Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Castro del Lazio was a residential bishopric from 600 to 1649 and is now a Latin Catholic titular see under the shortened name Castro.[1][2][3]

History

The bishopric was founded in 600 AD under the name Bisenzio (and Latin Bisentium), the Italianized medieval name of the Ancient Etruscan city Visentium.

In 680 it was renamed as Diocese of Castro del Lazio, also called Castrum in Tuscia.

On 31 August 1369, it lost territory to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Montefiascone.

On 13 September 1649, it was suppressed and its territory used to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Acquapendente.

Suffragan Bishops

(incomplete : first centuries not available)

Titular see

The bishopric was nominally restored in 1698, under he shortened name Castro, or Castrum in Tuscia in Latin.

It has had the following incumbents either of the lowest (episcopal) or intermediary (archiepiscopal) ranks :

Source and External links

  1. "Diocese of Castro (del Lazio)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Titular Episcopal See of Castro" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 863
  4. "Bishop Girolamo Maccabei de Toscanella" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  5. "Bishop Lorenzo Celsi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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