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Roman Catholic Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina

Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina Praenestina
Palestrina Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Rome
Statistics
Area	380 km2 (150 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 113,000 (est.) 110,500 (est.) (97.8%)
Parishes	49
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	4th century
Cathedral	Basilica Cattedrale di S. Agapito Martire
Secular priests	54 (diocesan) 46 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Domenico Sigalini
Map
Website
www.diocesipalestrina.it

The Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina (Latin: Diocesis Praenestina) is a Latin suburbicarian diocese centered on the comuneofPalestrina in Italy.

The current bishop of Palestrina is Domenico Sigalini, who from 3 November 2010 until 5 April 2014 was also appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to be the general ecclesiastical assistant of Italian Catholic Action.

History[edit]

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Palestrina was looted in 1473.^[1]

During the 17th century, the comune of Palestrina was the family territory of a number of Italian noble families including the Barberini, Colonna and d'Este families (which regularly intermarried). Members of these families are represented throughout the list of diocese Bishops, especially between 1600 and 1800. Barberini Pope Urban VIII appointed a number of relatives and close supporters to the Palestrina diocese and governmental positions.

Bishops[edit]

To 1000[edit]

• Maurus (558)^[2]
• Sergio (721)^[3]
• Venanzio 732^[3]
• Gregorio 761–767
• Andrea 769–773
• Contantinus 826
• Leone 914–928^[3]
• Teofilo 963 – before 988^[3]
• Stefan 988^[4]
• Peter 996–1015^[3]

1001–1200[edit]

• Johannes I 1036–1039^[5]
• Johannes II 1044
  • Raniero 1058 (pseudocardinal, created by antipope *?)
• Bruno 1059–1060
• Bernhard 1061–1065
• Loperto 1066–1069
• vacant 1069–1073
• Uberto Belmonte 1073–1082
• [Berardo (?) ca.1092 (?)]^[6]
  • Ugone Candido 1089–1099 (pseudocardinal)
• Milone 1095/98–1104
• vacant 1104–1107^[7]
• Cuno of Praeneste 1107–1122
• Guillaume Praenestinus 1123–1137^[8]
  • Johannes 1130–1134 (pseudocardinal)
• Étienne de Châlons 1139–1144
• Guarino Foscari 1144–1158
• Giulio I 1158–1164
• vacant 1164–1176^[9]
  • Vibiano 1168–1173 (pseudocardinal)
• Manfredo de Lavagna 1176–1178
• vacant 1178–1179
• Benerede 1179–1180
• Paolo Scolari 1180–1187
• vacant 1188–1191^[10]
• Giovanni III da Anagni 1190–1196^[11]
• vacant 1196–1200
• Guy de Paré, O.Cist. 1200–1204^[12]

1201–1400[edit]

1401–1600[edit]

1601–1800[edit]

• Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici 1602–1605 (Bishop of Albano 1600–1602)
• Agostino Valeri 1605–1606
• Ascanio Colonna 1606–1608
• Antonio Maria Galli 1608–1611, 20 (Bishop of Frascati 1605–1608, of Porto 1611–1615 and of Ostia and Velletri 1615–1620)
• Gregorio Petrocchini 1611–1612
• Benedetto Giustiniani 1612–1615, (Bishop of Sabina 1615–1620 and of Porto 1620–1621)
• Francesco Maria Del Monte 1615–1621, (Bishop of Porto 1621–1623 and of Ostia and Velletri 1623–1625)
• Ottavio Bandini 1621–1624, (Bishop of Porto 1624–1626 and of Ostia and Velletri 1626–1629)
• Andrea Baroni Peretti Montalto 1624–1626, (Bishop of Albano 1626–1627 and of Frascati 1627–1629)
• Domenico Ginnasi 1626–1629, (Bishop of Porto 1629–1630 and of Ostia 1630–1639)
• Marcello Lante della Rovere 1629, (Bishop of Frascati 1629–1639, of Porto 1639–1641 and of Ostia 1641–1652)
• Pier Paolo Crescenzi 1629–1641, † 1645 (Bishop of Porto 1641–1645)
• Guido Bentivoglio 1641–1644
• Alfonso de la Cueva Albuquerque 1644–1655
• Bernardino Spada 1655–1661 (Bishop of Albano 1646–1652, of Frascati 1652 and of Sabina 1652–1655)
• Antonio Barberini 1661–1671 (Bishop of Frascati 1655–1661)
• Rinaldo d'Este 1671–1672
• Cesare Facchinetti 1672–1679, † 1683 (Bishop of Porto 1679–1680 and of Ostia and Velletri 1680–1683)
• Alderano Cybo 1679–1680, † 1700 (Bishop of Frascati 1680–1683, of Porto 1683–1687 and of Ostia and Velletri 1687–1700)
• Lorenzo Raggi 1680–1687
• Antonio Bichi 1687–1691
• Paluzzo Paluzzi Altieri degli Albertoni 1691–1698 (Bishop of Sabina 1689–1691)
• Luis Manuel Fernando Portocarrero 1698–1709
• Fabrizio Spada 1710–1717
• Francesco del Giudice^[20] 1717–1721
• Francesco Barberini 1721–1726, (Bishop of Ostia and Velletri 1726–1738)
• Tommaso Ruffo 1726–1738, † 1753 (Bishop of Porto 1738–1740 and of Ostia and Velletri 1740–1753)
• Giorgio Spinola^[21] 1738–1739
• Giovanni Battista Altieri (iuniore) 1739–1740
• Vincenzo Petra 1740–1747^[22]
• Antonio Xaverio Gentilis 1747–1753
• Giuseppe Spinelli 1753–1759, † 1763 (Bishop of Porto 1759–1761 and of Ostia and Velletri 1761–1763)
• Federico Marcello Lante 1759–1763, † 1773 (Bishop of Porto 1763–1773)
• Giovanni Francesco II Stoppani^[23] 1763–1774
• Girolamo III Spinola 1775–1784
• Marcantonio Colonna (iuniore) 1784–1793
• Leonardo Antonelli 1794–1800, † 1811 (Bishop of Porto 1800–1807 and of Ostia and Velletri 1807–1811)
• Alessandro Mattei 1800–1809, † 1820 (Bishop of Porto 1809–1814 and of Ostia and Velletri 1814–1820)

1801–2000[edit]

• Aurelio Roverella 1809–1812
• Diego Inigo Caracciolo di Martini 1814–1820
• Giuseppe Spina 1820–1828
• Francesco Bertazzoli 1828–1830
• Carlo Maria Pedicini^[24] 1830–1840, † 1843 (Bishop of Porto 1840–1843)
• Vincenzo Macchi 1840–1844, † 1860 (Bishop of Porto 1844–1847 and of Ostia and Velletri 1847–1860)
• Castruccio Castracane degli Anteliminelli 1844–1852
• Luigi Amato di San Filippo e Sorso 1852–1870, † 1877–1878 (Bishop of Porto 1871–1877, and of Ostia and Velletri 1877–1878)
• Carlo Sacconi 1870–1878, † 1889 (Bishop of Porto 1878–1884 and of Ostia and Velletri 1884–1889)
• Antonino de Luca 1878–1883
• Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano 1884–1889, † 1913 (Bishop of Porto 1889–1896 and of Ostia and Velletri 1896–1913)
• Angelo Bianchi 1889–1897
• Camillo Mazzella 1897–1900
• Vincenzo Vannutelli 1900–1930 (Bishop of Ostia 1915–1930)
• Luigi Sincero 1933–1936
• Angelo Dolci 1936–1939
• Carlo Salotti 1939–1947
• Benedetto Aloisi Masella 1948–1970
• Carlo Confalonieri 1972–1986 (Bishop of Ostia 1977–1986)
• Bernardin Gantin 1986–2008 (Bishop of Ostia 1993–2002)^[25]

From 2001[edit]

• José Saraiva Martins (2009–current)

Post 1960[edit]

Like all dioceses in this category, for historical reasons it has had, since 1960, an incumbent diocesan bishop with ordinary powers but also has assigned to it as an honorary high ranking dignity one of the six cardinals in the Order of Cardinal Bishops.^[26] The Cardinal Bishop has no powers with regard to the government of the diocese.^{[citation needed]}

The diocesan bishops have been:^[27]

• Pietro Severi (1966–1975)
• Renato Spallanzani (1975–1986)
• Pietro Garlato (1986–1991)
• Vittorio Tomassetti (1992–1997)
• Eduardo Davino (1997–2005)
• Domenico Sigalini (2005–current)

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

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• Hüls, Rudolf. Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130, Bibliothek des Deutschen Historischen Instituts in Rom 1977.
• Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1907). Italia pontificia (in Latin). Vol. II: Latium. Berlin: Apud Weidmannos. pp. 47–52.
• Klewitz, Hans-Walter. Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg, Darmstadt 1957.
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• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 6 July 2016. (in Latin)
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External links[edit]

• Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina Official Website