Diocese of Trapani Dioecesis Drepanensis Diocesi di Trapani | |
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| 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 2010) 208,084 207,300 (99,6%%) |
| Parishes | 87 |
| 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 | 115 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Pietro Maria Fragnelli |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Paolo Romeo |
| Bishops emeritus | Francesco Miccichè |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.diocesi.trapani.it | |
The Diocese of Trapani (Latin: Dioecesis Drepanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.
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Transcription
History
Trapani was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was the Redemptorist Vincenzo M. Marolda.[1]
Ordinaries
- 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)
- Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2013– )
Notes
- ^ "Fragnelli, the new president of the Episcopal commission for family, youth and life" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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.
Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Palermo | |
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This page was last edited on 11 March 2024, at 22:19