The Italian Catholic Diocese of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino (Latin: Dioecesis Frusinatensis-Verulana-Ferentina) has existed since 1986. In that year, the Diocese of Ferentino was united into the Diocese of Veroli-Frosinone; which was the name of the historic Diocese of Veroli from 1956. It is immediately subject to the Holy See. In 2013 there was one priest for every 1,685 Catholics in the diocese.
Veroli was only fifty-two miles from Rome, and therefore an excellent benefice for a prelate who was employed in the Roman Curia.
In a bull of 18 June 1081 Pope Gregory VII confirmed the extent of the territory of the diocese of Veroli for Bishop Albert. Pope Urban II confirmed the possessions of the Church of Veroli in a bull of 2 July 1097, and the provisions of the bull were repeated by Pope Paschal II in a bull of 4 September 1108, written for the benefit of Bishop Albert.
Pope Alexander III determined that the number of Canons in the Cathedral of Saint Andrew should be sixteen.
Erected: 8th Century
Latin Name: Verulana
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
No bishop of Veroli is known before Martinus (743)...Arnaldus (attested in 853)...Sergius (attested in 1024)...Albertus (1094–1106?)Agostino (1106?–1111);Letus (1111–after 1125).Leo (by 1140–after 1159).Faramondo (1160–1181);Ambrosius (1181–1188)Robertus (1188–1189Oddo (1190–1212)...Benedictus (1422–1427)Clemente Bartolomei, O.S.A. (1437–1457)Angelo de' Cacci (1457– )Fabrice Novelli (1464–1468 Died)...Cardinal Ennio Filonardi (1503–1538)Antonio Filonardi (1538–1560 Died)Benedetto Salino (1560–1567 Died)Ortensio Battisti (1567–1594 Died)Eugenio Fucci (1594–1608 Died)Girolamo Asteo, O.F.M. Conv. (1608–1626 Died)Baglione Carradoli (1626–1628 Appointed, Bishop of Marsi)Vincenzo Lanteri, C.O. (1628–1649 Died)Alessandro Argoli (1651–1654 Died)Francesco Lambardi (1655–1660 Died)Francesco Angelucci (1660–1674 Died)Riccardo Annibaleschi della Molara (1675–1689 Died)Domenico de Zaoli (Zaulis) (1690–1708 Resigned)Ludovico Anselmo Gualtieri (1708–1715 Appointed, Bishop of Todi)Lorenzo Tartagni (1715–1751 Resigned)Pietro Saverio Antonini (1751–1761 Resigned)Giovanni Battista Jacobini (1761–1786 Died)Antonio Rossi (1786–1811 Died)Francesco Maria Cipriani, O.S.B. (1814–1843 Died)Mariano Venturi (1844–1854 Died)Luigi Zannini (1854–1857 Resigned)Fortunato Maurizi (1856–1868 Died)Giovanni Battista Maneschi (1868–1891 Died)Paolo Fioravanti (1891–1909 Died)Luigi Fantozzi, C.Pp.S. (1909–1931 Retired)Francesco de Filippis (1931–1942 Appointed, Archbishop of Brindisi)Emilio Baroncelli (1943–1955 Appointed, Bishop of Recanati)Name Changed: 29 February 1956
Latin Name: Verulana-Frusinatensis
Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Carlo Livraghi (1956–1962 Resigned)Luigi Morstabilini (1962–1964 Appointed, Bishop of Brescia)Giuseppe Marafini (1964–1973 Died)Michele Federici (1973–1980 Died)Angelo Cella, M.S.C. (1981–1999 Retired)United: 30 September 1986 with the Diocese of Ferentino
Latin Name: Frusinatensis-Verulana-Ferentina
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