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
Roman Catholic Church
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located in the town of
Lipari
Lipari (; ) is a ''comune'' including six of seven islands of the Aeolian Islands (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi) and it is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, Southern Italy; it is ...
in the
Aeolian Islands
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of
Sicily
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,
Italy
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History
The diocese of Lipari had already been erected by the 5th century. The names of several early bishops are attested:
*Augustus (501, 502)
*Venantius (553)
*Agatho (593)
* aulinus(under Pope Gregory I)
Lipari is a volcanic island. Its last major eruption took place in 729, leaving a high pumice cone which is 476m (1570 feet) high; the population must have fled, at least temporarily. One crater, called Monte Pilato, is mined for pumice and has numerous caves. There are still hot springs and fumaroles.
In 1544 the pirate Barbarossa completely depopulated the island. It was at the direction of the Emperor Charles V, who noted the island's strategic position, that it was repopulated.
In 1743, the city of Lipari had about 13,000 inhabitants, under the temporal authority of the King of Naples. The diocese was directly subject to the authority of the Pope, that is, Lipari had no regional Metropolitan. The Cathedral had a Chapter which contained four dignities (Archdeacon, Deacon, Cantor, Treasurer) and fifteen Canons.
On September 30, 1986, as part of a Vatican effort to reduce the number of redundant Italian dioceses, the diocese of Lipari was suppressed as an independent entity and incorporated into the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.
Bishops
to 1500
* gatho (c. 254)*Augustus (501, 502)
*Venantius (553)
*Agatho (593)
*Peregrinus (c. 660)
*Basilius (c. 787)
*Samuel (c. 879)
:''Sede Vacante''
:...
*Gilibertus (1157 – 1166)
*Stephanus (1180 – 1199)
*Anselmus (c. 1208 – 1227?)
*Jacobus ( – 25 September 1225)
*Paganus (10 October 1229 – 3 March 1246)
*Philippus (attested in 1250)
*Bartholomaeus de Lentino, O.P. (5 January 1254 – 1282)
*Pandulfus (25 February 1286 – 4 July 1290)
*Joannes, O.P. (1304 – 1342)
*Vincentius, O.Min. (27 November 1342 – 1346)
*Petrus de Teutonico, O.Min. (15 February 1346 – 21 January 1354)
*Petrus de Thomas, O.Carm. (1354 – 10 May 1359)
*Joannes Graphei, O.Min. (17 July 1360 – 1373)
*Ubertinus de Coriliono, O.Min. (28 November 1373 – 1386)
*Franciscus, O.P. (30 May 1386 – 18 March 1388)
*Ubertinus de Coriliono, O.Min. (restored, 16 May 1390 – 18 August 1397)
*Franciscus Gaptulus (18 December 1397 – 18 April 1399)
*Antonius (11 June 1400 – 1402?)
*Thomas (ca. 1402 – 1419?)
*Antonius de Comite (31 July 1419 – 31 July 1432)
:...
* Francesco da Stilo, O.P. (1461–1489 Died)
* Giacomo Carduini (1489–1506 Died)
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* Gregorio Magalotti (1532–1534 Appointed,
Bishop of Chiusi
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Bishop of Amelia
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Catholic-Hierarchy.org
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''. David M. Cheney. Retrieved September 25, 2016
* Antonio Giustiniani, O.P. (1564–1571 Died)
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O.S.B.
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(1710–1722 Resigned)
*Pietro Vincenzo Platamone, O.P. (1722–1733 Died)
*Bernardo Maria Beamonte, O.C.D. (11 May 1733 – 24 July 1742)
*Francesco Maria Miceli (1743–1753 Died)
*Vincenzo Maria de Francisco e Galletti, O.P. (1753–1769 Died)
*Bonaventura Prestandrea,
O.F.M. Conv.
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Bishop of Cefalù
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)
*Antonino Reggio (1804–1806 Died)
*Silvestro Todaro,
O.F.M. Conv.
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(1807–1816 Confirmed,
Bishop of Patti
The Diocese of Patti () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located on the north shore of the island of Sicily. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Messina-Lipari-Santa Lucia del Mela.Sch. P.
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Bishop of Cefalù
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)
*Giovanni Portelli (1831–1838 Died)
*Giovanni Maria Visconte Proto,
O.S.B.
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(1839–1844)
*Bonaventura Attanasio,
C.SS.R.
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Bishop of Piazza Armerina
The Diocese of Piazza Armerina () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sicily. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Agrigento.
History
The diocese of Piazza Armerina was taken from the diocese of Catania, and was created i ...
Ignazio Cannavò
Ignazio Cannavò (; 12 December 1921 – 18 October 2015) was an Italian Prelate of Roman Catholic Church.
Cannavò was born in Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Italy and was ordained a priest on 5 November 1944. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of ...
Catholic Church in Italy
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