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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza Bisignano

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Ecclesiastical province
  
Cosenza-Bisignano

Parishes
  
127

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Province
  
Province of Cosenza

Archbishop
  
Salvatore Nunnari

Area
  
979 sq mi (2,540 km)

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Phone
  
+39 0984 687715

Country
  
Italy

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 383,000 381,000 (99.5%)

Address
  
Piazza Parrasio Giano, 87100 Cosenza CS, Italy

Similar
  
Arcivesco, Curia Arcivesco, Cattedrale di Cosenza, Parrocchia Sacro Cuore Di, Parrocchia S Teresa Del B G

The Italian Catholic archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano in Calabria has been a metropolitan see since 2001.

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History

The Gospel was first preached in Cosenza by missionaries from Reggio; its earliest known bishop is Palumbus, a correspondent (599) of St. Gregory the Great. Cosenza was erected as a diocese in 700. Cosenza was raised to the dignity of an archbishopric about 1050. Among the best known Archbishops of Cosenza have been: Ruffo, who perished in the earthquake of 1184; the Cistercian Martino (1285), a prolific but uncritical writer; Pirro Caracciolo (1452), the friend of St. Francis of Paula; Bartolommeo Fleury, who died at Rome (1495) in Castle Sant' Angelo, where he had been imprisoned for forgery of pontifical documents; Taddeo, later Cardinal, Gaddi (1535), who obtained from Paul IV the privilege by which the cathedral canons of Cosenza wear the choir habit of the Vatican basilica; and Giuseppe Maria Sanfelice (1650), frequently charged by the Holy See with diplomatic missions.

In 1908, The diocese has a population of 159,500, with 109 parishes, 264 churches and chapels, 200 secular and 16 regular priests, 2 religious houses of men and 5 of women.

On April 4, 1979, the Archdiocese was united with the Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano as Cosenza e Bisignano retaining the former Diocese of Bisignano with remainder renamed as the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea. On September 30, 1986, the Archdiocese was renamed to Cosenza-Bisignano and was elevated to a Metropolitan See on January 30, 2001.

Minor Basilicas

  • Basilica della Catena, Laurignano, Cosenza, Calabria
  • Basilica of St. Francis of Paola, Paola, Cosenza, Calabria
  • Sanctuary-Basilica of the Blessed Angelo of Acri, Cosenza, Cosenza, Calabria

    • Diocese of Cosenza

    Erected: 7th Century
    Latin Name: Cosentinus

    Archdiocese of Cosenza

    Elevated: 1150
    Latin Name: Cosentinus
    Immediately Subject to the Holy See

  • Niccolò Brancaccio (13 Jan 1377 - 1379 Resigned)
  • Giovanni d'Aragona (cardinal) (14 Nov 1481 - 17 Oct 1485 Died)
  • Carlo Domenico del Carretto (24 Apr 1489 - 10 Oct 1491 Appointed, Administrator of Angers)
  • Battista Pinelli (10 Oct 1491 - 1495 Died)
  • Bartolomeo Flores (5 Aug 1495 - 1497 Resigned)
  • Ludovico Agnelli (16 Oct 1497 - 3 Nov 1499 Died)
  • Francisco de Borja (6 Nov 1499 - 4 Nov 1511 Died)
  • Giovanni Ruffo de Theodoli (6 Nov 1511 - 1527 Died)
  • Niccolò Gaddi (31 Jan 1528 - 21 Jun 1535 Resigned)
  • Taddeo Gaddi (cardinal) (21 Jun 1535 - 22 Dec 1561 Died)
  • Francesco Gonzaga (2 Mar 1562 - 12 Jan 1565 Resigned)
  • Francesco Milesio (12 Jan 1565 - 10 Jan 1568 Died)
  • Flavio Orsini (24 Jan 1569 - 16 Sep 1573 Resigned)
  • Andrea Matteo Acquaviva d'Aragona (16 Sep 1573 - 1576 Died)
  • Fantino Petrignani (6 Jan 1577 - 1585 Resigned)
  • Silvio Passerini (20 May 1585 - 1587 Died)
  • Giovanni Evangelista Pallotta (11 Sep 1587 - 5 Apr 1591 Resigned)
  • Giovanni Battista Costanzo (5 Apr 1591 - 1617 Died)
  • Paolo Emilio Santori (Santorio) (3 Jul 1617 - 20 Nov 1623 Appointed, Archbishop of Urbino)
  • Giulio Antonio Santoro (29 Jan 1624 - 28 Sep 1638 Died)
  • Martino Alfieri (11 Apr 1639 - 1641 Died)
  • Antonio Ricciulli (27 Nov 1641 - May 1643 Died)
  • Alfonso Maurelli (Castiglion Morelli) (31 Aug 1643 - 22 Feb 1649 Died)
  • Giuseppe Sanfelice (22 Aug 1650 - 20 Nov 1660 Died)
  • Gennaro Sanfelice (21 Nov 1661 - 19 Feb 1694 Died)
  • Eligio Caracciolo, C.R. (15 Mar 1694 - 17 Oct 1700 Died)
  • Andrea Brancaccio, C.R. (18 Apr 1701 - 4 Jun 1725 Died)
  • Vincenzo Maria d'Aragona, O.P. (23 Jul 1725 - 18 Apr 1743 Died)
  • Francesco Antonio Cavalcanti, C.R. (20 May 1743 - 7 Jan 1748 Died)
  • Michele Maria Capece Galeota, C.R. (6 May 1748 - 20 Aug 1764 Appointed, Archbishop of Capua)
  • Antonio D'Afflitto, C.R. (20 Aug 1764 - 26 Oct 1772 Died)
  • Gennaro Clemente Francone (14 Dec 1772 - 27 Feb 1792 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Gaeta)
  • Raffaele Mormile, C.R. (27 Feb 1792 Confirmed - 28 Mar 1803 Appointed, Archbishop of Palermo)
  • Vincenzo Nicola Pasquale Dentice, O.S.B. (26 Jun 1805 Confirmed - 1 Nov 1806 Died)
  • Domenico Narni Mancinelli (6 Apr 1818 Confirmed - 24 Feb 1832 Confirmed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Caserta)
  • Lorenzo Pontillo (20 Jan 1834 Confirmed - 10 Nov 1873 Died)
  • Camillo Sorgente (4 May 1874 - 2 Oct 1911 Died)
  • Tommaso Trussoni (14 Dec 1912 - 9 Apr 1934 Retired)
  • Roberto Nogara (22 Aug 1934 - 24 Apr 1940 Died)
  • Aniello Calcara (1 Jul 1940 - 5 Jul 1961 Died)
  • Domenico Picchinenna (4 Sep 1961 - 29 May 1971 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Catania)
  • Enea Selis (2 Sep 1971 - 30 Oct 1979 Resigned)

    • Archdiocese of Cosenza e Bisignano

    United: 4 April 1979 with the Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano
    Latin Name: Cosentinus et Bisinianensis

  • Dino Trabalzini (18 Mar 1980 - 6 Jun 1998 Retired)

    • Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano

    Name Changed: 30 September 1986
    Metropolitan See

  • Giuseppe Agostino (6 Jun 1998 - 18 Dec 2004 Retired)
  • Salvatore Nunnari (18 Dec 2004 - 15 May 2015 Retired)
  • Francescantonio Nolè, O.F.M. Conv. (15 May 2015 - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano Wikipedia
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