Roman Catholic Diocese of Andria
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| Diocese of Andria Dioecesis Andriensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Metropolitan | Bari-Bitonto |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 799 km2 (308 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 141,006 138,000 (97.9%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 11th Century |
| Cathedral | Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta |
| Patron saint | Richard of Andria [1] |
| Secular priests |
72 (diocesan) 28 (religious Orders) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Luigi Mansi |
The Italian Catholic diocese of Andria is in Apulia, seated at Andria Cathedral. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bari-Bitonto.[2][3]
History
Tradition assigns the Christian origin of Andria to an Englishman, St. Richard, chosen as bishop by Pope Gelasius I, about 492 AD.[4] The diocese dates probably back to the time of Gelasius II, elected Pope in 1118. The first Bishop of Andria known to history is mentioned in the Translation of St. Nicholas Pilgrim, celebrated in Trani in 1143, but it does not give his name. A Richard of Andria was present at the Eleventh Ecumenical Council (Third Lateran, 1179) held under Pope Alexander III.[5]
It was united with the diocese of Montepeloso, from 1452 to 1479.
Bishops
Diocese of Andria
Erected: 11th Century
Latin Name: Andriensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Trani
Diocese of Andria-Montepeloso
United: 1452 with the Diocese of Montepeloso
Latin Name: Andriensis-Montis Pelusii
Diocese of Andria
Split: 1479 into the Diocese of Andria and the Diocese of Montepeloso
Latin Name: Andriensis
- Geronimo Porcari (1495–1503 Died)
- Antonio de Boccamoro, O.F.M. (1503 –1515 Resigned)
- Andrea Pastore (1515–1516 Died)
- Simone de Nor (1516–1517 Died)
- Niccolò Fieschi (1517–1517 Resigned)
- Giovanni Francesco Fieschi (1517–1565 Resigned)
- Luca Fieschi (1566–1582 Appointed, Bishop of Albenga)
- Luca Antonio Resta (1582–1597 Died)
- Vincenzo Bassi (1598–1603 Died)
- Antonio de Franchis, C.R. (1604–1625 Died)
- Vincenzo Caputo (1625–1626 Died)
- Alessandro Strozzi (1626–1632 Appointed, Bishop of San Miniato)
- Felice Franceschini, O.F.M. Conv. (1632–1641 Died)
- Ascanio Cassiani (1641–1657 Died)
- Alessandro Egizio (1657–1689 Died)
- Pietro Vecchia (bishop), O.S.B. (1690–1691 Appointed, Bishop of Molfetta)
- Francesco Antonio Triveri, O.F.M. Conv. (1692–1696 Appointed, Bishop of Melfi e Rapolla)
- Andrea Ariani (1697–1706 Died)
- Nicola Adinolfi (1706–1715 Died)
- Giovanni Paolo Torti Rogadei, O.S.B. (1718–1726 Appointed, Bishop of Avellino e Frigento)
- Cherubino Tommaso Nobilione, O.P. (1726–1743 Resigned)
- Domenico Anelli (1743–1756 Died)
- Francesco Ferrante (1757–1772 Died)
- Saverio Palica, O.S.B. (1773–1791 Died)
- Salvatore Maria Lombardi (1792–1821 Died)
1818: Territory Added from the suppressed Diocese of Minervino Murge
- Giovanni Battista Bolognese (1822–1830 Died)
- Giuseppe Cosenza (1832–1850 Confirmed, Archbishop of Capua)
- Giovanni Giuseppe Longobardi (1852–1870 Died)
- Federico Maria Galdi (1872–1899 Died)
- Giuseppe Staiti di Brancaleone (1899–1916 Died)
- Eugenio Tosi, O.Ss.C.A. (1917–1922 Appointed, Archbishop of Milan)
- Alessandro Macchi (1922–1930 Appointed, Bishop of Como)
- Ferdinando Bernardi (1931–1935 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
- Paolo Rostagno (1935–1939 Appointed, Bishop of Ivrea)
- Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. (1940–1952 Died)
- Luigi Pirelli (1952–1957 Resigned)
- Francesco Brustia (1957–1969 Resigned)
- Giuseppe Lanave (1969–1988 Retired)
- Raffaele Calabro (1988–2016 Retired)
- Luigi Mansi (2016–)
References
- ↑ Saints.SQPN.com
- ↑ "Diocese of Andria" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ "Diocese of Andria" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ↑ Giuseppe Lanave; Antonio Marrazzo; Vincenzo Schiavone (1989). San Riccardo protettore di Andria: riscoperto come vescovo del vangelo e della carità nei bassorilievi della cattedrale (in Italian). Andria: Grafiche Guglielmi.
- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia article
Books
- D' Avino, Vincenzio (1848). Cenni storici sulle chiese arcivescovili, vescovili, e prelatizie (nullius) del Regno delle Due Sicilie (in Italian). Napoli: Ranucci. pp. 18–20.
- Loconte, Riccardo (1962). I vescovi di Andria (in Italian). Tip. "Don Bosco" R. Esabon.
- Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolò (1721). Italia sacra, sive De Episcopis Italiae (in Latin). Tomus septimus (VII). Venice: apud Sebastianum Coleti. pp. 920–935.
Acknowledgment
- A'Becket, John Joseph. "Diocese of Andria." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. p. 475. Retrieved: 2016-09-30.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Andria". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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Coordinates: 41°13′54″N 16°18′30″E / 41.23167°N 16.30833°E