Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani

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Ecclesiastical province Palermo Rite Latin Rite Area 1,089 km² Province Province of Trapani		Parishes 87 Established May 31, 1844 Phone +39 0923 432111 Country Italy

Territory Trapani, Erice, Paceco, Valderice, San Vito Lo Capo, Custonaci, Alcamo, Castellammare del Golfo, Buseto Palizzolo, Calatafimi-Segesta, Favignana Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2010)208,084207,300 (99,6%%) Address Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 38, 91100 Trapani TP, Italy Similar Saint Lorenzo's Cathedral, Parrocchia di San Pietro, Chiesa Sacro Cuore, Santuario Maria SS Annunziata, Parrocchia S Teresa Del Bamb

The Italian Catholic diocese of Trapani is in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Palermo.

History

Trapani was subject to the see of Mazzara, from the Norman Conquest until 1844, when the diocese was created. Its first bishop was the Redemptorist Vincenzo M. Marolda.

Bishop Francesco Miccichè was removed on May 19, 2012 from the office of bishop of this diocese.

Ordinaries

Vincenzo Maria Marolda, C.SS.R. (1844 - 1851 Resigned)

Vincenzo Ciccolo Rinaldi (1853 - 1874 Died)

Giovanni Battista Bongiorni (1874 - 1879 Appointed, Bishop of Caltagirone)

Francesco Ragusa (1879 - 1895 Died)

Stefano Gerbino di Cannitello, O.S.B. (1895 - 1906 Resigned)

Francesco Maria Raiti, O. Carm. (1906 - 1932 Died)

Ferdinando Ricca (1932 - 1947 Died)

Filippo Jacolino (1947 - 1950 Died)

Corrado Mingo (1950 - 1961 Appointed, Archbishop of Monreale)

Francesco Ricceri (1961 - 1978 Retired)

Emanuele Romano (1978 - 1988 Retired)

Domenico Amoroso, S.D.B. (1988 - 1997 Died)

Francesco Miccichè (bishop) (1998 - 19 May 2012 Removed)

Pietro Maria Fragnelli (2013 - )

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Trapani Wikipedia

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