Voghiera (
Ferrarese: ) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Ferrara
The province of Ferrara ( it, provincia di Ferrara; egl, pruvîncia ad Fràra) is a province in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Ferrara. As of 2016, it has a population of 354,238 inhabitants over an area ...
in the northeastern
Italian region
Emilia-Romagna
egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman)
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, located about northeast of
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different na ...
and about southeast of
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
.
As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,924 and an area of .
[All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.]
Geography
The municipality of Voghiera contains the ''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'' (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ducentola, Gualdo, Montesanto and Voghenza (a former bishopric).
Voghiera borders the following municipalities:
Argenta,
Ferrara
Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...
,
Masi Torello and
Portomaggiore
Portomaggiore ( Ferrarese: ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
In the Battle of Portomaggiore of 1395, mercenary troops of the Ferrara Regency Council, assisted by allies from Florence, Bologna, ...
.
Ecclesiastical history
Of these, Voghenza (in
Latin
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, Vicohabentia) was once a residential
bishopric
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...
, believed to have been renamed, due to a see shift, in 950 as
Diocese of Ferrara
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ferrara-Comacchio ( la, Archidioecesis Ferrariensis-Comaclensis) has existed since 1986, when the diocese of Comacchio was combined with the historical archdiocese of Ferrara. It is a suffragan of the archdioces ...
(now Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ferrara–Comacchio).
See also:
Maurelius of Voghenza
Titular see
It is now included in the
Catholic Church
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's list of
titular see
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbi ...
s.
In 1966, the diocese was nominally restored as Latin
Titular bishopric
A titular see in various churches is an episcopal see of a former diocese that no longer functions, sometimes called a "dead diocese". The ordinary or hierarch of such a see may be styled a "titular metropolitan" (highest rank), "titular archbish ...
of Voghenza (Curiate Italian) or Vicohabentia in Latin, adjective Vicohabentin(us).
It has had the following incumbents,
[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t1979.htm GCatholic] of the fitting Episcopal (lowest) rank, ''with an archiepiscopal promotion in this title as exception :
* Angelo Scapecchi (1967.07.11 – 1996.03.20), first as
Auxiliary Bishop of
Cortona
Cortona (, ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Arezzo, in Tuscany, Italy. It is the main cultural and artistic centre of the Val di Chiana after Arezzo.
Toponymy
Cortona is derived from Latin Cortōna, and from Etruscan 𐌂𐌖 ...
(Italy) (1967.07.11 – 1986.09.30), then restyled as Auxiliary Bishop of successor see
Arezzo–Cortona–Sansepolcro (1986.09.30 – retired 1987.07.25); died 1996
* Salvatore Fisichella (Rino) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17 ''see below'') as Auxiliary Bishop of the papal
Vicariate of Rome (Roma, Italy) (1998.07.03 – 2008.06.17), also President of
Pontifical Institute of John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and Family (2002.01.18 – 2006.01),
Rector Magnificus of
Pontifical Lateran University
The Pontifical Lateran University ( it, Pontificia Università Lateranense; la, Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. The university also hosts the central session of the Pont ...
(2002.01.18 – 2010.06.30), President of
Pontifical Academy for Life (2008.06.17 – 2010.06.30)
*''the same Salvatore Fisichella (Rino), promoted
Titular Archbishop
A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.
By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Voghenza (''see above'' 2008.06.17 – ...), also President of
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization (2010.06.30 – ...) and President of
International Council for Catechesis (2013.01.16 – ...)
Demographic evolution
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References
Sources and external links
www.comune.voghiera.fe.it/
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