Parishes 58 Country Italy | Area 681 km² Bishop Stefano Russo | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2013)56,00052,550 (93.8%) Established 15 November 1728 (288 years ago) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo | ||
The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche, has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.
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History
The history of Fabriano is closely connected with that of the Marches. In the church of San Benedetto, of the Silvestrine monks, is the tomb of Giovanni Bonnelli, a Silvestrine (d. 1290). Silvestro Guzzoli, the founder of this order, is buried at Monte Fano, not far from Fabriano, where Giuseppe dei Conti Atti and Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.
The city was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Camerino until 1785, when Pope Pius VI re-established the old Diocese of Matelica and united it aeque principaliter with Fabriano. In 487, Bishop Equitius of Matelica was at Rome; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known. Until 1785, the Diocese of Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.
Diocese of Fabriano
Erected: 15 November 1728
Latin Name: Fabrianensis
Diocese of Fabriano e Matelica
United: 8 July 1785 with the Diocese of Matelica
Latin Name: Fabrianensis et Mathelicensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See