549-550.
5. Acta Gregorii Papae XVI: Pars prima canonica,(in Latin) Volumen III, pp. 346–351.
6. "Fragnelli, the new president of the Episcopal commission for family, youth and life" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
7. "Rinunce e Nomine (Continuazione), 19.05.2012" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2019.. Spanò, Laura (19 May 2012). "Il Papa solleva dall'incarico il vescovo "Complotto nato dentro e fuori la Chiesa"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2019.. Giacalone, Rino (19 May 2012). "Trapani, scandalo sui fondi della Curia, rimosso il vescovo Francesco Miccichè". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
8. Fragelli was born at Crispiano (diocese of Taranto), and studied in Rome at the Lateran University; he received a doctorate in philosophy from the Sapienza in Rome. From 1987 to 1996 he worked in the Vatican Secretariat of State. In 1996, he was named rector of the Pontifical Major Roman Seminary. He was named bishop of Castellaneta on 14 February 2003, by Pope John Paul II. He was transferred to the diocese of Trapani on 24 September 2013, by Pope Francis. Chiese Cattolica Italiana, "S.E.R. Mons. Pietro Maria Fragelli"; retrieved: 17 August 2025.

Sources

• Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. vigesimoprimo (21). Venezia: Antonelli. pp. 556–558.
• Corso, Salvatore (2008). "La diocesi di Trapani". (in Italian). In: Luigi Mezzadri; Maurizio Tagliaferri; Elio Guerriero (edd.), Le diocesi d'Italia (Milan: Edizioni San Paolo 2008), pp. 1294–1297.
• 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.

External links

• (in Italian) Official page
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Trapani". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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