Roman Catholic Diocese of Strongoli explained

The Diocese of Strongoli was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Strongoli, Calabria. In 1818 it was suppressed^{[1] [2]} by Pope Pius VII's bull De utiliori. The territory was subsequently absorbed into the Diocese of Cariati.

History

• 546: Established as Diocese of Strongoli
• June 27, 1818: Suppressed (merged into Archdiocese of Santa Severina)
• 1969: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Strongoli

Bishops

Diocese of Strongoli

to 1600

...

• Domenico Rossi (bishop) (1433–1470 Died)^{[3] [4]}
• Nicola Balistari (1470–1479 Died)
• Giovanni di Castello (1479–1486 Appointed, Bishop of Carinola)
• Giovanni Antonio Gotti (1486–1496 Died)
• Girolamo Lusco (1496–1509 Died)
• Gaspare de Murgiis (1509–1534 Died)^[5]
• Girolamo Grimaldi (1534–1535 Resigned)
• Pietro Ranieri (1535–1541 Resigned)
• Girolamo Zacconi (1541–1558 Resigned)
• Matteo Zacconi (1558–1565 Died)
• Tommaso Orsini (1566–1568 Appointed, Bishop of Foligno)
• Timoteo Giustiniani (1568–1571 Died)
• Gregorio Forbicini (1572–1579 Died)
• Rinaldo Corso (1579–1582 Died)
• Domenico Petrucci (1582–1584 Appointed, Bishop of Bisignano)
• Giovanni Luigi Marescotti (1585–1587 Died)
• Claudio Marescotti, O.S.B. (1587–1590 Died)
• Claudio Vico (1590–1599 Died)
• Marcello Lorenzi (1600–1601 Died)^[6]

1600 to 1800

• Sebastiano Ghislieri (1601–1627 Died)
• Bernardino Piccoli (1627–1636 Died)
• Sallustio Bartoli (1636–1637 Died)
• Giulio Diotallevi (1637–1638 Died)
• Carlo Diotallevi (1639–1652 Died)
• Martino Denti de' Cipriani, B. (1652–1655 Died)
• Biagio Mazzella, O.P. (1655–1663 Appointed, Bishop of Sant'Agata de' Goti)
• Antonio Maria Camalda (1663–1690 Died)^[7]
• Giovanni Battista Carrone (1691–1706 Died)
• Tommaso Olivieri (1706–1719 Died)
• Domenico de Marzano (1719–1735 Appointed, Bishop of Bova)
• Gaetano d'Arco (1735–1741 Appointed, Bishop of Nusco)
• Ferdinando Mandarini (1741–1748 Appointed, Bishop of Oppido Mamertina)
• Domenico Morelli (1748–1792 Resigned)
• Pasquale Petruccelli (1793–1798 Died)

1818: Suppressed; territory transferred to the Diocese of Cariati

Titular Bishops of Strongoli

• Nicolas Verhoeven, M.S.C.^[8] (1969 –1976 Resigned)
• Olavio López Duque, O.A.R.^[9] (1977–2013 Died)

Barthol Barretto, is the Auxiliary of Archdiocese of Bombay (from 2016 onwards)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cheney . David M.. Diocese of Strongoli . Catholic-Hierarchy.org. January 3, 2019.
2. Web site: Chow . Gabriel. Titular Episcopal See of Strongoli (Italy). GCatholic.org. January 3, 2019.
3. Book: Morelli, Tommaso. Opuscoli storici e biografici di Tommaso Morelli. Domenico Rossi strongoli.. 66 . Stab. Tipogr. del Cav. Gaetano Nobile. January 1, 1859.
4. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. II. 242. 1914. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
5. Book: Eubel, Konrad. Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Konrad Eubel. III. 304–305. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
6. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). IV. 323. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
7. Book: Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi . Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. V. 364. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
8. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bverho.html Verhoeven
9. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blodu.html López Duque