Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pesaro

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Ecclesiastical province Pesaro Denomination Catholic Church Established 3rd century Phone +39 0721 69453 Archbishop Piero Coccia		Parishes 54 Rite Roman Rite Area 287 km² Country Italy

Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2004) 120,697 117,017 (97%) Address Via del Seminario, 4, 61121 Pesaro PU, Italy Province Province of Pesaro and Urbino Similar Parrocchia Di S Maria Di Loreto, Parrocchia S Carlo Borromeo, Curia Vescovile, Convento Padri Cappuccini, Il Nuovo Amico‑Co

The Archdiocese of Pesaro (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisaurensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in central Italy. Its see at Pesaro was elevated in status to archiepiscopal see in 2000. Its suffragans are the Diocese of Fano-Fossombrone-Cagli-Pergola and the Archdiocese of Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado.

History

The first bishop, St. Florentius, is said to have governed this see in the middle of the second century, while the bishop, St. Decentius, according to tradition, suffered martyrdom under Diocletian.

Bishop Heradianus was at the Council of Sardica in 343. Other bishops were:

Germanus, who went with Cresconius di Todi to Constantinople in 497 as legate of Pope Anastasius II;

Felix, whom Gregory the Great brought to trial;

Maximus (649);

Benenatus, a legate to the Sixth General Council (680);

Stabilinus (769);

Adelberto (998), founder of the monastery of S. Tommaso in Folgia, where Pope Clement II died in 1047;

Pietro (1070), who was deposed, being a partisan of the schism of Frederick Barbarossa;

Bartolomeo (1218);

Omodio (1346);

Biagio Geminelli (1354);

Leale Malatesta (1370);

Cardinal Antonio Casini (1406);

Paris de Grassis (1513–28)

Giacomo Simoneta (1528–1535)

Ludovico Simoneta (1537–1561)

Giulio Simonetti (1560), was at the Council of Trent, and founded the seminary;

Gian Lucido Palombara (1658), consecrated the new cathedral;

Umberto Radicati (1742);

Cardinal Gennaro Antonio de' Simoni (1775);

Andrea Mastai-Ferretti (1806).

Ottavio Zollio (1822-1824)

Felice Bezzi (1824-1828)

Filippo Monacelli (1828-1839)

Francesco Canali (1839-1846)

Giovanni Carlo Gentili (1847-1854)

Vacant See (1854-1856)

Clemente Fares (1856-1896)

Carlo Bonaiuti (1896-1904)

Paolo Marco Tei, O.F.M.Cap. (1904-1916)

Bonaventura Porta (1917-1952)

Luigi Carlo Borromeo (1952-1975)

Gaetano Michetti (1975-1998)

Angelo Bagnasco (1998-2003

Piero Coccia, from 28 february 2004

References

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pesaro Wikipedia

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