Roman Catholic Diocese of Termoli-Larino

The Italian Catholic diocese of Termoli-Larino (Latin: Dioecesis Thermularum-Larinensis) has existed since 1986. In that year the diocese of Larino was united into the historic diocese of Termoli, in existence since the tenth century. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano.[1][2]

Diocese of Termoli-Larino Dioecesis Thermularum-Larinensis
Cathedral of Termoli
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Campobasso-Boiano
Statistics
Area	1,424 km^2 (550 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 109,132 108,095 (99%)
Parishes	51
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	10th Century
Cathedral	Termoli Cathedral (Termoli)
Co-cathedral	Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta (Venafro)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gianfranco De Luca
Map
Website
www.diocesitermolilarino.net

Co-cathedral in Larino

History

Termoli is first mentioned as a diocese in 946, when Benefetto, an usurper of the episcopal see, was forced to withdraw by order of Pope Agapitus II. The earliest known legitimate Catholic bishop was Scio (969).

Among his successors were:

• Jacopo Cini, O. P. (1379), author of a commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard;
• Domencio Girada (1381), a Servite theologian;
• Fedrico Merzio (1602), a collaborator of Baronius.

In 1818, this see was united with the diocese of Guardia Alferia, a small town near Cerrato, which had its first bishop in 1075 and its last in 1775.[3]

Bishops

Diocese of Termoli-Larino

Erected: 10th Century
Latin Name: Thermularum
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Campobasso-Boiano

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• Giovanni de' Vecchi (bishop) (9 Jan 1497 – 1509 Died)[4]
• Angelo Antonio Guiliani (13 Jul 1509 – 1517 Died)
• Sancio de Ayerbe (20 Apr 1517 – 1518 Resigned)
• Antonio Attilio (5 May 1518 – 1536 Died)
• Pietro Durante (23 Oct 1536 – 1539 Died)
• Vincenzo Durante (14 Jul 1539 – 1565 Resigned)
• Marcello Dentice (17 Aug 1565 – 1569 Died)
• Cesare Ferrante (1 Apr 1569 – 1593 Died)[5]
• Hannibal Muzi (31 Jan–11 Oct, 1594 Died)
• Francesco Scotti (bishop) (12 Dec 1594 – 1599 Died)
• Alberto Drago, O.P. (29 Nov 1599 – 3 Jan 1601 Died)[6]
• Federico Mezio (14 Jan 1602 – 1612 Died)
• Camillo Moro (3 Dec 1612 – 2 Mar 1626 Appointed, Bishop of Comacchio)
• Hector de Monte (16 Mar 1626 – Jul 1626 Died)[7]
• Gerolamo Cappello, O.F.M. Conv. (26 Nov 1626 – 1643 Died)[8]
• Alessandro Crescenzi (cardinal), C.R.S. (13 Jul 1643 – 13 Jun 1644 Appointed, Bishop of Ortona a Mare e Campli)[9]
• Cherubino Manzoni, O.F.M. (13 Jul 1644 – 1651 Died)
• Antonio Leoncello (3 Jul 1651 – 1653 Died)
• Carlo Mannello (3 Feb 1653 – 1662 Resigned)
• Fabrizio Maracchi (13 Feb 1662 – Aug 1676 Died)
• Antonio Savo de' Panicoli (20 Dec 1677 – Nov 1687 Died)
• Marcus Antonius Rossi (14 Jun 1688 – 27 Jun 1688 Died)
• Michele Petirro (6 Jun 1689 – 14 Dec 1705 Appointed, Bishop of Pozzuoli)
• Domenico Catalani (22 Feb 1706 – Oct 1709 Died)
• Tommaso Maria Farina, O.P. (14 Mar 1718 – Dec 1718 Died)
• Salvatore di Aloisio (15 May 1719 – Aug 1729 Died)
• Giuseppe Antonio Silvestri (28 Nov 1729 – May 1743 Died)
• Isidoro Pitellia, O.M. (15 Jul 1743 – 22 Sep 1752 Died)
• Tommaso Giannelli (12 Mar 1753 – Nov 1768 Died)
• Giuseppe Bucarelli (12 Jun 1769 – Apr 1780 Died)
• Anselmo Maria Toppi, O.S.B. (18 Jun 1792 Confirmed – 1800 Died)

1818 Territory Added from the suppressed Diocese of Guardialfiera

• Giovanni Battista Bolognese (29 Mar 1819 Confirmed – 19 Apr 1822 Confirmed Bishop of Andria)
• Pietro Consiglio (3 Mar 1824 – 13 Mar 1826 Confirmed Bishop of Brindisi)
• Gennaro de Rubertis (9 Apr 1827 Confirmed – 1 Sep 1845 Died)
• Domenico Ventura (21 Dec 1846 Confirmed – 20 Apr 1849 Confirmed Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Vincenzo Bisceglia (5 Sep 1851 Confirmed – 12 Feb 1889 Died)
• Raffaele di Nonno, C.SS.R. (12 Feb 1889 Succeeded – 16 Jan 1893 Appointed Archbishop of Acerenza e Matera)
• Angelo Balzano (16 Jan 1893 – 29 Apr 1909 Resigned)
• Giovanni Capitoli (29 Apr 1909 – 14 Feb 1911 Appointed Bishop of Bagnoregio)
• Rocco Caliandro (28 Mar 1912 – 14 Mar 1924 Died)
• Oddo Bernacchia (28 Oct 1924 – 19 Mar 1962 Retired)
• Giovanni Proni (18 Apr 1962 – 10 Mar 1970 Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Forli)
• Pietro Santoro (12 Jun 1970 – 15 Oct 1979 Appointed Archbishop of Boiano-Campobasso)
• Cosmo Francesco Ruppi (13 May 1980 – 7 Dec 1988 Appointed Archbishop of Lecce)

Diocese of Termoli-Larino

30 September 1986 United with Diocese of Larino
Latin Name: Thermularum-Larinensis

• Domenico Umberto D'Ambrosio (14 Dec 1989 – 27 May 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Foggia-Bovino)
• Tommaso Valentinetti (25 Mar 2000 – 4 Nov 2005 Appointed, Archbishop of Pescara-Penne)
• Gianfranco De Luca (22 Apr 2006 –)

Notes

1. "Diocese of Termoli-Larino" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 29, 2016
2. "Diocese of Termoli-Larino" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved March 29, 2016
3. Catholic Encyclopedia article
4. "Bishop Giovanni de’ Vecchi" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 30, 2016
5. "Bishop Cesare Ferrante" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
6. "Bishop Alberto Drago, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
7. "Bishop Hector de Monte" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
8. "Bishop Gerolamo Cappello, O.F.M. Conv." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 21, 2016
9. "Alessandro Cardinal Crescenzi, C.R.S. " Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 9, 2016

External links

• (in Italian) Official page
• A Virtual Tour of Larino's Cathedral

 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 Company.