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. It was established under this name in 1986. It is the continuation of the Diocese of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze, whose existence was confirmed by

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in 1217, as a joining of the Diocese of Terracina with the Diocese of Priverno and the Diocese of Sezze under a single bishop. It is immediately exempt to the

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History

According to a local tradition, the first bishop of

Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and '' comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anc ...

was St. Epaphroditus, who is claimed to have been one of Jesus' original seventy-two disciples, mentioned by Paul of Tarsus in one of his epistles. The most ancient Christian record of the city is that of the martyrdom of St. Julianus, priest, and St. Cæsareus, deacon, who were cast into the sea under the emperor Trajan. The early date is rejected by Francesco Lanzoni, along with many hagiographical details. In the third century, a Quartus is recorded by the "Passion of S. Caesareo" as a ''sacerdos'', and martyr along with Caesareo; he is also mentioned as a martyr along with Quintus of Capua. There is no reason to think that Quartus was a bishop. The first bishop whose date is known with certainty is Sabinus. He was present at the Lateran synod of

Pope Miltiades Pope Miltiades ( grc-gre, Μιλτιάδης, ''Miltiádēs''), also known as Melchiades the African ( ''Melkhiádēs ho Aphrikanós''), was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emp ...

in November 313. It is claimed that an African priest, Silvianus, a fugitive during the Vandal persecution was bishop of Terracina about 443. The catalogue of Hieronymianus notes under 10 February: "iuxta Terracina in Campania natale Silvani episcopi et confessoris." The story of his African origins first appears in an anonymous local historian of Terracina belonging to the 17th and 18th centuries. It is rejected by Francesco Lanzoni as being without foundation. He also rejects the date of 444, preferring to place Silvianus in the 4th century. Agnellus, Bishop of Fundi, whose city had been destroyed, was appointed ''cardinalis sacerdos'' of the diocese of Terracina by

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. The sees of

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(Privernum) and

Sezze Sezze (from the Latin "Setia") is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Latina, central Italy, about south of Rome and from the Mediterranean coast. The historical center of Sezze is located on a high hill commanding the Pontine plain. T ...

(Setia), situated on the side of the Lepinian hills, were united to Terracina, perhaps by Pope Alexander III, or even earlier. The union of the three dioceses was confirmed by

on 18 January 1217, during the episcopate of Simeone. On 16 July 1725, with the Bull "Regis Pacifici",

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restored the See of Piperno and Sezze, declaring them united ''aeque principaliter'' to the diocese of Terracina. Bishop

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(1805) was exiled in 1809, for refusing to take the oath of loyalty to Napoleon, following the arrest, deposition and deportation of

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. He was deported first to the fortress of Chambéry in Savoy, and then to Trevoux in France. The Cistercian

Abbey of Fossa Nuova Fossanova Abbey, earlier Fossa Nuova, is a church that was formerly a Cistercian abbey located near the railway-station of Priverno in Latina, Italy, about south-east of Rome. History Fossanova is one of the finest examples of early Burgundia ...

is within the territory of this see. The diocese is immediately subject to the Holy See (Papacy).

Chapters and cathedrals

The cathedral of Terracina, dedicated to S. Cesareo, was built in the 11th and 12th centuries, on foundations of an ancient Roman temple, dedicated to Apollo, or to the Goddess Roma and Augustus. It was served and administered by a corporation, the Chapter, composed of twelve Canons, presided over by the Archpriest. Since the cathedral served as a parish church, the Archdeacon had the "cure of souls" (responsibility for the spiritual welfare of the parishioners). The cathedral of Latina, dedicated to S. Marco, was begun in 1932 as a parish church, at the same time that Latina was established as a city and the capital of its prefecture. The former Pontine Marshes, which had finally been drained after more than fifty years of work, were opened to agriculture, and the state sponsored a large-scale immigration from the Veneto, whose principal patron saint was Mark the Evangelist of Venice. The new parish church was dedicated on 23 November 1933, by Cardinal Enrico Gasparri, suburbicarian Bishop of Velletri. It was elevated to the status of a cathedral on 30 September 1986. The original church at Sezze was dedicated to S. Luke, the mythological founder of the Christian community at Setina. There was a Romanesque church, which was seriously damaged in a fire in 1150. The latest known bishop of Sezze was Bishop Landus in 1178. The Romanesque church was replaced, and a new church dedicated on 18 August 1364, by the Franciscan Bishop Giovanni of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

granted the old cathedral the title of "minor basilica". By the papal bull of 29 April 1725, the church of S. Maria was reestablished as a cathedral and united ''aeque principaliter'' with the diocese of Terracina. The cathedral was staffed and administered by a Chapter, consisting of three dignities and twelve Canons. The cathedral of Piperno was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The old cathedral was destroyed in a fire in 1159, and

Pope Lucius III Pope Lucius III (c. 1097 – 25 November 1185), born Ubaldo Allucingoli, reigned from 1 September 1181 to his death in 1185. Born of an aristocratic family of Lucca, prior to being elected pope, he had a long career as a papal diplomat. His pa ...

dedicated a new cathedral in the summer of 1183. The cathedral was staffed and administered by a Chapter, consisting of an Archpriest and twelve Canons.

Diocesan reorganization

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had determined that all of the dioceses of Lazio should belong to one and the same ecclesiastical province. His successor

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, however, decided to split the province into two, Upper Lazio and Lower Lazio (to which Terracina belonged), while the suburbicarian bishops would belong to a separate conference under the direction of the Vicar of the city of Rome. The city of Latina, however, which was the largest in Lazio except for Rome itself, belonged to the diocese of Velletri, one of the suburbicarian bishoprics. The

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, in order to ensure that all Catholics received proper spiritual attention, decreed the reorganization of the diocesan structure of Italy and the consolidation of small and struggling dioceses, in particular those with financial and personnel problems. It also decreed that the natural population units of people, together with the civil jurisdictions and social institutions that compose their organic structure, should be preserved as far as possible as units. It was their wish that all of Lazio was to belong to one ecclesiastical province. Latina was recognized as an anomaly in terms of ecclesiastical organization. Therefore, on 12 September 1967, with the approval of

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, the Consistorial Congregation ordered that the part of the territory of Lazio that belonged to the district of which Latina was the capital was to be transferred from the diocese of Velletri to the diocese of Terracina, bringing a substantial increase in territory and population to the diocese of Terracina. On the same day, in a separate decree, the name of the diocese was changed to "Terracinensis-Latiniensis, Privernensis et Setinus". On 18 February 1984, the Vatican and the Italian State signed
new and revised concordat
Based on the revisions, a set of ''Normae'' was issued on 15 November 1984, which was accompanied in the next year, on 3 June 1985, by enabling legislation. According to the agreement, the practice of having one bishop govern two separate dioceses at the same time, ''aeque personaliter'', was abolished. This applied to the dioceses of Terracina-Latina and Priverno e Sezza. The Vatican therefore continued consultations which had begun under

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 28 Oc ...

for the merging of dioceses. On 30 September 1986,

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

ordered that the dioceses of Terracina-Latina and Priverno e Sezza be merged into one diocese with one bishop, with the Latin title ''Dioecesis Latinensis-Terracinensis-Setina-Privernensis''. The seat of the diocese was to be in Latina, the largest city and capital of the province, and the cathedral of Latina, San Marco, was to serve as the cathedral of the merged dioceses. The cathedrals in Terracina, Sezze, and Priverno were to become co-cathedrals, and the cathedral Chapters were each to be a ''Capitulum Concathedralis''. There was to be only one diocesan Tribunal, in Latina, and likewise one seminary, one College of Consultors, and one Priests' Council. The territory of the new diocese was to include the territory of the former dioceses of Latina, Terracina, Sezze, and Priverno.

Diocesan synods

A diocesan synod was an irregularly held, but important, meeting of the bishop of a diocese and his clergy. Its purpose was (1) to proclaim generally the various decrees already issued by the bishop; (2) to discuss and ratify measures on which the bishop chose to consult with his clergy; (3) to publish statutes and decrees of the diocesan synod, of the provincial synod, and of the Holy See. John Paul II, Constitutio Apostolica ''de Synodis Dioecesanis Agendis'' (March 19, 1997)
''Acta Apostolicae Sedis'' 89
(1997), pp. 706-727. In 1640, Bishop Cesare Ventimiglia (1615–1645) presided over a diocesan synod. In 1764. Bishop Francesco Odoardi (1758–1775) held a diocesan synod at Priverno. In 1784, from 30 May to 1 June, Bishop Benedetto Pucilli (1775–1786) held a diocesan synod in the cathedral of Terracina, the decrees of which were published in Rome in 1885 by the Salamonian press. A diocesan synod of the diocese of Terracina Priverno e Sezze was held by Bishop Salvatore Baccarini (1922–1930) in 1929. Bishop Giuseppe Petrocchi (1998–2013) presided over the first diocesan synod of the reorganized and renamed diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno from 2005 to 2012. An extensive report of the consultations, ''Perché la nostra Chiesa sia "Più-Una"'', was published.

Bishops

Diocese of Terracina

:... *Sabinus (attested 313) :... *Martyrius (attested 496–502) :... *Petrus (attested 591–592) *Agnellus (attested 592–598) :... *Sabbatinus (attested 963–964) *Benedictus (attested 969) :... *Joannes (attested 986–994)) :... *Adeodatus (attested 1015) *Joannes *Theodaldus (attested 1042) *Joannes :... *Ambrosius, O.S.B. (attested 1064–1071) :... *Petrus (attested 1092–1095) *Benedictus (attested 1098–1105) *Gregorius, O.S.B. (attested 1112–1126) :... *Hugo (attested 1168–1179) :... *Filegarius (attested 1196–1199) *Simeon (attested 1203–1217–1224)

Diocese of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze

''United: 17 January 1217 with the Diocese of Priverno and the Diocese of Sezze''

1217 to 1500

*Simeon (continued) *Gregorius (attested 1227–1238) *Docibilis (attested 1248) *Petrus (attested 1257–1259) *Franciscus Canis (attested 1263–1273) *Franciscus, O.Min. (1273–1295) *Theobaldus, O.Min. (1295–1296) *Albertus (1296–1300) *Joannes (1300–1318) *Andreas (1319–1326) *Sergius Peronti (1326–1348) *Petrus (1348–1352) *Jacobus de Perusio, O.E.S.A. (1352–1362) *Giovanni Ferreri, O.Min. (1362–1369) *Stefano Armandi (1369–1381?) *Rogerius ( ? –1390) ''Roman Obedience'' *Nicolaus (1390–1402) ''Roman Obedience'' * Marinus de Santa Agatha (1402–1404) ''Roman Obedience'' *Antonius (de Rossi) (1404–1411) *Antonius da Zagarolo, O.F.M. (1411–1422) *Andrea Gacci (1422–1425) *Giovanni de Normannis (1425–1427) *Nicola de Aspra (1430–1448) *Alessandro Trani (1448) *Alexander de Gaetano (1449–1455)Alexander held the degree of '' Doctor in utroque iure''. He was appointed Bishop of Terracina by

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on 15 January 1449. He died in 1455. Ughelli wrongly states that he died in 1458, being unaware of the existence of Franciscus de Licata. Ughelli I, p. 1298. Eubel ''Hierarchia catholica'' II, p. 248. *Franciscus de Benedictus de Licata (15 Dec 1455 – 1458 Died) * Corrado Marcellini (1458–1490) * Francesco Rosa (1490–1500)

1500 to 1800

* Juan Gálvez (1500–1507) *

Oliviero Carafa Oliviero Carafa (10 March 1430 – 20 January 1511), in Latin Oliverius Carafa, was an Italian cardinal and diplomat of the Renaissance. Like the majority of his era's prelates, he displayed the lavish and conspicuous standard of living that was ...

(1507–1510 Resigned) ''Administrator''Cardinal Carafa, who was Dean of the College of Cardinals was Administrator of the diocese from 20 August 1507 to 13 May 1510, when he resigned, upon the appointment of a regular bishop. Eubel, ''Hierarchia catholica'' III, p. 310. * Zaccaria de Moris (1510–1517) * Andrea Cibo (Cybo) (1517–1522) * Giovanni de Copis (1522–1527) * Antonio Bonsi (1528–1533) * Cinzio Filonardi (1533–1534) : Cipriano de Caris (1534 Died) * Alessandro Argoli (1534–1540) * Ottaviano Maria Sforza (1540–1545) * Ottaviano Raverta (1545–1562) *

Francesco Beltramini Francesco Beltramini (1522–1575) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Terracina, Priverno e Sezze (1564–1575) ''(in Latin)'' and Apostolic Nuncio to France (1565–1566). Biography Francesco Beltramini was born in Colle Val ...

(1564–1575) * Beltramino Beltramini (1575–1582) * Luca Cardino (1582–1594) * Fabrizio Perugini (1595–1608) * Pomponio de Magistris (28 Jan 1608 – 1614) * Cesare Ventimiglia (1615–1645) * Alessandro Tassi (25 Jun 1646 – 21 Nov 1647) * Francesco Maria Ghislieri (1 Feb 1649 –1664) * Pompeo Angelotti (15 Dec 1664 – 2 Mar 1667) * Ercole Domenico Monanni (1667–1710) *Bernardo Maria Conti, O.S.B. (1 Dec 1710 – 3 Jun 1720 Resigned) *Giovanni Battista Conventati, C.O. (3 Jul 1720 – 27 Nov 1726 Resigned) *Gioacchino Maria Oldi, O. Carm. (1726–1749) *Callisto Maria (Vincenzo Antonio) Palombella, O.S.M. (1 Dec 1749 – 3 May 1758) *Francesco Alessandro Odoardi (11 Sep 1758 – 18 Jan 1775) *Benedetto Pucilli (29 May 1775 – 7 Apr 1786) *Angelo Antonio Anselmi (18 Dec 1786 –1792)

1800 to 1966

*Michele Argelati, O.S.M. (1800–1805) *Francesco Antonio Mondelli (23 Sep 1805 – 26 Sep 1814 Appointed

Bishop of Città di Castello A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

) *Francesco Saverio (François-Xavier) Pereira (15 Mar 1815 – 2 Oct 1818 Appointed

Bishop of Rieti The Diocese of Rieti ( la, Dioecesis Reatina (-S. Salvatoris Maioris)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See.Guglielmo Aretini-Sillani (6 Apr 1835 – 4 Dec 1853 Resigned) *Nicola Bedini (19 Dec 1853 – 29 Sep 1862 Resigned) *Bernardino Trionfetti, O.F.M. (25 Sep 1862 – 23 Feb 1880 Resigned) *Flaviano Simoneschi (27 Feb 1880 – 2 Jul 1883 Resigned) *Tommaso Mesmer (9 Aug 1883 – 12 Dec 1892 Died) *Paolo Emio Bergamaschi (12 Jun 1893 – 19 Jun 1899 Appointed

Bishop of Troia A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

) *Domenico Ambrosi (18 Sep 1899 – 17 Aug 1921 Died) *Salvatore Baccarini, C. R. (7 Mar 1922 – 30 Jun 1930 Appointed

Archbishop of Capua The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Capua ( la, Archidioecesis Capuana) is an archdiocese (originally a suffragan bishopric) of the Roman Catholic Church in Capua, in Campania, Italy, but its archbishop no longer holds metropolitan rank and has no e ...

) *Pio Leonardo Navarra, O.F.M. Conv. (29 Jan 1932 – 2 Feb 1951 Resigned) *Emilio Pizzoni (27 Mar 1951 – 6 Sep 1966 Resigned)

Diocese of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze

*Arrigo Pintonello (12 Sep 1967 – 25 Jun 1971 Resigned) *Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. (9 Mar 1972 – 22 Dec 1983 Retired) *Domenico Pecile (22 Dec 1983 – 27 Jun 1998 Retired)

Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno

''Name Changed: 30 September 1986'' *Giuseppe Petrocchi (27 Jun 1998 – 8 Jun 2013 Appointed Archbishop of L'Aquila) *Mariano Crociata (19 Nov 2013 – )CV of Bishop Crociata: Diocesi di Latina
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retrieved: 18 May 2020.

References

Books

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Studies

* * *Kehr, Paul Fridolin (1907)
''Italia pontificia''
vol. II: Latium. Berlin 1909. pp. 113–130. *Lanzoni, Francesco (1927)
''Le diocesi d'Italia dalle origini al principio del secolo VII (an. 604)''
Faenza 1927, pp. 516–517; 545–547. *Schwartz, Gerhard (1913)
''Die Besetzung der Bistümer Reichsitaliens unter den sächsischen und salischen Kaisern : mit den Listen der Bischöfe, 951-1122''
Leipzig-Berlin 1913, pp. 272–273. * {{authority control Apostolic sees Latina Latina, Lazio Terracina Latina