Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio

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The Diocese of Cassano all'Jonio (Latin: Dioecesis Cassanensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the civil province of Cosenza in the area of Calabria. It is about 14km, 3.5 hours' walking distance, to the west of Sibari, facing the Ionian Sea.[1][2][3]

History

A traditional story, intended to connect the Church of Cassano with the apostolic generation, points out that Paul the Apostle (Saul of Tarsus) stopped at Malta, Syracuse, and Reggio Calabria ("Acts of the Apostles," ch. 28), on his way to be araigned for trial in Rome. His travelling companion, Stephen of Nicaea (died 74), was appointed the first bishop of Reggio and commissioned to spread the Christian faith in Calabria. It was presumed that Paul left the same orders as he had given to Titus when he left him in Crete (Paul, "Epistle to Titus" 1:5[4]), commissioning him to appoint presbyters, which is taken to mean bishops.[5]

It is not known when Cassano became an episcopal See.[3] Some place the establishment in the 5th century, though without supporting evidence.[1][6]

In 859 Cassano and Cosenza were the headquarters of the Gastaldates of the Lombards of the Duchy of Benevento. In their turn the Lombards were attacked again and again, as were the Greeks in south Italy, by the Saracens (Arabs and Moors). The Greeks were able to drive the Saracens away, and reorganized Calabria as part of the Greek Empire and the Greek Church of Constantinople. Cassano was established around this time as a suffragan diocese of the Greek Metropolitan of Reggio Calabria.[7]

In 1059 mention is made of a bishop of Cassano, whose name is not reported. He was engaged, along with the Provost of Gerace, in resisting the advance of the Normans, led by Robert Guiscard and his brothers. A battle took place against Count Roger at San Martino in Valle Salinarum, in which the Greeks, led by the bishop of Cassano, were defeated.[8]

In 1096, a bishop of Cassano known as Saxo (Sassone) was a Vicar of Pope Urban II and Pope Paschal II in the region.[9] In the 11th century,[10] the diocese became a suffragan of Reggio Calabria.[3] Pope Paschal II (1099–1118), however, granted the Church of Cassano complete immunity from the jurisdiction of the Metropolitanate of Reggio Calabria, and took it directly under the protection of the Holy See.[11] On 20 October 1144, King Roger II of Sicily confirmed the privileges of the Church of Cassano.[12]

Fra Marco d'Assisi

Fra Marco of Assissi had already been chosen and installed as bishop of Cassano before 14 January 1268,[13] perhaps earlier than 12–14 December 1267[14] Before 28 April 1268, he discovered, however, that his approval and consecration were uncanonical, violating a new rule that no member of the Friars Minor (Franciscans) could accept a higher post without the permission of the Minister General or the Minister Provincial.[15] Bishop Marco informed Pope Clement IV of his circumstances, but the pope was under pressure from the Franciscan Master General for a more widespread investigation, and for a suspension from all offices and benefices of those who had transgressed the law.

On 28 April 1268, the pope wrote to Cardinal Raoul Grosparmi, his legate, ordering a general investigation as to whether any permission was given to any Franciscan.[16] But the pope also authorized him, if the election was otherwise in order, since it was the Cardinal Legate who had arranged for Fra Marco to be consecrated, to specially dispense the bishop in the name of the Holy See, in consideration of his praiseworthy life of virtue and good will.[17] Fra Marco was to continue as the legitimate bishop of Cassano.[18] Three days later, on 1 May, Clement wrote again to Cardinal Grosparmi, summoning him to Viterbo for consultations as soon as possible about Charles of Anjou, King of Sicily.[19]

Abuses

In a petition of 1566, the citizens of Cassano complained to Pope Pius V (1566–1572) that, for more than fifty years, their bishops had not resided in the city or diocese of Cassano, and had not been carrying out their episcopal functions or administrative duties, but only taking their episcopal income. The casual attitude toward residence and duties spread to the cathedral Chapter and the clergy as well.[20] It was noted that the popes had had to provide the bishops of Cassano since the local church was unable to offer adequate candidates.[21]

Albanians and Greek rites

Beginning in the mid-15th century, under pressure from advancing hostile Turkish forces, numbers of Albanians and Slavs from western Greece, Epirus, and Albania migrated to Italy, all along the Adriatic coast, but especially to the Abruzzi and Calabria.[22] For the most part they were Catholics, of the Greek (Byzantine) rite, and in communion with Rome. In Calabria, they did not assimilate, but kept to their own villages under the rule of their own chiefs, whose position was sanctioned by the kings of Naples. Unsympathetic Latin bishops, however, sought repeatedly to get the Greek rite Catholics to conform to Latin church expectations. This was particularly difficult in the matter of married Greek rite clergy, and the willingness of parishoners to cross the boundaries of rites to receive the sacraments.[23]

In the papal bull "Etsi pastoralis" of 26 May 1742, Pope Benedict XIV attempted to remedy some of the abuses and lessen the tensions, forbidding Latin rite bishops from interfering with the use of the Greek rite. "Nor do we allow any Latin Ordinary to molest or to disturb these or any of them. And we inhibit all and any prelates or persons from blaspheming, reproving, or blaming the rites of the Greeks, which were approved in the Council of Florence or elsewhere." His measures failed to have the desired effect.[24]

After nearly two centuries of debate, dissention and disobedience in Calabria between adherents of the Latin rite and those of the Greek rite, including bishops, priests, and laity, Pope Pius X intervened and granted Bishop Giovanni Barcia, titular bishop of Croia (Croiensis), the faculties to confer holy orders on Greek rite clerics of Calabria. Barcia, however, died on 2 December 1912. Pope Benedict XV finally felt compelled to intervene. He ordered the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda fide pro negotiis rituum orientalium to prepare proposals for the administration and reformation of the churches of the Greek rite, and on 19 November 1917, their recommendation decision was taken to create a new diocese.[25][26]

On 13 February 1919, territory of four dioceses in Calabria were transferred to create the Eparchy of Lungro for the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church. Cassano lost the towns of Acqua Formosa, Civita, Firmo, Frascineto, Lungro, Piataci, Porcile, and S. Basile.[27]

Seminary

In accordance with the decrees of the Council of Trent, Bishop Serbelloni (1561–1579) appointed a committee to plan the creation of a seminary for the diocese of Cassano. The seminary was formally created by a decree of Bishop Carafa on 6 March 1588, and in 1593 Bishop Audoeno (Owen Lewis) fixed the number of scholars at twelve, and for the next century the number never exceeded twenty. The seminary was perpetually short of funds.[28]

Cathedral

The old cathedral was consecrated by Bishop Tomacelli on 3 May 1491. The bell tower was completed by Bishop Gaetano in 1608.

The new cathedral in Cassano all'Ionio was consecrated on 22 March 1722 by Bishop Francesco Maria Loyerio of Umbriatico. The decoration of the Choir was completed in 1750. The stucco façade of the cathedral was completed by Bishop Coppola in 1795, and the marble pulpit installed. Many of the treasures of the cathedral were stolen or damaged during the revolutionary period 1798–1806.[29]

The Cathedral was governed by a Chapter, composed (in 1752) of four dignities and eighteen Canons.[30] The dignities were: the Archdeacon, the Dean, the Cantor and the Treasurer.[31]

In 1824, due to a fire in the episcopal palace, the archives of the diocese and the cathedral Chapter were destroyed.[32]

Statistics

In 1920, after the creation of the Eparchy of Lungro, the diocese of Cassano claimed c. 130,300 Catholics, in 51 parishes and 37 vicariates, served by 253 secular priests and 10 priests of religious Orders. There were 200 churches or chapels. There was one convent of Capuchins, one convent of Poor Clares, and one convent of the Sisters of Reparation.[33]

Reorganization

On 8 September 1976, the Sacred Congregation of Bishops, with the approval of Pope Paul VI, added territory to the diocese of Cassano by removing eight towns from the jurisdiction of the diocese of Anglona-Tursi.[34]

On 4 April 1979, Pope John Paul II issued the bull "Quo aptius", which, inter multa alia removed ten towns from the jurisdiction of the bishop of Cassano and assigned them to the diocese of San Marco-Argentano.[35]

On 30 January 2001, Pope John Paul II, in the bull "Maiori Christifidelium," ordered the reorganization of the ecclesiastical provinces in Calabria.[36] The diocese of Cassano had previously been a suffragan of Reggio Calabriae, but in the new circumscription became a suffragan of Cosenza-Bisignano.[37]

Bishops

Diocese of Cassano all’Jonio

to 1300

○ [Caprarius (465)][38]

  • Thomas (attested April 1171 – April 1174)[39]
  • Ignotus (1179–1181)[40]
  • Goffredus (attested 1195)[41]
  • Terricius (attested 1220, 1221, 1223)[42]
  • Biagio (c. 1233 or 1235)[43]
  • Giovanni de' Fortibracci (1252 – after 1254)[44]
  • Giordano Russo (c. 1266–1267)[45]
  • Marco d'Assisi, O.Min. (1268 – 1282/1285)[46]
  • Pasquale (c. 1282–1298)[47]
  • Richardus (1298–1301)[48]

1300–1500

  • Guglielmo de Cuna, O.Min. (1301 – 1312?)[49]

○ [ Alberto Bizozio (1312) ][50]

  • Joannes
  • Giovanni da Mafino (18 March 1329 – 1334)[51]
  • Landulfus Vulcani (24 October 1334 – 1334/1335)[52]
  • Gunius
  • Durandus
  • Rogerius Quadrimani (January 1348 – 1348)
  • Giovanni da Papasidero (17 March 1348 – 1373)[53]
  • Marino del Judice (18 May 1373 – 1379)[54]
  • Andreas Cumanus (26 January 1379 – ) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Carlo Corsini (2 December 1383 – ) (Avignon Obedience)
  • Robertus (1378– ) (Roman Obedience)
  • Nicolaus (c. 1383) (Roman Obedience)
  • Petrus (1 October 1392 – 1399)[55]
  • Phoebus de Sanseverino (1 December 1399 – 1404)[56]
  • Marino Scannaforcie (11 November 1404 – 1418?)[57]
  • Antonello dei Gesualdi, O.Celest. (23 November 1418 – 1428?)[58]
  • Belforte Spinelli (1432 – 12 December 1440)[59]
  • Giovanni Francesco Brusato (8 December 1463 – 22 March 1476)[60]
  • Bartolomeo del Poggio (22 March 1476 – 1485 Died)[61]
  • Nicola Tomacelli (1485–1490 Died)[62][63]
  • Marino Tomacelli (1491–1519 Died)[64]

1500–1700

1700–1900

  • Nicolò Rocco (1707–1726 Died)[83]
  • Gennaro Fortunato (1729–1751 Died)[84]
  • Giovanni Battista Miceli (1752–1763 Died)[85]
  • Giovanni Battista Coppola (1763–1797 Died)[86]
  • [Francesco Antonio Grillo, O.F.M. Conv. (7 November 1804 Died)][87]
  • Adeodato Gomez Cardosa (26 June 1818 – 19 December 1825)[88]
  • Michele Bombini (1829–1871 Died)[89]
  • Alessandro Maria Basile, C.SS.R. (1871–1883 Died)[90]
  • Raffaele Danise, M.I. (1883 – 24 March 1884)[91]
  • Antonio Pistocchi (1884–1888 Died)
  • Evangelista (Michael Antonio) di Milia, O.F.M. Cap. (11 February 1889 – 13 November 1898)[92]
  • Antonio Maria Bonito (1899–1905)[93]

since 1900

  • Pietro La Fontaine (1906–1910)[94]
  • Giuseppe Bartolomeo Rovetta (1911–1920 Resigned)[95]
  • Bruno Occhiuto (1921–1937)[96]
  • Raffaele Barbieri (1937–1968)[97]
  • Domenico Vacchiano (1970–1978)[98]
  • Girolamo Grillo (1979–1983)[99]
  • Giovanni Francesco Pala (1984–1987 Died)[100]
  • Andrea Mugione (1988–1998)[101]
  • Domenico Graziani (1999–2006 Appointed Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina)
  • Vincenzo Bertolone, S.d.P. (2007–2011 Appointed Archbishop of Catanzaro-Squillace)
  • Nunzio Galantino (9 December 2011 – 28 February 2015)[102]
  • Francesco Savino (2015– )[103]

Auxiliary Bishops

Books

Reference works

  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1913). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 1 (Tomus 1) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. pp. 169–170.. Archived.
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1914). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 2 (Tomus 2) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 120.. Archived.
  • Eubel, Conradus, ed. (1923). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. 3 (Tomus 3) (second ed.). Münster: Libreria Regensbergiana. p. 156.. Archived.
  • Gams, Pius Bonifatius (1873). Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae: quotquot innotuerunt a beato Petro apostolo. Ratisbon: Typis et Sumptibus Georgii Josephi Manz. pp. 871-872. (Use with caution; obsolete)
  • Gauchat, Patritius (Patrice) (1935). Hierarchia catholica (in Latin). Vol. IV (1592-1667). Münster: Libraria Regensbergiana. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi (in Latin). Vol. 6 (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  • Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1968). Hierarchia Catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. 7 (1800–1846). Monasterii: Libr. Regensburgiana.
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  • Pięta, Zenon (2002). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentioris aevi (in Latin). Vol. 9 (1903–1922). Padua: Messagero di San Antonio. ISBN 978-88-250-1000-8.

Studies

  • Alario, Leonardo R. (2019). Cronotassi dei vescovi di Cassano. Diocesi Calabro Lucana dei due mari. XVII Secolo. Cosenza: Luigi Pellegrini Editore 2019.
  • Avino, Vincenzio d' (1848). Cenni storici sulle chiese arcivescovili, vescovili, e prelatizie (nullius) del regno delle due Sicilie (in Italian). Naples: dalle stampe di Ranucci. pp. 149–163.
  • Bloise, G. (1899)." I vescovi di Cassano," (in Italian), in: Del primo ingresso di sua eccellenza mons. Antonio Maria Bonito vescovo di Cassano al Jonio. Castrovillari: Patitucci 1899, p. xxxviii.
  • Cappelletti, Giuseppe (1870). Le chiese d'Italia: dalla loro origine sino ai nostri giorni (in Italian). Vol. vigesimo primo (21). Venezia: G. Antonelli. pp. 238–244.
  • Cotroneo, R. (1901). "La Diocesi di Cassano nel 1500," (in Italian), in: Rivista storica calabrese Vol. 9 (1901), pp. 470-483.
  • Duchesne, Louis (1902), "Les évèchés de Calabre," Mélanges Paul Fabre: études d'histoire du moyen âge (in French). Paris: A. Picard et fils. 1902. pp. 1–16.
  • Fortescue, Adrien (1923). The Uniate Eastern Churches: The Byzantine Rite in Italy, Sicily, Syria and Egypt. ed. G.D. Smith. London: Burns, Oates & Washbourne 1923. pp. 158-164.
  • Hervé-Commereuc, Catherine (1995). "La Calabre dans l'État normand d'Italie du Sud (XIe-XIIe siècles)," (in French), in: Annales de Normandie 45 (1995). pp. 3-25.
  • Jacques, Edwin E. (1995). The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present. Volume 1. Jefferson North Carolina: McFarland 1995 reprint: 2009). pp. 194-196.
  • Kamp, Norbert (1975). Kirche und Monarchie im staufischen Königreich Sizilien: I. Prosopographische Grundlegung, Bistumer und Bistümer und Bischöfe des Konigreichs 1194–1266: 2. Apulien und Calabrien München: Wilhelm Fink 1975.
  • Kehr, Paulus Fridolin (1975). (ed. D. Girgensohn). Italia pontificia. Regesta pontificum Romanorum. (in Latin) Vol. X: Calabria–Insulae. Berlin: Weidmann.
  • Napolitano, S. (2001). "Territorio e società civile nelle relationes ad limina dei vescovi di Cassano allo Jonio (1588-1797)," (in Italian), in: Rivista storica calabrese, vol. 22 (2001), pp. 119-144.
  • Russo, F. (1968). Storia della Diocesi di Cassano al Jonio. Vol. 3, Cronotassi dei vescovi. Napoli: Tipografia Laurenziana, 1968.
  • Taccone-Gallucci, Domenico (1902). Regesti dei Romani pontefici della Calabria (in Italian). Rome: Tip. Vaticana. pp. 404-406.
  • Ughelli, Ferdinando; Coleti, Niccolo (1721). Italia Sacra Sive De Episcopis Italiae, Et Insularum adiacentium (in Latin). Vol. Tomus nonus (9). Venice: Antonio Coleti. pp. 342–355.

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  4. 4." Τούτου χάριν κατέλιπόν σε ἐν Κρήτῃ, ἵνα τὰ λείποντα ἐπιδιορθώσῃ καὶ καταστήσῃς κατὰ πόλιν πρεσβυτέρους, ὡς ἐγώ σοι διεταξάμην."
  5. 5.Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, pp. 149-150: "...rimaneva a quelli la facoltà di crear nuovi vescovi in majoribus oppidis."
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  7. 7.Duchesne, p. 11, p. 15. Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, p. 152.
  8. 8.Gaufredus Malaterrae, Historia Siculae Book I, chapter xxxii, in: Ludovico Antonio Muratori (ed.), Rerum Italicarum Scriptores Tomus V (Milan 1723), p. 557. Kehr, p. 25.
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  12. 12.Kehr, p. 27, commentary on no. 2. Biagio Cappelli, "In document di Ruggiero II per la diocesi di Cassano Jonio," Bolletino ecclesiastico della diocese di Cassano Jonio 42 (1964), fasc. 3, pp. 63-64.
  13. 13.Clement IV, "Licet nostris tibi". Matthias Thumser, Epistole et dictamina Clementis pape quarti (2007), p. 257, no. 415. Thumser, Epistole and dictamina Clementis pope quarter-- Das Specialregister Pope Clemens' IV (1265-1268), (Wiesbaden 2022). Édouard Jordan, Les registres de Clément IV (Paris: Thorin 1893, p. 418, no. 1284.
  14. 14.August Potthast, Regesta pontificum Romanorum Vol. 2 (Berlin: De Decker 1875), p. 1626, no. 20183.
  15. 15.Taccone-Gallucci, p. 164: "Nobis dilecto filio Generali Ministro Fratrum eiusdem Ordinis, quod licet per litteras Sedis Apostolicae fuerit inhibitum ut nulli Fratres ipsius Ordinis, si eos in Episcopos eligi aut postulari forte contigerit, electioni vel postulationi de se factae auderent aliquatenus consentire, nec aliquis Archiepiscopus seu quicumque alius Praelatus vel etiam Legatus Sedis ipsius dictos Fratres, nisi de Generalis Fratrum eiusdem Ordinis vel Provincialium Ministrorum, qui pro tempore essent, licentia et consensu, aut speciali mandato Sedis eiusdem, ad Episcopatum vel alias quaslibet dignitates extra dictum Ordinem assumere praesumerent, vel etiam ordinare."
  16. 16.Luke Wadding, Annales Minorum, (in Latin), Vol. 4, second ed. (ed. J.M. Fonseca de Ebora) (Rome: Rocco Bernabo 1733), p. 279.
  17. 17."Nos attendentes multiplicia dona virtutis, gratiae ac laudabilis vitae merita dicti Fratris, super quibus laudabile sibi testimonium perhibetur...."
  18. 18.Taccone-Gallucci, Regesti dei Romani Pontefice della Calabria, pp. 164-165: "mandamus, quatenus cum eodem Fratre, decreto et inhibitione et aliis supradictis nequaquam obstantibus, huiusmodi provisio facta de ipso Fratre in Cassanen. Episcopum, ac quidquid actum est circa eam, robur obtineat firmitatis; quodque etiam idem Frater Episcopus ac Pastor dictae Ecclesiae legitime remanere, ac officii sui debitum exequi libere valeat, prout expedire videris, auctoritate Nostra dispenses, supplendo nihilominus auctoritate eadem omnem defectum, si quis praedictorum occasione extitit in praemissis vel in aliquo praemissorum."
  19. 19.Edouard Jordan, Les registres de Clément IV] (Paris; Thorin 1894), p. 431, no. 1357. ed. Matthias Thumser, Epistole et dictamina Clementis pape quarti (2007), p. 299, no. 488: "Subacta vero Luceria bonum credimus te relicto in regno vicario, prout alias tibi scripsimus, ad nostram presentiam legationis officio non deposito properare, ut super hiis, que nosti, tecum familiariter conferamus et tuam, ut optamus, faciem videamus."
  20. 20.Pius V, "Cum ad id magis," 17 September 1566: "Sane Nobis nuper pro parte dilectorum filiorum Communitatis et hominum civitatis Cassanen. exhibita petitio continebat, quod cum iam quinquaginta et pluribus annis elapsis pro tempore existentes Episcopi Cassanen. nunquam in dicta Civitate et dioecesi residentiam fecerint, ipsa Ecclesia ac tota dioecesis Pastoris gubernio destituta dici possit, dicti Episcopi non residentes, non curis animarum, non sacrificiis, non gubernio Ecclesiae, sed in percipiendis opimis ordinariis proventibus scutatorum trium millium in circa summam annuatim constituentibus, ac in usurpandis aliis etiam extraordinariis non ipsis Episcopis competentibus..." Taccone-Gallucci,Regesti dei Romani pontefici della Calabria pp. 279-281.
  21. 21.Taccone-Gallucci, Regesti dei Romani pontefici della Calabria, p. 280.
  22. 22.Edwin E. Jacques, The Albanians: An Ethnic History from Prehistoric Times to the Present, (Jefferson NC: Mc Farland [1995] 2012), pp. 194-196.
  23. 23.Fortescue, pp. 118-120.
  24. 24.Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 11 (Rome 1919), pp. 222-223. Fortescue, pp. 33, 102.
  25. 25."...in plenariis comitiis diei decimae nonae mensis novembris anni millesimi nongentesimi decimi septimi Nobis proponendum censuerunt consilium ut graeci omnes illius regionis Galabrae, quam numero plures incolunt latinis Praesulibus subiecti, ab ordinaria iurisdictione eorumdem Latinorum Antistitum subtracti, unam constituerent graeci ritus dioecesim."
  26. 26.Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 11 (1919), pp. 222-227.
  27. 27.Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 11 (Rome 1919), pp. 222-225; towns listed at p. 224.. See Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, pp. 159-160.
  28. 28.Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, p. 162.
  29. 29.Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, p. 155. A. Minervini, Cenno storico della chiesa cattedrale e della diocesi di Cassano Jonio, (in Italian) (Napoli 1847).
  30. 30.Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 152, note 1.
  31. 31.Canon Antonio Minervini, in: D'Avino, p. 155, column 2.
  32. 32.Godfrey Anstruther, "Owen Lewis," in: John F. Allen, The English Hospice at Rome (1962; Leominster: Gracewing 2005), p. 279. Kehr-Girgensohn, Italia sacra X, p. 26: "Archiva Cassanensia documenta antiquiora non servant; cf. Gott. Nachr., 1898 p. 343."
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  34. 34.Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 68 (1976), pp. 675-677: "a dioecesi Anglonensi-Tursiensi municipia vulgo Alessandria del Garretto, Amendolara, Canna, Montegiordano, Nocara, Oriolo, Rocca Imperiale et Rosito Capo Spulico, quae dioecesi Cassanensi adscribit."
  35. 35.Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 71 (1979), pp. 560-561: "A dioecesi Cassanensi municipia quae vulgo Scalea, Aieta, Orsomarso, Papasidero, Praia a Mare, San Nicola Arcella, Santa Domenica Taleo, Santa Maria del Cedro, Tortora et Verbicaro nuncupantur, seiungimus atque dioecesi S. Marci adscribimus."
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  37. 37."Provincia Cosentina-Bisinianensis consistet illa metropolitana sede necnon suffraganeis dicionibus Rossanensi-Cariatensi et Cassanensi quae metropolitanae adhuc Ecclesiae Rheginensi-Bovensi suffraganeae fuerunt."
  38. 38.Caprarius is named as a bishop of Cassano by Cappelletti XXI, p. 239. He was actually a bishop of Cassino (Casinum): Lanzoni, p. 173.
  39. 39.Kamp, pp. 939-940.
  40. 40.There was no Bishop of Cassano at the III Lateran Council in 1179, and Pope Alexander III and the Council addressed documents to an electus. Kehr, p. 28, no. 4. Kamp, p. 940.
  41. 41.Kamp, pp. 940-941.
  42. 42.Ughelli, IX, p. 346. Kamp, p. 942.
  43. 43.Kamp, p. 942.
  44. 44.Giovanni was a Roman, a papal subdeacon, and a Canon of S. Maria in Trastevere. He was Chaplain of Cardinal Pietro Capocci. By a special mandate, Cardinal Peter appointed Giovanni bishop of Cassano on 21 January 1252, with the provision that he would keep his current benefices until such time as he obtained peaceful possession of the diocese ("donec ejusdem ecclesiae fuerit possessionem pacificam assecutus.") The pope approved the appointment on 15 February 1252. Giovanni was in exile from his diocese during his administration, being called only Electus. Ughelli, p. 346. Cappelletti, p. 239. Kamp, pp. 943–945. Elie Berger, Les regestes d'Innocent IV, (in Latin), Vol. 3 (Paris: Fontemoing 1897), pp. 21-22, nos. 5549-5550
  45. 45.Kamp, pp. 946–947.
  46. 46.Bishop Marco was appointed collector of the 10% crusade tax by Pope John XXI (1276–1277). Ughelli, p. 346.Cappelletti (p. 240) states that Marco died in the second year of Pope Martin IV (1282). Kamp finds evidence that he was still working under Pope Honorius IV in 1285, though it must be admitted that the document in question does not name the Bishop of Cassano to which it is addressed. Eubel, I, p. 169. Kamp, pp. 947–948.
  47. 47.Bishop Pasquale was transferred to the diocese of Larino on 15 July 1309. Eubel, I, p. 170, 294 with note 3. Eubel says olim ep. Cassanen, positing an interval between his resignation of Cassano and his appointment to Larino.
  48. 48.On 28 February 1301, Bishop Richardus was transferred to the diocese of Tricarico. He died in 1324. Eubel I, p. 170 with note 3; 496.
  49. 49.Giglielmo was appointed on 28 February 1301, to the seat vacated by Bishop Richard at his transfer to the diocese of Tricarico by Pope Boniface VIII. On 17 March 1301, the pope appointed the archbishop of Naples and two or three other bishops to consecrate Guglielmo de Cuna and to receive his oath of fidelity. Georges Digard, Les registres de Boniface VIII Vol IV, fasc. 10 (Paris: Fontemoing 1907), (in Latin), pp. 11, no. 3944; 38, no. 3986. Taccone-Gallucci, pp. 186-187, no. CL, with full text.
  50. 50.Ughelli, p. 346, points out that the name occurs only in the 16th century Milanese writer Paolo Morigia, who makes Alberto a native of Milan. Ughelli could not find Albert in the Vatican archives. Is this a misreading of the diocesan name, perhaps, or local patriotism?
  51. 51.Giovanni de Marino had been a Canon of Benevento. In 1330 he attested as being in Avignon. Ughelli, IX, p. 347. Cappelletti, p. 240. Eubel, I, p. 170.
  52. 52.Landulfo was elected by the Chapter and confirmed by Pope John XXII. Cappelletti, p. 240.
  53. 53.Giovanni had been a Canon of Cassano and a Papal Chaplain. Ughelli, IX, p. 348. Eubel, I, p. 170.
  54. 54.Ughelli, IX, p. 348, calls him Petrus de Judice of Amalfi. Del Judice had previously been a Canon of Amalfi, then Bishop of Amalfi (1361–1373), and then Bishop of Stabiae (Castellamare) (1370–1373). He was removed in January 1379 as a follower of Urban VI. He became Archbishop of Br–indisi and then Archbishop of Taranto and Papal Treasurer (ca. 1380). He was named a Cardinal by Urban VI at some point between 1382 and 1385. He was killed on orders of Urban VI in December 1386. Eubel, I, pp. 24, 170, 462.
  55. 55.Bishop Peter, who had previously been Archdeacon of Cassano, was transferred to the diocese of Marsico nuovo on 31 May 1400. Eubel, I, pp. 170, 328.
  56. 56.Phoebus was a priest of Tricarico, who was appointed Bishop of Cassano by Pope Boniface IX in 1399. He was removed in 1404, on various criminal charges, which were disproved in 1429. Ughelli, IX, p. 348. Eubel, I, p. 170 with note 8.
  57. 57.Scannaforcie was a priest of Naples. He had been provided to the diocese by Pope Boniface IX on 29 September 1404, but the Pope died on 1 October, before the bulls were issued; Scannaforcie was reappointed by Innocent VII. Cappelletti, p. 241. Eubel, I, p. 170, with note 7.
  58. 58.Gesualdi was a monk of S. Catherine in Benevento, and a Master of theology. Pietro Pianton, ed. (1855). Enciclopedia ecclesiastica... compilata da una societa' di ecclesiastici (in Italian). Vol. II. Venezia: G. Tasso. p. 446. Eubel, I, p. 170, with note 9.
  59. 59.Spinelli was born in Giovanazzo, the son of Niccolò, Conte de Gioia, Grand Chancellor of the Kingdom of Naples. He was a Doctor of laws. While still a layman Spinelli assisted at the Council of Constance. Under Pope Martin V he was sent on important missions. Eugenius IV named him Bishop of Cassano, and then named him titular Bishop of Sebaste (Samaria). He later renounced the world and retired to Venice. He died in Venice in 1441 (or on 13 September 1440, according to Ughelli). In 1439 he left his rich library to the Collegio Spinelli of Padua; in 1575 the college supported five scholars studying at the University of Padua. Carol Kidwell (2004). Pietro Bembo: Lover, Linguist, Cardinal. Kingston: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. pp. 468, note 24. ISBN 978-0-7735-2709-6. Ughelli, IX, pp. 349-350. D'Avino, p. 154 column 2. Eubel, II, pp. 119, 232.
  60. 60.Brusato was a native of Verona. His uncle was Cardinal Bartolomeo Roverella, Archbishop of Ravenna. Brusato was a Canon of the Cathedral of Verona. In November 1464 he was appointed by Pope Paul II to garrison the citadel of Terracina. Sixtus IV made him Castellan of the castle of Cesena, a position he held at least until 1474. In January 1476 Brusato was named Rector of the provinces of Campania and Marittima. He was appointed Archbishop of Nicosia on 22 March 1476. He died on 16 January 1477. Ughelli, IX, p. 350. Eubel, II, pp. 119-120, 203. Elisabetta Lo Cascio (2008). "Libri, guardaroba e suppellettili del Veronese Giovanni Francesco Brusati, Vescovo di Cassano". Aevum. 82 (3): 659–681, esp. 659-660. JSTOR 20862121.
  61. 61.Del Poggio was a native of Lucca and a Doctor in utroque iure (Civil and Canon Law). He was appointed Bishop of Cassano in 1476 and named a Royal Councilor. Ughelli, IX, p. 350. Eubel, II, p. 120.
  62. 62.Tomacelli was a friend of King Ferdinand I and of his son Alfonso II, at whose coronation Tomacelli was present. Ughelli, IX, p. 351. Eubel, II, p. 120.
  63. 63."Bishop Nicola Tomacelli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 31, 2016
  64. 64."Bishop Marino Tomacelli" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved July 31, 2016
  65. 65.Domenico Giacobazzi: Ughelli, IX, p. 351. Eubel, III, p. 156.
  66. 66.Giacobazzi was the son of Giacomo Giacobazzi, and was raised by his uncle the Cardinal. Pope Leo X made him a Canon of the Vatican Basilica. Upon the resignation of his uncle, Cristoforo was named Bishop of Cassano by Pope Clement VII on 23 March 1523. Immediately upon his accession in 1534 Pope Paul III named him Apostolic Datary and Auditor of the Sacred Palace (judge), on account of his skill in ecclesiastical affairs. On 22 December 1536, Paul III named Giacobazzi a Cardinal. On 19 December 1537 he was named Apostolic Legate to the Emperor Charles V to arrange a peace with King Francis I of France; he failed. He was named Legate in Umbria and Perugia in 1539, where he died on 7 October 1540. Salvador Miranda, The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographical Dictionary, Consistory of December 22, 1536 Ughelli, IX, p. 351. Eubel, III, pp. 24 no. 14; 156 with note 4.
  67. 67.Duranti was appointed Bishop of Brescia. Eubel, III, p. 156 with note 5.
  68. 68.Medici had been Bishop of Forlì (1528–1551). He was nominated Bishop of Cassano by the Emperor Charles. Ughelli, p. 352. Eubel, III, pp. 156, 198.
  69. 69.Medici was Archbishop of Ragusa from 1545 to 1553. He was appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Foligno on 25 June 1556. He was elected Pope Pius IV in 1559. Eubel, III, pp. 36, 156, 199, 281.
  70. 70.Altemps was a nephew of Pope Pius IV. He was named to the diocese at the age of 27, in succession to his uncle. He was sent on an embassy to the Emperor Ferdinand in 1560. He resigned the diocese of Cassano after being appointed a Cardinal by his uncle on 26 February 1561. On October 24 (or 17 December) 1561 he was appointed Bishop of Constanz. Ughelli, p. 352. Eubel, III, pp. 156 with note 9; 176.
  71. 71."Bishop Giovan Battista Serbelloni" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  72. 72.Russo, Storia della Diocesi di Cassano al Jonio vol. 3, pp. 102-103. David M. Chene, Catholic-Hierarchy.org, "Bishop Tiberio Carafa"; retrieved February 29, 2016.
  73. 73.Lewis was the Welshman known as Audoeno Ludovico Cambrone, who was sent by Pope Gregory XIII on different missions, and never resided in Cassano. He was buried in the chapel of the English College in Rome. He was co-consecrator of Bishop Filippo Archinto of Como on 27 August 1595. He died on 14 October 1595. His tomb epitaph is wrongly reported as giving the date of death as 14 October 1594 (xiv Octobr.mdxciv). Robert Williams, A biographical dictionary of eminent Welshmen, (Llandovery-London: William Rees 1852), pp. 384-385. Eubel, III, p. 156 with note 13. Godfrey Anstruther, "Owen Lewis," in: John F. Allen, The English Hospice at Rome (1962; Leominster: Gracewing 2005), pp. 274-294.
  74. 74.Caracciolo had been archbishop of Trani, and was allowed to retain his rank after his transfer to Cassano. Gauchat, IV, p. 138 with note 3.
  75. 75.Caetani: Gauchat, IV, p. 138 with note 4. Russo, Storia della Diocesi di Cassano al Jonio vol. 3, pp. 111-113.
  76. 76."Bishop Diego de Arce, O.F.M." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016. Gauchat, IV, p. 138 with note 5.
  77. 77.Palombo: Gauchat, IV, p. 138 with note 6.
  78. 78.Carafa: Confirmed Archbishop of Salerno. Gauchat, IV, p. 138 with note 7.
  79. 79.Balmaseda was born in the diocese of Cordoba (Spain), and held the degree of Master of theology. He was a royal Councilor, and Confessor of the Viceroy of Naples. He was assistant General in the Order of Saint Augustine. He was appointed to the diocese of Cassano by King Charles II of Spain, and confirmed by Pope Clement X on 16 June 1670. Cardinal Federigo Sforza consecrated him a bishop in Rome on 22 June 1670. He was transferred to the diocese of Gerona (Spain) on 25 September 1673. He was transferred to Zamora on 4 September 1679. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 147 with note 2; 209 with note 3.
  80. 80.Del Tinto: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 147 with note 3.
  81. 81.Sequeiros was born in 1636 in San Miguel de Bouzas, Spain (diocese of Túy). He was a Master of theology and lectured at the Complutense. He was a Councilor of the King of Spain, and Assistant General of his Order. He died in Naples in May 1691. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, pp. 147 with note 4.
  82. 82.De Magistris was born in Naples in 1631, and held the degree of Master of theology. He was elected Provincial of the Neapolitan Province of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). He died in June 1705. Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 147 with note 5.
  83. 83.Rocco: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 147 with note 6.
  84. 84.Fortunato: Ritzler-Sefrin, V, p. 147 with note 7.
  85. 85.Miceli: Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 152 with note 2.
  86. 86.Coppola died in Naples on 27 August 1797. Ritzler-Sefrin, VI, p. 152 with note 3.
  87. 87.Pietro Camadella (1840). Cenno necrologico: monsignor Francesco Antonio Grillo [Pietro Camardella] (in Italian). Naples. p. 1. Nuovo dizionario istorico. tr. from the 7th French edition (in Italian). Vol. Tomo I. Naples: Michele Morelli. 1824. pp. 335–336.
  88. 88.Gomez Cardosa was a priest of the diocese of Naples and a Master of theology. He was appointed in conformity with the Concordat of 16 February 1818 between the Holy See and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He was consecrated a bishop in Rome on 28 June 1818 by Cardinal Bartolommeo Pacca. He was transferred to the diocese of Isernia on 19 December 1825. Felice Torelli (1848). La chiave del Concordato dell'anno 1818 e degli atti emanati posteriormente al medesimo (in Italian). Vol. I. Naples: Stamperia del Fibreno. pp. 124, 385. Notizie per l'anno 1819 (Rome: Cracas 1819), p. 217. Notizie per l'anno 1834 (in Italian). Rome: Gio. Francesco Chracas. 1834. p. 112. Ritzler-Sefrin, VII, pp. 138, 226.
  89. 89.Bombini: Ritzler-Sefrin, VII, p. 138.
  90. 90.Basile: Ritzler-Sefrin, VIII, p. 188.
  91. 91.Danise was appointed Bishop of Caiazzo on 24 March 1884. Ritzler-Sefrin, VIII, pp. 169, 188.
  92. 92.Di Milia was born in Calitri (diocese of Conza) in 1842. He was appointed Bishop of Cassano on 11 February 1889. He was appointed Bishop of Lecce in 1898. Annuaire pontifical catholique 1899 (Paris: La bonne Presse 1899), p. 132. Annuaire pontifical catholique 1900 (Paris: La bonne Presse 1900), p. 239.
  93. 93.Bonito had been a professor of Canon Law at the archiepiscopal lyceum in Naples. He was appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Amalfi; he succeeded to the Archbishopric on 17 June 1907. He retired, and was named titular Archbishop of Axum (Sudan) on 5 August 1910. Bollettino ufficiale del Ministero di Grazia, Giustizia e dei Culti. Vol. 27. Roma: Stamperia reale. 1907. p. 242. Acta Apostolicae Sedis III (Rome 1911), p. 593. Annuario Pontificio (Rome 1916), p. 217.
  94. 94.La Fontaine had been a canon of the catheddral of Viterbo, and spiritual director at both seminaries. On 6 December 1906, Msgr. La Fontaine was appointed bishop of Cassano by Pope Pius X. Acta Sanctae Sedis vol. 40 (1907), p. 13. La Fontaine was appointed titular bishop of Carystus, and Secretary of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on 1 April 1910. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 2 (Rome 1910), p. 231. He became Patriarch of Venice in 1915, and on 4 December 1916, he was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XV. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 8 (Rome 1916), pp. 468, 473, 495. Pięta, Hierarchia catholica vol. 9 (2002), P. 116 with note 2. S. Tramontin, "Il cardinale Pietro La Fontaine e la diocesi di Cassano Jonio," in: Rivista storica calabrese vol. 7 (1986), pp. 315-323. Russo, Storia della Diocesi di Cassano al Jonio, vol. 3, pp. 161-168.
  95. 95.Rovetta was a priest of the diocese of Brescia, and abbot of the parish of Montichiari. He was an apostolic protonotary ad instar participantium (actually in service, rather than honorary). He was appointed bishop of Cassano on 29 March 1911, by Pope Pius X. Acta Apostolicae Sedis 3 (1911), pp. 164, 607. On 12 September 1920, Bishop Rovetta participated in the VI National Eucharistic Congress in Bergamo. In the papal consistory of 16 December 1920, Pope Benedict XV appointed him titular bishop of Hephaestina (Egypt): Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 12 (1920), p. 590. Pięta, Hierarchia catholica vol. 9 (2002), P. 116 with note 3.
  96. 96.Occhiato died on 28 June 1937. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 29 (1937), p. 356. Pięta, Hierarchia catholica vol. 9 (2002), P. 116 with note 4.
  97. 97.Barbiere studied at the seminary in San Marco and had been canon theologus of the cathedral Chapter of Diocese of San Marco e Bisignano. He was appointed bishop of Cassano by Pope Pius XI on 30 August 1937. He died on 31 January 1968. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 29 (1937), p. 400; vol. 60 (1968), p. 128.
  98. 98.Vacchiano was appointed Prelate of Pompei o Beatissima Vergine Maria del Santissimo Rosario on 30 March 1978, by Pope Paul VI. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 70 (1978), p. 299.
  99. 99.Grillo was appointed Bishop of Tarquinia e Civitavecchia on 20 December 1983, by Pope John Paul II. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 76 (1984), p. 177.
  100. 100.Pala was appointed by Pope John Paul II on 22 February 1984. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 76 (1984), p. 420.
  101. 101.Mugione, a priest of the diocese of Aversa, was appointed bishop of Cassano on 17 March 1988. He was appointed Archbishop of Crotone-Santa Severina on 21 November 1998. Acta Apostolicae Sedis vol. 80 (1988), p. 497; vol. 90 (1998), p. 1043.
  102. 102."Rinuncia del Vescovo di Cassano all'Jonio (Italia) e nomina del successore" (in Italian). Vatican Press Office. February 28, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015. Bishop Galantino became Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference, and, on 26 June 2018 was named President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See. Holy See Press Office, Bolletino 26.06.2018
  103. 103.Savino was born in Bitonto in 1954. He studied at the regional seminary in Molfetta. After ordination in 1978 he taught in regional middle and high schools. He then became Parochial Vicar of the Parrocchia San Silvestro-Crocifisso, and in 1985 he became Parish priest of Parrocchia Cristo Re Universale in Bitonto. In 1989 he became Parochial Rector of the Parrocchia Santuario Santi Medici. He obtained a baccalaureate in theology in 1992. In 1997 he began working on the Casa Alloggio per malati di AIDS, which opened in 1998. In 1998 the city of Bitonto awarded him the prize “L’uomo e la città”. On 28 February 2015, Pope Francis named him Bishop of Cassano. Diocesi di Cassano all'Jonio, Biografia Mons Francesco Savino, retrieved: 2017-03-07. (in Italian)
  104. 104."Bishop Pedro Torres" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016