Latin Church
The Latin Church () is the largest autonomous () particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics. The Latin Church is one of 24 Catholic particular churches and liturgical ...
ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, 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 Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
in
Calabria
Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...
, southern
Italy
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. It received its current title in 1986, when the independent
Diocese of Bova
The diocese of Bova was a Roman Catholic diocese in Calabria in ItalyBova -
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved October 7, 2016"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria–Bova" ''GCatholic.org''. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved October 7, 2016 and the territory and title of the diocese added to that of the Archdiocese of Reggio.
History
Early history
Through a fanciful reading of ''The Book of Acts of the Apostles'' 27,
St. Paul
Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...
was said to have preached the Gospel at Reggio Calabria, and to have consecrated his companion, St. Stephen, ( it) bishop. The first bishop known is Bishop Marcus of Calabria, who was one of five legates of
Pope Sylvester I
Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, before 284 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death on 31 December 335. He filled the See of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, though very lit ...
Patriarchate of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (, ; ; , "Roman Orthodox Patriarchate, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Istanbul") is one of the fifteen to seventeen autocephalous churches that together compose the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is headed ...
in 732, Reggio became a metropolitan see with thirteen suffragans, and followed the
Greek Rite
The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, is a liturgical rite that is identified with the wide range of cultural, devotional, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Chri ...
, which was changed to the
Gallican Rite
The Gallican Rite is a historical form of Christian liturgy and other ritual practices in Western Christianity. It is not a single Ritual family, liturgical rite but rather several Latin liturgical rites that developed within the Latin Church, w ...
after the Norman Conquest in the eleventh century. Reggio had been conquered by the Normans before 1079 and when Basil, the candidate chosen by the patriarch of Constantinople Cosmas I., attempted to take his position, the Normans prevented him from doing so as they saw him as a agent of a foreign power whose lands they were preparing to invade. The seat remained empty for some time until the synod of Melfi in 1089 where Basil appealed to the gathered bishops. He clashed however with pope Urban II when he rejected Urban's authority over the bishops of Italy and his right to appoint bishops in Italy, which was affirmed by the Greek bishops of
Rossano
Rossano is a town and ''frazione'' of Corigliano-Rossano in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, southern Italy. The city is situated on an eminence from the Gulf of Taranto. The town is known for its marble and alabaster quarry, quarries.
The to ...
and San Severina. His claim was therefore rejected and Rangerius, a monks from
Marmoutier
:''See Marmoutier Abbey (Tours) for the former abbey in Tours.''
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Roman Rite
The Roman Rite () is the most common ritual family for performing the ecclesiastical services of the Latin Church, the largest of the ''sui iuris'' particular churches that comprise the Catholic Church. The Roman Rite governs Rite (Christianity) ...
in 1580. The Greek Rite, however, continued to be used in the church of Santissima Maria della Cattolica, built by King Roger, and governed by a
protopope
A protopope, or protopresbyter, is a priest of higher rank in the Eastern Orthodox and the Byzantine Catholic Churches, generally corresponding to Western Christianity's archpriest or the Latin Church's dean.
History
The rights and duties of th ...
with a numerous Greek clergy. Questions of jurisdiction caused frequent controversies with the archbishop. About 1600 Archbishop Annibale d'Afflitto suppressed the Greek Rite in that church, and the entire diocese now follows the Roman Rite.
In 1594 the city of Reggio suffered a devastating attack of the Turkish fleet, which did severe damage to churches, monasteries and hospitals.
In 1783 an earthquake struck the city and damaged the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Body of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.D'Avino, p. 563.
On 28 December 1908 a severe earthquake heavily damaged the Cathedral of Reggio. Reconstruction was immediately put in motion by Archbishop Rinaldo Rousset.
The Cathedral is served by a Chapter composed of four dignities and twenty four Canons. The dignities are: the Dean, the Cantor, the Archdeacon, and the Treasurer. Originally there were only twelve Canons, but Archbishop Centelles increased the number to eighteen, and Archbishop Gaspare de Creales brought the number up to twenty-four. Pope Benedict XIV, in a Bull of 25 September 1741, granted the Canons the right to wear a
mitre
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*Giraldus (attested 24 June 1215 – 21 November 1216)
* Lando (attested July 1218 – 9 February 1236)
*Vernaccio (1252 – after 12 January 1255)
*Jacobus de Castiglione (11 March 1259 – 1277)
*Gentile, O. Min. (9 October 1279 – 6 July 1307)
*Tommaso (7 August 1307 – 1316)
:''Sede vacante'' (1316–1321)
*Pietro, O.S.A. (30 April 1321 – 1328 Died)
*Pietro de Galganis (5 October 1328 – 29 January 1354)
*Filippo Maurello de Castiglione (29 January 1354 – c. 1363?)
*Carlo (12 February 1364 – c. 1371?)
*Tommaso della Porta (19 January 1372 – ? )
*Giordano (c. 1382 – 1404?)
* Pietro Filomarini (1404–1420 Died)
* Bartolomeo Gattola (1421–1426) Appointed Archbishop of Messina
* Gaspare Colonna (1426–1429) Appointed
Archbishop of Benevento
The Archdiocese of Benevento () is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church. It currently has five suffragan dioceses: the diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia, the diocese of Avellino, the diocese of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti ...
Agostino Trivulzio
Agostino Trivulzio (c. 1485–1548) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from a noble family in Milan, the eighth child of Giovanni Trivulzio di Borgomanero, a Councillor of the Dukes of Milan, and Angela (or Agnolina, or Anna) Marti ...
(24 August 1520 – 1 October 1520 Resigned), Administrator
* Pietro Trivulzio (1 October 1520 – 1523 Died)
*
Agostino Trivulzio
Agostino Trivulzio (c. 1485–1548) was an Italian Cardinal and papal legate. He was from a noble family in Milan, the eighth child of Giovanni Trivulzio di Borgomanero, a Councillor of the Dukes of Milan, and Angela (or Agnolina, or Anna) Marti ...
(26 November 1523 – 16 July 1529 Resigned), Administrator
* Girolamo Centelles (16 July 1529 – 1535 Resigned)
* Agostino Gonzaga (11 April 1537 – 1557 Died)
*
Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso
Gaspare Ricciullo del Fosso, Order of the Minims, O.M. (1496–1592) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Reggio Calabria (1560–1592), ''(in Latin)''
Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1551–1560), ''(in Latin)''
and Bishop of Scala ...
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O.SS.T.
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(27 May 1675 – September 1695 Died)
* Giovanni Andrea Monreale (1696–1726 Died)
*Domingo (Damiano) Polou (1727–1756 Died)
*Domenico Zicari (1757–1760 Died)
*Matteo Gennaro Testa Piccolomini (1761–1766 Resigned)
*Alberto Maria (Leonardo Antonio Pasquale) Capobianco, O.P. (1767–1792 Resigned)
*Giuseppe Maria Cenicela, O.F.M. Disc. (1797–1814 Died)
:''Sede vacante'' (1814–1818)
* Alessandro Tommasini (1818–1826 Died)
* Emanuele Maria Bellorado, O.P. (28 January 1828 – 18 May 1829)
* Leone Ciampa, O.F.M. Disc. (18 May 1829 – 1 February 1836)
* Pietro di Benedetto (1836–1855 Died)
* Mariano Ricciardi (1855–1871)
* Francesco Saverio Basile (1871–1871 Died)
* Francesco Converti, O.F.M. (1872–1888 Resigned)
* Gennaro Portanova (1888–1908 Died)
since 1900
*Rinaldo Camillo Rousset, O.C.D. (1909–1926 Died)
*Carmelo Pujia (1927–1937 Died)
*Enrico Montalbetti, Obs. S.C. (1938–1943 Died)
*Antonio Lanza (1943–1950 Died)
* Giovanni Ferro, C.R.S. (1950–1977 Retired)
*Aureliano Sorrentino (1977–1990 Retired)
*Vittorio Luigi Mondello (1990–2013 Retired)
*Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini, O.M. (2013–2021 Retired)Morosini was born at Paola (diocese of Cosenza-Bisignano) on 27 November 1945. He studied at the Lateran University in Rome, taking a doctorate in theology in 1970; he also studied at the University of Messina, taking a doctorate in philosophy in 1975. He was Director of the Third Order of Minims (1983–1992), as well as Corrector Provinciale at Paola (1986–1992). From 1992 to 1994 he was Corrector of the new house of the Minims in Vranov in the Czech Republic. He was Corrector General (Superior) of the Minims from 1994 to 2006. Morosini was named Bishop of Locri on 20 March 2008, and consecrated in Rome on 9 May 2008 by Cardinal Renato Martino. He was transferred to Reggio on 13 July 2013. He is a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Evangelization of Peoples. ''Archdiocesi di Reggio Calabria–Bova'' Giuseppe Fiorini Morosini retrieved: 2017-02-22.
*Fortunato Morrone (2021–present)
References
Bibliography
Reference works
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*Guarno-Logoteta, Carlo (1899), "Cronaca dei vescovi ed arcivescovi di Reggio," , in ''Rivista storica calabrese'' Anno VII (1899) pp. 65, 129, 169, 233, 297, 377, 417, 457, 497, 561, 625.
*Kamp, Norbert (1975). ''Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien ' München: Wilhelm Fink 1975.
*Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1975). ''Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum.'' ttp://sul-derivatives.stanford.edu/derivative?CSNID=00002441&mediaType=application/pdf Vol. X: Calabria–Insulae Berlin: Weidmann. (in Latin)
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* Russo, Francesco (1962). ''Storia dell'archidiocesi di Reggio Calabria,'' 3 vols (Naples: Laurenziana, 1961, 1962, 1963).
* Russo, Francesco (1982). ''Storia della Chiesa in Calabria dalle origini al Concilio di Trento,'' 2 vols. Rubbetino: Soveria Mannelli 1982.
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