Roman Catholic Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica

Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis
Fabriano Cathedral
Location
Country	Italy
Ecclesiastical province	Ancona-Osimo
Statistics
Area	681 km2 (263 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 54,850 52,000 (94.8%)
Parishes	58
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 November 1728 (295 years ago)
Cathedral	Fabriano Cathedral (Basilica Cattedrale di S. Venanzio Martire)
Co-cathedral	Matelica Cathedral (Concattedrale di S. Maria Assunta)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Giancarlo Vecerrica
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Matelica Cathedral

The Italian Catholic diocese of Fabriano-Matelica (Latin: Dioecesis Fabrianensis-Mathelicensis) in the Marche, has existed under this name since 1986. It is a suffragan of the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo.

History

The history of Fabriano is closely connected with that of the Marches. In the church of San Benedetto, of the Silvestrine monks, is the tomb of Giovanni Bonnelli, a Silvestrine (d. 1290). Silvestro Guzzoli, the founder of this order, is buried at Monte Fano, not far from Fabriano, where Giuseppe dei Conti Atti and Ugo Laico, both Silvestrines, are also buried.

The city was under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Camerino until 1785, when Pope Pius VI re-established the old diocese of Matelica and united it aeque principaliter with Fabriano. In 487, Bishop Equitius of Matelica was at Rome; and in 551, Bishop Florentius accompanied Pope Vigilius to Constantinople. No other bishops of the ancient see are known. Until 1785 Matelica also was under the jurisdiction of Camerino.

Ordinaries

• Cosma Torrelli † (15 Nov 1728 - 27 Aug 1736 Died)
• Ippolito de Rossi † (26 Sep 1736 - 17 Jan 1746 Appointed, Bishop of Senigallia)
• Francesco Viviani † (17 Apr 1746 - 30 Dec 1767 Died)
• Luigi Amici † (20 Jun 1768 - 8 Jul 1785 Resigned)
• Nicola Zoppetti, O.S.A. † (26 Sep 1785 - 12 Jul 1796 Died)
• Giovanni Francesco Capelletti † (11 Aug 1800 - 26 Aug 1806 Appointed, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno)
• Domenico Buttaoni † (26 Aug 1806 - 15 Aug 1822 Died)
• Pietro Balducci † (27 Sep 1822 - 18 Jul 1837 Died)
• Francesco Faldi † (2 Oct 1837 - 18 Nov 1858 Resigned)
• Antonio Maria Valenziani † (23 Dec 1858 - 20 Feb 1876 Died)
• Leopoldo Angelo Santanché, O.F.M. † (3 Apr 1876 - 10 Feb 1883 Died)
• Macario Sorini † (15 Mar 1883 - 12 Jun 1893 Resigned)
• Aristide Golfieri † (18 Mar 1895 - 29 Nov 1895 Appointed, Bishop of Città di Castello)
• Luciano Gentilucci † (29 Nov 1895 - 14 Sep 1909 Died)
• Pietro Zanolini † (22 Feb 1910 - 8 Jul 1913 Appointed, Bishop of Lodi)
• Andrea Cassulo † (15 Apr 1914 - 24 Jan 1921 Appointed, Titular Archbishop of Leontopolis in Augustamnica)
• Luigi Ermini † (13 Jun 1921 - 1945 Died)
• Lucio Crescenzi † (10 Jul 1945 - 19 Feb 1960 Died)
• Macario Tinti † (17 May 1960 - 31 May 1978 Retired)
• Luigi Scuppa † (31 May 1978 - 26 Nov 2001 Died)
• Giancarlo Vecerrica (30 Dec 2002 - present)

Notes

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)