Roman Catholic Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio

Diocese of Cassano all’Ionio Dioecesis Cassanensis
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Cosenza-Bisignano[1]
Statistics
Area	1,311 km2 (506 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 108,100 (est.) 104,187 (98.5%)
Parishes	47[2]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	5th Century[2][3]
Cathedral	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary[3]
Patron saint	Biagio Vescovo e Martire[3]
Secular priests	65 (diocesan) 13 (Religious Orders)[2]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Francesco Savino
Metropolitan Archbishop	Salvatore Nunnari[1]
Map
Website
www.diocesicassanoalloionio.it

The Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio is a Roman Catholic diocese in Calabria.^[2][4][5] On December 9, 2011, the diocese was reported to have a population of 107,600 of which 106,000 were Catholics. There were 87 priests, 3 permanent deacons, and 77 religious.^[6]

History

It is not known when it became an episcopal see;^[5] some place either in the 5th century^[2] or in 500.^[3] In 1059 mention is made of a bishop of Cassano, otherwise unknown. In 1096 we read of a bishop known as Saxo (Sassone).^[5] In the 11th Century,^[7] the Diocese became a Suffragan of Reggio Calabria.^[5] On February 13, 1919, the Diocese had territory transferred to create the Eparchy of Lungro for the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church.^[3] On January 30, 2001, the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano was elevated to a Metropolitan See with Cassano all'Jonio as a suffragan diocese.^[1]

Bishops

Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio

Erected: 5th Century
Latin Name: Cassanensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

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• Antonello dei Gesualdi (1418), jurist;
• Belforte Spinelli (1432), who while yet a layman assisted at the Council of Constance, under Pope Martin V was sent on important missions, and later renounced the world and retired to Venice, leaving his rich library to the Collegio Spinelli of Padua;
• Giovanni Francesco Brusato (1463–1476 Appointed, Archbishop of Nicosia)
• Bartolomeo del Poggio (1476–1485 Died)
• Nicola Tomacelli (1485–1490 Died)^[8]
• Marino Tomacelli (1491–1519 Died)^[9]
• Domenico Giacobazzi (1519–1523 Resigned)
• Cristoforo Giacobazzi^[10] (1523), later Cardinal, called to Rome by Pope Paul III on account of his skill in ecclesiastical affairs; (1523–1540 Died)
• Durante Duranti (1541–1551 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)
• Bernardo Antonio de' Medici (1551–1552 Died)
• Giovanni Angelo de' Medici (1553–1556 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno) afterwards Pius IV;
• Mark Sittich von Hohenems Altemps (1560–1561 Resigned)
• Giovan Battista Serbelloni (1561–1579 Resigned)^[11]
• Tiberio Carafa (1579–1588 Died)^[12]
• Owen Lewis, the Welshman known as Audoeno Ludovico Cambrone, who was sent by Pope Gregory XIII on different missions, and never resided in Cassano; (1588–1595 Died)
• Giulio Caracciolo (1597–1599 Died)
• Bonifazio Caetani (1599–1613 Appointed, Archbishop of Taranto)
• Diego de Arce (Deodata de Arze), O.F.M. Obs. (1614–1617 Died)^[13]
• Paolo Palombo, C.R. (1617–1648 Died)
• Gregorio Carafa, C.R. (1648–1664 Confirmed, Archbishop of Salerno)
• Alfonso de Balmaseda, O.S.A. (1670–1673 Appointed, Bishop of Gerona)
• Giovanni Battista del Tinto, O. Carm. (1676–1685 Died)
• Francisco de Sequeiros y Sotomayor, O.S.A. (1686–1691 Died)
• Vincenzo de Magistris(del Mastro),), O.P.)^[5] (1692–1705 Died)
• Nicolò Rocco (1707–1726 Died)
• Gennaro Fortunato (1729–1751 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Miceli (1752–1763 Died)
• Giovanni Battista Coppola (1763–1797 Died)
• Francesco Antonio Grillo, O.F.M. Conv. (1804–1804 Died)
• Adeodato Gomez Cardosa (1818–1825 Confirmed, Bishop of Isernia)
• Michele Bombini (1829–1871 Died)
• Alessandro Maria Basile, C.SS.R. (1871–1883 Died)
• Raffaele Danise, M.I. (1883–1884 Appointed, Bishop of Caiazzo)
• Antonio Pistocchi (1884–1888 Died)
• Evangelista (Michael Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. (1889–1898 Appointed, Bishop of Lecce)
• Antonio Maria Bonito (1899–1905 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi)
• Pietro La Fontaine (1906–1910 Appointed, Secretary of the Congregation of (Sacred) Rites)
• Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta (1911–1920 Resigned)
• Bruno Occhiuto (1921–1937 Died)
• Raffaele Barbieri (1937–1968 Died)
• Domenico Vacchiano (1970–1978 Appointed, Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario)
• Girolamo Grillo (1979–1983 Appointed, Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia)
• Giovanni Francesco Pala (1984–1987 Died)
• Andrea Mugione (1988–1998 Appointed, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina)
• Domenico Graziani (1999–2006 Appointed, Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina)
• Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2007–2011 Appointed, Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace)
• Nunzio Galantino (9 December 2011 – 28 February 2015)^[14]
• Francesco Savino (2015–)

Auxiliary Bishops

• Pedro Torres (bishop) (1540–)^[15]

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. 

External links

• GCatholic
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Cassano all' Ionio". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 39°47′02″N 16°19′08″E / 39.7839°N 16.3189°E / 39.7839; 16.3189