Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace Archidioecesis Catacensis-Squillacensis
Cathedral in Catanzaro
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Catanzaro-Squillace
Statistics
Area	1,806 km2 (697 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 255,807 250,900 (est.) ! (98.1%)
Parishes	122
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1121 (895 years ago)
Cathedral	Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Catanzaro)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Squillace)
Secular priests	140 (diocesan) 31 (Religious Orders)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P.
Emeritus Bishops	Antonio Cantisani Antonio Ciliberti
Map
Website
www.diocesicatanzarosquillace.it

Co-cathedral in Squillace

The Italian Catholic Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace (Latin: Archidioecesis Catacensis-Squillacensis) in Calabria, has existed in its current form since 1986. In that year the Archdiocese of Catanzaro became a metropolitan see, and was combined with the diocese of Squillace.^{[1] [2]}

History

In 1122, Pope Callistus II transferred to Catanzaro the see of Taverna, and this is taken as the date of foundation of the diocese.^[3]

Suffragan sees

• Crotone-Santa Severina
• Lamezia Terme

Bishops

Diocese of Catanzaro

Erected: 1121
Latin Name: Catacensis

• Antonio de Ispiglo, O.F.M. (1435–1439 Died)
• Nicola Palmerio, O.S.A. (1440–1448 Resigned)
• Giovanni Geraldini (1467–1488 Died)
• Alessandro Cesarini (seniore) (1536–1536 Resigned)
• Nicolò Orazi (1582–1607 Died)
• Giuseppe Pisculli, O.F.M. Conv. (1607–1618 Died)
• Modernus Caracciolo Piscizi (1619–1629 Resigned)
• Luca Castellini, O.P. (1629–1631 Died)
• Consalvo Caputo (1633–1645 Died)
• Fabio Olivadisi (1646–1656 Died)
• Filippo Visconti (bishop), O.S.A. (1657–1664 Died)
• Agazio di Somma (1664–1671 Died)
• Carlo Sgombrino (1672–1686 Died)
• Francesco Gori (1687–1706 Appointed, Bishop of Sessa Aurunca)
• Giovanni Matteo Vitelloni (1707–1710 Died)
• Emanuele Spinelli d'Acquaro, C.R. (1714–1727 Died)
• Domenico Rossi (Rosso e Colonna), O.S.B. (1727–1735 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla)
• Giovanni Romano (1735–1736 Died)
• Octavio da Pozzo (1736–1751 Died)
• Fabio Troyli (1751–1762 Died)
• Antonio De Cumis (1763–1778 Died)
• Salvatore Spinelli, O.S.B. (1779–1792 Confirmed, Bishop of Lecce)
• Giovanni Battista Marchese (1792–1802 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco d'Alessandria (1805–1818 Died)
• Michele Basilio Clari (Clary), O.S.B.I. (1818–1823 Confirmed, Archbishop of Bari-Canosa)
• Emanuele Maria Bellorado, O.P. (1824–1828 Confirmed, Archbishop of Reggio Calabria)
• Matteo Franco, C.P.O. (1829–1851 Died)
• Raffaele de Franco (1852–1883 Died)
• Bernardo Antonio De Riso, O.S.B. (1883–1900 Died)
• Luigi Finoja (1900–1906 Resigned)
• Pietro di Maria (1906–1918 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Iconium)
• Giovanni Fiorentini (1919–1956 Died)

Archdiocese of Catanzaro

Elevated: 5 June 1927
Latin Name: Catacensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

• Armando Fares (1956–1980 Retired)
• Antonio Cantisani (1980–2003 Retired)

Archdiocese of Catanzaro-Squillace

United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Squillace
Latin Name: Catacensis-Squillacensis

• Antonio Ciliberti (2003–2011 Retired)
• Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2011–)

References

Books

• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1913). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 1 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana.  (in Latin)
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.) (1914). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 2 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. 
• Eubel, Conradus (ed.); Gulik, Guilelmus (1923). Hierarchia catholica, Tomus 3 (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. 
• Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo (in Latin). Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. 
• Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06. 
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. 
• Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06. 

Acknowledgment

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "^{article name needed}". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 38°54′36″N 16°35′15″E / 38.9100°N 16.5875°E / 38.9100; 16.5875